formatting zip disks in Pismo (OS 10.4)?
I'm going to send my mom a few zip disks from the pile and though it would be nice to format them for her. They are currently MSDOS formatted (fat16). I'd like to format them for her Wallstreet (OS 9.2.2). I opened disk utility and could see the zip disk and erase it but couldn't change the format. Is this even possible? Perhaps all zip disks are DOS formatted? For that matter is there any advantage to one format over the other? Thanks Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: formatting zip disks in Pismo (OS 10.4)?
On Feb 20, 2006, at 11:52 AM, Andrew in Ann Arbor wrote: I'm going to send my mom a few zip disks from the pile and though it would be nice to format them for her. They are currently MSDOS formatted (fat16). I'd like to format them for her Wallstreet (OS 9.2.2). I opened disk utility and could see the zip disk and erase it but couldn't change the format. Is this even possible? Perhaps all zip disks are DOS formatted? For that matter is there any advantage to one format over the other? When you look in Disk utility you see the device and the volume. For example, if I fire up Disk Utility I see: 37.3 GB Prolific PL3507 Combo device Pocket Rocket That's my 2.5 Firewire external drive. 37.3 GB Prolific is the device, Pocket Rocket is the volume on that formatted device. I can change the format of DOS formatted devices, but not DOS formatted volumes. If it were DOS formatted, and I select Pocket Rocket all I can do is reformat it as MS DOS. If I select 37.3 GB Prolific... I can select Mac HFS+ or any other supported format. That said, DOS formatting is likely the most useful, since it's then readable on multiple plateforms, and HFS+ doesn't get you anything more on a 100MB disk. -- Bruce Johnson This is the sig who says 'Ni!' -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: formatting zip disks in Pismo (OS 10.4)?
On Feb 20, 2006, at 10:52 AM, Andrew in Ann Arbor wrote: They are currently MSDOS formatted (fat16). I'd like to format them for her Wallstreet (OS 9.2.2). I opened disk utility and could see the zip disk and erase it but couldn't change the format. Is this even possible? Perhaps all zip disks are DOS formatted? You should be able to formate them for the Mac using ZipTools. Unless they were Mac formated at the factory, they usually come in DOS or a cross platform DOS/UNIX format that's readable by pre-OS X Macs and PCs... you can read/write to that formate but not run first aid/disk recovery programs on those disks. You usually need to find a Windows machine to formate (deeper than initialize) the Zip disks in DOS. Sandra Ragan www.plumdigital.com Knowledge is a rare thing -- you gain by giving it away. —Ivan Sutherland -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Pismo Power Jack
I'm about to dig into my Pismo to resolder the power jack to the sound card. If I can locate a new style power jack, would the pismo work with the new powerbook power bricks? I'm using two of the original saucer 45 watt/24v/1.875 supplies and have had to repair them multiple times. Have had to crack one open and rebuild the plug on another one. Have access to the new style power supplies, and believe there was an adapter made so that old saucers would work with the new computers. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Pismo Power Jack
On 15/02/06 16:49, Frank Cornew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm about to dig into my Pismo to resolder the power jack to the sound card. If I can locate a new style power jack, would the pismo work with the new powerbook power bricks? I'm using two of the original saucer 45 watt/24v/1.875 supplies and have had to repair them multiple times. Have had to crack one open and rebuild the plug on another one. Have access to the new style power supplies, and believe there was an adapter made so that old saucers would work with the new computers. In addition to have physically incompatible connectors and jacks, the power requirements for the new PowerBooks are different than the old PowerBook so, unless you would heavily modify the Audio/Power board, that wouldn't work, methinks, and could potentially be harmful to your old PowerBook. -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Washington, DC, USA Usual disclaimers apply *** -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Pismo Power Jack
In addition to have physically incompatible connectors and jacks, the power requirements for the new PowerBooks are different than the old PowerBook so, unless you would heavily modify the Audio/Power board, that wouldn't work, methinks, and could potentially be harmful to your old PowerBook. Laurent is correct on this one. The G4 PowerBooks use a 65W power supply, compared to the 45W supply of the G3 series. The voltage is the same 24V, though. I'd advise keeping on with the YoYo, but that's just me. The early G4s were 45W, as are all the iBooks AFAIK. Wattage isn't critical here, the adapter which can supply 65W will work fine with a 45W machine. -- Best wishes Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fanatic http://www.pbfanatic.co.uk -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Pismo Power Jack
The 12 PowerBook has a 45W supply. The iBook 12 does as well, and the 14 one (I think, I only have a 12 PB). The 65W adaptors work fine on the 45W machine - they both supply 24 volts, and should be just the same. On 16/02/2006, at 8:53 AM, Malcolm Cornelius wrote: In addition to have physically incompatible connectors and jacks, the power requirements for the new PowerBooks are different than the old PowerBook so, unless you would heavily modify the Audio/Power board, that wouldn't work, methinks, and could potentially be harmful to your old PowerBook. Laurent is correct on this one. The G4 PowerBooks use a 65W power supply, compared to the 45W supply of the G3 series. The voltage is the same 24V, though. I'd advise keeping on with the YoYo, but that's just me. The early G4s were 45W, as are all the iBooks AFAIK. Wattage isn't critical here, the adapter which can supply 65W will work fine with a 45W machine. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Pismo Power Jack
i have a pismo and an ibook 1.33. when i take them both with me i only take 1 power brick: the one for the ibook. i bought a while ago an adapter that allows me to use the newer brick with the pismo. it is simply a male size on the pismo side and female ibook size on the other.clever and beautiful. gladys pérez-almiroty [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 15/02/06 16:49, Frank Cornew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm about to dig into my Pismo to resolder the power jack to the sound card. If I can locate a new style power jack, would the pismo work with the new powerbook power bricks? I'm using two of the original saucer 45 watt/24v/1.875 supplies and have had to repair them multiple times. Have had to crack one open and rebuild the plug on another one. Have access to the new style power supplies, and believe there was an adapter made so that old saucers would work with the new computers. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Pismo Power Jack
On 16/02/2006, at 12:57 PM, G-Books wrote: Subject: Pismo Power Jack I'm about to dig into my Pismo to resolder the power jack to the sound card. Something that might prevent this problem in the future (or for others) is to give the adapter connector a quick shot of WD40 or the like. Pismos are notorious for tight adapter connections, and this solved it on my second Pismo. First Pismo was solved when I tripped over the adapter cord and launched it (Pismo) into space - landing on a concrete floor. Only damage was the adapter connector was now much easier to insert! To prevent unintended 'launches', you can run wires (charger, ethernet, etc) from laptop, then around the leg of table it's on (2 or 3 times is better) or other solid object before crossing floor etc. Then if you trip, worst can happen is you rip the wires out of the wall or adapter. Much better than dropping laptop. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Pismo upgrades: The BlueChip G3 900 MHz
Stardate 060210.20:17 -0600. A subspace message from Jason Long reads: Too late, I've already got one! smirk ... bastard :P I didn't realize that there were so few sold. I was a bit leery of Powerlogix as I'd read some of the upset customer reports on the xlr8yourmac database. From my experiences, Powerlogix made the best upgrades out of the lot. Sonnet, frankly, make shit. To pick a nit I'm pretty sure that Moore bought the G4/500 upgrade for his Pismo, not the G3/900. That's his personal machine - the wife has the G3/900. Geoffrey -- -- Endian Little Hate I --- -- I'm afraid music in the modern idiom is too repetitive for my tastes ... although the rhythm does have a certain hypnotic effect. -- Brains (International Rescue Engineer, 'Thunderbirds' (c) Gerry Anderson 1969) -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Pismo / Mail won't
My Pismo G4 550 with 10.4.4 will not get Mail under Airport, supplied by my iMac. Safari and Firefox work on the Pismo using Airport, Mail won't connect - unless I plug in the ethernet connection. Both recently upgraded to 10.4.4. Anybody got any clues as to what is going wrong how to fix? TIA, S. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Pismo upgrades: The BlueChip G3 900 MHz
On Feb 11, 2006, at 7:54 am, Geoffrey Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hands up all you Pismo addicts who'd like another crack at the world's fastest Pismo upgrades? I know *I* for one am prepared to pay the premium, who's with me? Shall we petition the lovely lads at OWC with a last-chance group order? These upgrades were problematic when PowerLogix was shipping them (check out OWCs CPU upgrade database). I'd want to see some evidence that the bugs had been worked out before I'd consider ordering one. -Jeff[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- You can't brew a premium lager with a Kool-aid mentality. --Harold Green in _The_Red_Green_Show_ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Pismo upgrades: The BlueChip G3 900 MHz
Well ... some things just never cease to amaze me. Does anyone here have the incredibly good fortune to own the very rare PowerLogix BlueChip G3 Pismo 900 (yes, that's right, the sexiest machine Apple ever made can run at 900 MHz) CPU upgrade? No? Want one? Well, ya can't have one. Unless ... read on! It seems that when the lovely lads at OWC 'absorbed' PowerLogix (whom I swear made *THE* best CPU upgrades ever -- Sonnet make shite, by comparison) they merged their CPU upgrade lines, and the only Pismo upgrade they kept was the NewerTech G4/500 (PPC7510). BOOO!!! B *much raining of peanuts and hissing* BOO! Charles Moore mentions the launch of the BlueChips in his MacOpinion colums http://www.macopinion.com/columns/roadwarrior/04/04/13/index.html with a 900 MHz (750FX) and 1 GHz (750GX) available back in late April of 2004. Obviously *some* of them made it out the door, because Charles has one, and at least one person bought *two* because he's selling one on eBay: http://tinyurl.com/cp5hs ... and interestingly enough, the seller's upgrade features a third chp, the low(er) power 750GL. Man, my chin hit the floor, bounced four times and ran out the door screaming. Now, I can kinda understand why OWC decided to not continue the BlueChips, seeing as they already had the Newertech stuff, and the fact that the BlueChip 900 was US$349 against the NewerTech G4/500 at US$279 ... but *SURELY* when they took over they brought in whatever remained of the BlueChip kits!! If so ... Hands up all you Pismo addicts who'd like another crack at the world's fastest Pismo upgrades? I know *I* for one am prepared to pay the premium, who's with me? Shall we petition the lovely lads at OWC with a last-chance group order? Geoffrey -- -- Endian Little Hate I --- -- I'm afraid music in the modern idiom is too repetitive for my tastes ... although the rhythm does have a certain hypnotic effect. -- Brains (International Rescue Engineer, 'Thunderbirds' (c) Gerry Anderson 1969) -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Pismo upgrades: The BlueChip G3 900 MHz
-- Original message -- From: Geoffrey Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does anyone here have the incredibly good fortune to own the very rare PowerLogix BlueChip G3 Pismo 900 (yes, that's right, the sexiest machine Apple ever made can run at 900 MHz) CPU upgrade? Hands up all you Pismo addicts who'd like another crack at the world's fastest Pismo upgrades? Sounds like a winner to me... Let's do it. Henry -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Pismo upgrades: The BlueChip G3 900 MHz
Too late, I've already got one! smirk I didn't realize that there were so few sold. I was a bit leery of Powerlogix as I'd read some of the upset customer reports on the xlr8yourmac database, but I got lucky with no problems and no delays once I'd decided not to wait for the just announced 1 GHz G3 chip, but to settle for the 900 MHz. It's no longer my primary computer as I bought a 20' iMac G5 1.8 a year ago for more screen space. But I just took it on the road for a couple of weeks and it did just fine although I was really wishing that I'd bought the damn Airport card. Aside from frying the modem and Ethernet ports in a series of lightning strikes a couple of years ago it runs great. To pick a nit I'm pretty sure that Moore bought the G4/500 upgrade for his Pismo, not the G3/900. Jason -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: Value of a Pismo?
Geoffrey... I think, given your recent update and the images you supplied, that my original estimate of cost is very close to what you can expect, as they stand. If I were you, I'd try to sell them locally (eg. Australia), if only because international shipping is somewhat prohibitive. I didn't try to do the math on the conversion to Australian value. On #1, the scuffed rubber and chinks around the edges will hurt value, but I still think you are in the ball-game with my estimate. The single bad pixel is only marginably problematic, but a buyer will try to use that as a bargaining point (what else is going wrong with it?). Have you thought of taking the best of each (screen from #2, plastics from the best, even if you have to mix parts, etc.) and make one sterling machine? That would raise value to US$375-500--maybe even US$525, if it is really and honestly primo and you have a motivated buyer). The OS 9.1 system, no disks, is a wash (another reason to rob Peter to pay Paul). The OX 10.3.2 with distro is good and greatly supports the valuation I gave, especially for a single machine made out of the best of both. Think about bundling all the best: Best plastics/Flawless LCD/768 RAM/40 HD/Good battery/VST Zip/Apple case/10.3.2 w-CDs/best AC adapter and cord, all carefully cleaned and detailed (the keymarks on the screen are NOT permanent, regardless of what you've been told. I clean them from my Pismo screen about twice a year)--I say, that makes a really nice package deal for a motivated buyer. Do you have original docs? Then, the other machine could be parted out (even I need another 2.5 drive (though I would like to have 40 GB or even more), and would consider a 500 MHz logic, too--and I'm just one of several, I'm sure). Those parts would bring you $75-120, giving you about US$100 more than my previous estimates. Personally, I'd pay more for a primo Pismo than for a 1st generation TI-Book (and maybe even for 2nd generation--the TI-Books really scuff up bad and show case damage much worse than the Pismos, in my opinion). rb === San Bernardino, CA 92404 -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: Value of a Pismo?
Stardate 060206.08:21 -0800. A subspace message from R. P. Bell reads: Thanks for all your input, most heartening :D On #1, the scuffed rubber and chinks around the edges will hurt value, but I still think you are in the ball-game with my estimate. The single bad pixel is only marginably problematic, but a buyer will try to use that as a bargaining point (what else is going wrong with it?). Mmm, somewhat expected. Have you thought of taking the best of each (screen from #2, plastics from the best, even if you have to mix parts, etc.) and make one sterling machine? Apart from moving the LCD assemblies over, I already have tried to 'max out' Monolith as best as I can, Pismo 2 took the 'leavings'. (Actually, there was a third Pismo machine in the equation, but that ended up with the somewhat daggy sticker-fested casing that I mentioned in an earlier post, an intact but very dull screen, and the *real* left-overs ... but I did offer the tech who assisted me any pieces left over, working or not, and I heard back from him tonight that he'd found a 400 MHz CPU and 128 MB of RAM, and had already made a poor uni student very happy with a small 'desktop' Pismo computer for A$120 -- a win win situation all round :)) As for the single stuck pixel, I didn't notice that until I was giving it the clean-down (being stuck on blue-white means it blended in very well to the default Aqua desktop), and frankly, I don't think it is very obvious unless you go looking for it, or try to make it display red :). Besides, of the two LCDs, that one is the brighter and less marked of the two. There was also an AirPort card, but I'm staunchly anti-wireless-technology so I gave that to my techie-friend (lucky for him he piped up when he did, I was about to snap it in two). I wouldn't inflict that toxic-ness on anyone, if they wish to be suicidal and add one after they buy my machines, that's their choice. ... the keymarks on the screen are NOT permanent, regardless of what you've been told. I clean them from my Pismo screen about twice a year How do you do it? The suggestions that hit this list a few days ago reference products unavailable in Australia. Do you have original docs? No, alas. Nor the boxes or anything else, purely what you see in the pics. Then, the other machine could be parted out ... Mmm, no, I'm not interested in trying to maximise any return on these two lovelies, all I seek is some redress for my time and the promise they go to a loving home :) I myself have no need for portable computing, and even though both of them rate faster in CPU and bus-speed than Brutus, my beloved G3/300 platinum minitower (call him 'beige' and I'll curse you ;)), is the more flexible machine for my needs, and still does virtually everything I want from a computer these days anyway. I don't game, I don't watch videos (heck, I refuse to watch TV), I dabble some with music, and I write a *lot* of text. I bought a Mac Mini earlier this year, experimented for about three months before I realised I missed the flexibility the G3/300 gave me, couldn't justify the expenditure on a machine I was leaving sit idle more often than not, so I sold it. Got back exactly what I paid for it too :) And that's despite turning it into a FrankenMini, as seen here below: http://madchat.tv/apple/frankenmini The old 630 case was a perfect choice. With the addition of a 2.5 adaptor and some spare parts, Mimi went from a 1.25GHz/256/40/combo entry-level model with the pokey 4200 RPM drive, to a speedy little minx sporting a 7200 RPM Western Digital 8MB Caviar 120 GB and a Pioneer DVR-109. I never did get to finish her properly, but it was a fun hack, and as I still have the 630 shell when I come across a Mini at the right price in the future, Mimi shall be reborn :) ... the TI-Books really scuff up bad and show case damage much worse than the Pismos, in my opinion. Heh, no argument there! When people ask me what laptop they should look at, I always point them to the iBooks. Sturdier, tougher, and more tolerant of the daily grind than any PowerBook, almost as flexible, and still the best portable computing dollar you can get today. The Pismo is, despite what Steve Jon come up with, possibly the second-best machine *EVER* to have come from Apple, with the TAM holding first place. One day I will own a TAM *dreams ...* Anyway. I've got two Wallstreets' worth of parts here, time to see if I can get the Japanese-market version going smoothly at 250 MHz ... Geoffrey -- -- Endian Little Hate I --- -- I'm afraid music in the modern idiom is too repetitive for my tastes ... although the rhythm does have a certain hypnotic effect. -- Brains (International Rescue Engineer, 'Thunderbirds' (c) Gerry Anderson 1969) -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives
Value of a Pismo?
I now have a pair of functioning Pismos, and am after some idea of how much they might be worth. Both cases are in good condition, minor scuffing, mild key-marks on the LCD overlay, intact rubberising. I'll put photos up if people are curious. #1 is a PB 500 Firewire, 768/40/DVD, working battery with a 2.5 hr run-time on a charge, VST Zip100 pod, Apple-logo'd carrycase, UFO power-pod, 10.3.2 installed, with pack of original 10.3.2 CDs. #2 is also a PB 500 Firewire, 256/20/DVD, battery is recognised by the machine but won't charge (press the battery button and the first LED blinks a few times, that's it), UFO powerpod, 9.1 installed, no discs. Guesstimates, people? I'm in Australia, but I can convert to A$ from US$ and EU$ ... just after some ideas, all input appreciated. Geoffrey -- -- Endian Little Hate I --- -- I'm afraid music in the modern idiom is too repetitive for my tastes ... although the rhythm does have a certain hypnotic effect. -- Brains (International Rescue Engineer, 'Thunderbirds' (c) Gerry Anderson 1969) -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: Value of a Pismo?
On 2/8/06, Geoffrey Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I now have a pair of functioning Pismos, and am after some idea of how much they might be worth. Both cases are in good condition, minor scuffing, mild key-marks on the LCD overlay, intact rubberising. I'll put photos up if people are curious. #1 is a PB 500 Firewire, 768/40/DVD, working battery with a 2.5 hr run-time on a charge, VST Zip100 pod, Apple-logo'd carrycase, UFO power-pod, 10.3.2 installed, with pack of original 10.3.2 CDs. #2 is also a PB 500 Firewire, 256/20/DVD, battery is recognised by the machine but won't charge (press the battery button and the first LED blinks a few times, that's it), UFO powerpod, 9.1 installed, no discs. Guesstimates, people? I'm in Australia, but I can convert to A$ from US$ and EU$ ... just after some ideas, all input appreciated. Geoffrey I wanted to give you a $ figure but with all things its only worth someone is willing to pay for it. I find it best when selling items to look on ebay then look at the used mac sites for a compatible unit. There in the middle is the value. I hope this helps I am sure that many list members will give you a $ amount from their experience with them. I can say that a good pismo is a prize. Steve -- -- Endian Little Hate I --- -- I'm afraid music in the modern idiom is too repetitive for my tastes ... although the rhythm does have a certain hypnotic effect. -- Brains (International Rescue Engineer, 'Thunderbirds' (c) Gerry Anderson 1969) -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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 --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: Value of a Pismo?
Geoffrey... Most of us will tell you that, hands down, the Pismo is probably the brightest star ever put in the notebook sky by Apple. True, they are becoming somewhat dated, but my PB 2000-400 Firewire is loaded with 1 GB RAM and a new 30 GB HD, running OS X.3.9 and just keeps on working. The screen is great, the plastics are almost flawless and the keyboard--after several years of operation--is still spot on. Of course, I baby it...and I'll probably take the leap to a new MacBook Pro in another year or so, but when all is said and done, the Pismo is just a great computer at a very attractive price point (high $$ for a used computer, to be sure--especially after 5 years, but then, what PC notebook can compare favorably to that?). You're probably looking at from US$250 to US$400 for #1, depending on condition (especially the LCD; bad pixels really kill the value, as do bad plastics and keyboard), and US$100-200 (max) for #2 (incidentally, can you verify that #2 will boot from the AC adapter?). If you get an off of US$500 cash for both, I'd recommend that you very seriously consider taking it. Shipping from down under will, of course, hurt US sales value. Good luck. rb === San Bernardino, CA 92404 - Original Message - From: Geoffrey Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 5:04 PM Subject: Value of a Pismo? |I now have a pair of functioning Pismos, and am after some idea of | how much they might be worth. Both cases are in good condition, minor | scuffing, mild key-marks on the LCD overlay, intact rubberising. I'll | put photos up if people are curious. | | #1 is a PB 500 Firewire, 768/40/DVD, working battery with a 2.5 hr | run-time on a charge, VST Zip100 pod, Apple-logo'd carrycase, UFO | power-pod, 10.3.2 installed, with pack of original 10.3.2 CDs. | | #2 is also a PB 500 Firewire, 256/20/DVD, battery is recognised by | the machine but won't charge (press the battery button and the first | LED blinks a few times, that's it), UFO powerpod, 9.1 installed, no | discs. | | Guesstimates, people? I'm in Australia, but I can convert to A$ from | US$ and EU$ ... just after some ideas, all input appreciated. | | | Geoffrey | -- | -- Endian Little Hate I --- -- | I'm afraid music in the modern idiom is too repetitive for my tastes | ... although the rhythm does have a certain hypnotic effect. -- Brains | (International Rescue Engineer, 'Thunderbirds' (c) Gerry Anderson 1969) | | -- | G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... | | Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | | | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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 | --- | | -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: Value of a Pismo?
Tsk tsk, naughty top-poster! :) Stardate 060208.21:08 -0800. A subspace message from R. P. Bell reads: Most of us will tell you that, hands down, the Pismo is probably the brightest star ever put in the notebook sky by Apple. No argument - why else would OWC still be offering their G4 modification upgrades :) The Amrani-clad Ferrari gets supercharged, woo! (if I were keeping one - I don't have a need for portable computing - I would get this done) You're probably looking at from US$250 to US$400 for #1, depending on condition (especially the LCD; bad pixels really kill the value, as do bad plastics and keyboard) ... #1 has got a single stuck white/blue pixel, roughly in the middle of the top right quadrant of the screen, otherwise it is all good. As I mentioned, rubber is a little scuffed but intact (no aluminium showing), and a few wear-marks scuffs around the corners. Suprisingly, it has all four feet :) http://brains.mine.nu/temp/pismo-1-kit.jpg http://brains.mine.nu/temp/pismo-1-screen.jpg (I forgot to put the original 10.3.2 disc-pack in that shot ... oh well) and US$100-200 (max) for #2 (incidentally, can you verify that #2 will boot from the AC adapter?). This one, the screen overlay has zero dead pixels, but its overlay has a few key-mark rubbing-spots that are noticable when the screen is lit. And she runs fine off the mains :) It does have all four feet mising, though, and a split that runs from the clicker to the latch, along the botton edge of the front. http://brains.mine.nu/temp/pismo-2-kit.jpg http://brains.mine.nu/temp/pismo-2-screen.jpg All keys present on both, all keys work on both. Geoffrey -- -- Endian Little Hate I --- -- I'm afraid music in the modern idiom is too repetitive for my tastes ... although the rhythm does have a certain hypnotic effect. -- Brains (International Rescue Engineer, 'Thunderbirds' (c) Gerry Anderson 1969) -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: adding Classic to Pismo running Tiger?
Forgive my faulty memory re: which disk here-- To install classic under Tiger, you boot up the accessories(?) disc that came with the Tiger package (ok--I said my memory was faulty--it's the disk everyone looks at and figures they have no use for. :) ) One of the selections there is to install classic--use that and you'll be all set. Later...Howard -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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 ---
adding Classic to Pismo with Tiger, is 9.2.2 better than 9.2.1?
Following a suggestion I started my Pismo from the OS9.2.1 CD and installed it on the internal disk (40 Gb one partition). I had to tell it to save the old system folder but after that It went through the install like normal. It still boots in Tiger so I haven't ruined that installation. I have got the 9.2.1 to 9.2.2 update, is there any benefit to going to 9.2.2 or am I better off at 9.2.1? I can start Classic now (before I got a not installed error). Now I need to get the Belkin drivers for the USB-SCSI adaptor and see if I can make it work in Classic. I'm assuming I need to be in classic when I install the drivers? Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: adding Classic to Pismo with Tiger, is 9.2.2 better than 9.2.1?
Stardate 060204.16:08 -0500. A subspace message from Andrew in Ann Arbor reads: I have got the 9.2.1 to 9.2.2 update, is there any benefit to going to 9.2.2 Oh, *hell* yes. Stability. OS X will work (after a fashion) with 9.2 and 9.2.1, but it *expects* 9.2.2. Apply the update, post-haste. Or you will find that you will encounter far too many error type 10's and 11's when booted into OS 9, and frequent unexplained quits of Classic whilst under OS X. Geoffrey -- -- Endian Little Hate I --- -- I'm afraid music in the modern idiom is too repetitive for my tastes ... although the rhythm does have a certain hypnotic effect. -- Brains (International Rescue Engineer, 'Thunderbirds' (c) Gerry Anderson 1969) -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: adding Classic to Pismo running Tiger?
On Feb 2, 2006, at 9:32 pm, Andrew in Ann Arbor wrote: Hello All I've been loving Tiger on my 500 MHz Pismo but I want to figure out a SCSI connection before I sell off the trusty Lombard and the best solution I've found to date is a USB to SCSI adapter that only runs under OS9. So I want to install Classic on the Pismo. The Pismo has a 40 Gb hard drive with 19 Gb used. Get Info identifies it as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Can I just install OS9 or do I need to partition the disk first? If I need to partition can I copy the Tiger installation to my external Firewire disk, partition the Pismo drive and copy the Tiger installation back? Is there a better way? Thanks Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? Andrew, you do not need to partition the disk. Just go ahead and install OS 9. A;an -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Pismo battery woes?
I'd been given a Pismo (yes, givem, the last of the truly gorgeous laptops Apple ever made) but it wasn't going ... it *had* been functioning, but was then stored (with a full charge) in the bottom of a filing cabinet for two months before I got my lucky li' mitts on this G3/500/768MB/20GB beauty with the unmarred case. Sent it off to get fixed. The case issue aside (a long story), the battery which was 14 months old, had been swapped on me by the body repair centre. It is being recognised, as in under 9.1 the battery appears in the menubar, but it reads 0 % and there's no lightning bolt. Press the li'l button on the side of the battery, and the firsyt green LED blinks a few times. Is this battery totally scrubbed, or has someone figured out a way to rejuve these dears? (btw: I'm now -- Hi!! *waves*) Geoffrey -- -- Endian Little Hate I --- -- I'm afraid music in the modern idiom is too repetitive for my tastes ... although the rhythm does have a certain hypnotic effect. -- Brains (International Rescue Engineer, 'Thunderbirds' (c) Gerry Anderson 1969) -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Pismo battery woes?
On 02/02/06 11:22, Geoffrey Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd been given a Pismo (yes, givem, the last of the truly gorgeous laptops Apple ever made) but it wasn't going ... it *had* been functioning, but was then stored (with a full charge) in the bottom of a filing cabinet for two months before I got my lucky li' mitts on this G3/500/768MB/20GB beauty with the unmarred case. Sent it off to get fixed. The case issue aside (a long story), the battery which was 14 months old, had been swapped on me by the body repair centre. It is being recognised, as in under 9.1 the battery appears in the menubar, but it reads 0 % and there's no lightning bolt. Press the li'l button on the side of the battery, and the firsyt green LED blinks a few times. Is this battery totally scrubbed, or has someone figured out a way to rejuve these dears? (btw: I'm now -- Hi!! *waves*) Geoffrey -- -- Endian Little Hate I --- -- I'm afraid music in the modern idiom is too repetitive for my tastes ... although the rhythm does have a certain hypnotic effect. -- Brains (International Rescue Engineer, 'Thunderbirds' (c) Gerry Anderson 1969) Hey, good for you, Geoffrey! The battery might be dead but you might be able to revive it. You can search in the G-Books archive as this subject comes out regularly. BTW, that's the first time I see a quote from Brains of the 'Thunderbirds'! Thunderbirds are go! -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Washington, DC, USA Usual disclaimers apply *** -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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 ---
adding Classic to Pismo running Tiger?
Hello All I've been loving Tiger on my 500 MHz Pismo but I want to figure out a SCSI connection before I sell off the trusty Lombard and the best solution I've found to date is a USB to SCSI adapter that only runs under OS9. So I want to install Classic on the Pismo. The Pismo has a 40 Gb hard drive with 19 Gb used. Get Info identifies it as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Can I just install OS9 or do I need to partition the disk first? If I need to partition can I copy the Tiger installation to my external Firewire disk, partition the Pismo drive and copy the Tiger installation back? Is there a better way? Thanks Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)
DVD drive failure is common for the LG model DVD drives used in Pismos. I get many enquiries for replacement DVD drives, and often they show the symptom of reading CDs but not DVDs or vice versa. How do you know the LG model from any of the others? It tells you in Apple System Profiler, or on the drive caddy it says DRN-8080. -- Best wishes Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fanatic http://www.pbfanatic.co.uk -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)
On Jan 31, 2006, at 6:03 PM, Malcolm Cornelius wrote: DVD drive failure is common for the LG model DVD drives used in Pismos. Is there any way to repair it? Or should I just toss the drive and buy a new one? I tend to replace the mechanism, never tried to repair them. are the units just standard Laptop IDE? I saw the connector on the back, and it seemed to be the same connector as on the back of the slot loading drive I pulled from a G4 Cube, but I'm unfamiliar with that formfactor. -s -- Scott Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)
On Jan 31, 2006, at 11:45 PM, James Sanderson wrote: On 31 Jan 2006, at 16:44, Malcolm Cornelius wrote: DVD drive failure is common for the LG model DVD drives used in Pismos. I get many enquiries for replacement DVD drives, and often they show the symptom of reading CDs but not DVDs or vice versa. How do you know the LG model from any of the others? On mine, i was definitively able to tell by disassembling the unit. Using a #0 phillips screwdriver, remove the two screws holding the plastic flap on the back, then the two insanely tiny screws on either side of the unit. (notice that the two that go through plastic are about 2mm longer than the others) You can then lift the unit out of the carrier. The label is on the bottom. :) -sy -- Scott Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)
On 01/02/06 09:37, Scott Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 31, 2006, at 6:03 PM, Malcolm Cornelius wrote: DVD drive failure is common for the LG model DVD drives used in Pismos. Is there any way to repair it? Or should I just toss the drive and buy a new one? I tend to replace the mechanism, never tried to repair them. are the units just standard Laptop IDE? Yes, they are all IDE or ATAPI in the case of CD-ROM/DVD drives. Maybe not a familiar form factor but it should be standard. -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Washington, DC, USA Usual disclaimers apply *** -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)
On Feb 1, 2006, at 6:37 AM, Scott Lawrence wrote: I saw the connector on the back, and it seemed to be the same connector as on the back of the slot loading drive I pulled from a G4 Cube, but I'm unfamiliar with that formfactor. There is an adapter board on the back of the drive. Under the adapter is the standard laptop drive connector. I used a Samsung combo drive from a dell in my wife's Pismo. -Dylan -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)
are the units just standard Laptop IDE? I saw the connector on the back, and it seemed to be the same connector as on the back of the slot loading drive I pulled from a G4 Cube, but I'm unfamiliar with that formfactor. Yup. Should be a drive set to Master, and if you use a different drive the front bezel won't fit. -- Best wishes Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fanatic http://www.pbfanatic.co.uk -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Best Wireless Solution for Pismo?
Anyone have an idea of the best solution to update a G3 500 Pismo with wireless capabilities? -- MacManMark [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: Best Wireless Solution for Pismo?
Quoth [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Anyone have an idea of the best solution to update a G3 500 Pismo with wireless capabilities? Old fashioned plain ol' dull boring Airport card. Works great in mine. A.J. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: Best Wireless Solution for Pismo?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone have an idea of the best solution to update a G3 500 Pismo with wireless capabilities? -- MacManMark [EMAIL PROTECTED] I can confirm that the current version of the Linksys wpc54gs card works fine with the Airport software, no additional drivers required. Version 1 of wpc54g card also works fine but the Version 2 card does not as it does not have the Broadcom chipset in it. The advantage of these cards over all the others is WPA support, the IOExpert and Orange drivers currently only support WEP. The DLink usb (DWL-122 from memory) also works, again with no WPA support, only WEP. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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 ---
Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)
Hi all. I just joined. I recently came into posession of a broken G3 Powerbook Pismo. It seemed relatively complete (no hard drive, no keyboard, no psu, but cpu, ram, dvd-rom, battery). I borrowed a 3400 from work, and tried out the pismo with it, but nothing. I completely disassembled it, down to the power connector, to find that it had sheared from the board: http://www.umlautllama.com/gallery/pismo/IMG_0562 so I desoldered, straightned, and reconnected it: http://www.umlautllama.com/gallery/pismo/IMG_0566 I plugged it all back together, along with a 20gig spare drive I had, and it gave me the ? Folder. YAY! I just got done installing OS 9 on a 1 gig partition, and OS 10.2 on the remaining partition. It all works really well. (I do still need a shield for the ram/cpu area, keyboard, and power supply) I just finally found my 10.4 DVD-R, and was about to install that over 10.2, to find out that for some reason, the DVD-ROM drive (the stock apple one) doesn't seem to read DVD-R discs... or at least, it doesn't read DVD-R discs that I've burnt. Is this a common problem, or am I doing something wrong on my end? -s (I've also got a 15 TiBook 500 (Rev A), and my current machine, a 15 AlBook 1.67ghz... which belong to work, but for all intents and purposes, my machines.) -- Scott Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: Best Wireless Solution for Pismo?
I can confirm that the current version of the Linksys wpc54gs card works fine with the Airport software, no additional drivers required. Version 1 of wpc54g card also works fine but the Version 2 card does not as it does not have the Broadcom chipset in it. Also on the list of good cards is the Sonnet Aria Extreme, as it also has the Broadcom chipset, and it's not bad at $70. I have one that I got for my Lombard, and I'd be using it, except for the fact I'm stuck on 9 at the moment. Caleb -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)
I just finally found my 10.4 DVD-R, and was about to install that over 10.2, to find out that for some reason, the DVD-ROM drive (the stock apple one) doesn't seem to read DVD-R discs... or at least, it doesn't read DVD-R discs that I've burnt. Is this a common problem, or am I doing something wrong on my end? DVD drive failure is common for the LG model DVD drives used in Pismos. I get many enquiries for replacement DVD drives, and often they show the symptom of reading CDs but not DVDs or vice versa. -- Best wishes Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fanatic http://www.pbfanatic.co.uk -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)
On Jan 31, 2006, at 5:44 PM, Malcolm Cornelius wrote: I just finally found my 10.4 DVD-R, and was about to install that over 10.2, to find out that for some reason, the DVD-ROM drive (the stock apple one) doesn't seem to read DVD-R discs... or at least, it doesn't read DVD-R discs that I've burnt. Is this a common problem, or am I doing something wrong on my end? DVD drive failure is common for the LG model DVD drives used in Pismos. I get many enquiries for replacement DVD drives, and often they show the symptom of reading CDs but not DVDs or vice versa. Is there any way to repair it? Or should I just toss the drive and buy a new one? As mentioned in the previous post, I'm not afraid to bring a soldering iron to the thing. -s -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)
DVD drive failure is common for the LG model DVD drives used in Pismos. Is there any way to repair it? Or should I just toss the drive and buy a new one? I tend to replace the mechanism, never tried to repair them. -- Best wishes Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fanatic http://www.pbfanatic.co.uk -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)
Hi all. I just joined. I recently came into posession of a broken G3 Powerbook Pismo. It seemed relatively complete (no hard drive, no keyboard, no psu, but cpu, ram, dvd-rom, battery). I borrowed a 3400 from work, and tried out the pismo with it, but nothing. I completely disassembled it, down to the power connector, to find that it had sheared from the board: http://www.umlautllama.com/gallery/pismo/IMG_0562 so I desoldered, straightned, and reconnected it: http://www.umlautllama.com/gallery/pismo/IMG_0566 I plugged it all back together, along with a 20gig spare drive I had, and it gave me the ? Folder. YAY! I just got done installing OS 9 on a 1 gig partition, and OS 10.2 on the remaining partition. It all works really well. (I do still need a shield for the ram/cpu area, keyboard, and power supply) I just finally found my 10.4 DVD-R, and was about to install that over 10.2, to find out that for some reason, the DVD-ROM drive (the stock apple one) doesn't seem to read DVD-R discs... or at least, it doesn't read DVD-R discs that I've burnt. Is this a common problem, or am I doing something wrong on my end? -s (I've also got a 15 TiBook 500 (Rev A), and my current machine, a 15 AlBook 1.67ghz... which belong to work, but for all intents and purposes, my machines.) -- Scott Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nice rework on the sound/AC board. From what I gather the lombard/pismo DVDs are getting flaky by now. Luckily, you can replace the mechanisms with a number of other devices you can find on Ebay. This is a good reference page: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/macdan/ebms.html#dvdr Mad Dog -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)
On 31 Jan 2006, at 16:44, Malcolm Cornelius wrote: DVD drive failure is common for the LG model DVD drives used in Pismos. I get many enquiries for replacement DVD drives, and often they show the symptom of reading CDs but not DVDs or vice versa. How do you know the LG model from any of the others? Jim Sanderson -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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 ---
format a Hitachi drive in a firewire case on a Pismo?
Hello, I have bought a new Hitachi drive for my Pismo (listed as compatible on OWC) and put it in an external Sarotech firewire case. However, it doesn't show up with Disk Utility in OSX10.3.9. Then I re-started from a 10.3.2 installer CD, twice by holding down the C key, and it is not seen with Disk Utility. I also re-started in OS9.22 and Drive SetUp did not see it to format it. Is there a trick to getting this drive to appear on the desktop to format it? Thanks. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Pismo battery revival?
Hello, I had a Pismo battery that showed four green lights when the button on the side was pushed. I let it sit for a few weeks without power and now only one battery light blinks green. Is the battery dead and can I revive it somehow? Thanks. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Pismo battery revival?
Hello, I had a Pismo battery that showed four green lights when the button on the side was pushed. I let it sit for a few weeks without power and now only one battery light blinks green. Is the battery dead and can I revive it somehow? The blinking light means it is flat. Getting to 4 lights doesn't mean that the battery is A1, I have seen many that claim to fully charge but only last ten minutes under load. -- Best wishes Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fanatic http://www.pbfanatic.co.uk -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: format a Hitachi drive in a firewire case on a Pismo?
on 29/01/06 08:17, kaldav at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have bought a new Hitachi drive for my Pismo (listed as compatible on OWC) and put it in an external Sarotech firewire case. However, it doesn't show up with Disk Utility in OSX10.3.9. Then I re-started from a 10.3.2 installer CD, twice by holding down the C key, and it is not seen with Disk Utility. I also re-started in OS9.22 and Drive SetUp did not see it to format it. Is there a trick to getting this drive to appear on the desktop to format it? I don't think the problem is with the drive. I would think that the problem is with the Firewire enclosure. Does that enclosure need external power? I have one that won't work if not connected to an external source of power. -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] kludge: 1. /klooj/ n. Incorrect (though regrettably common) spelling of kluge (US). These two words have been confused in American usage since the early 1960s, and widely confounded in Great Britain since the end of World War II. 2. [TMRC] A crock that works. (A long-ago Datamation article by Jackson Granholme similarly said: An ill-assorted collection of poorly matching parts, forming a distressing whole.) 3. v. To use a kludge to get around a problem. I've kludged around it for now, but I'll fix it up properly later. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: format a Hitachi drive in a firewire case on a Pismo?
On Jan 29, 2006, at 5:17 AM, kaldav wrote: I have bought a new Hitachi drive for my Pismo (listed as compatible on OWC) and put it in an external Sarotech firewire case. However, it doesn't show up with Disk Utility in OSX10.3.9. Then I re-started from a 10.3.2 installer CD, twice by holding down the C key, and it is not seen with Disk Utility. I also re-started in OS9.22 and Drive SetUp did not see it to format it. Is there a trick to getting this drive to appear on the desktop to format it? I believe that Sarotech FireWire enclosures use Oxford 911 or 912 chipsets. You may have to install the Oxford Java Utility for your drive to show up. If so, please write me offlist for specific procedure. Fabian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: format a Hitachi drive in a firewire case on a Pismo?
on 29/01/06 12:30, Fabian Fang at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 29, 2006, at 5:17 AM, kaldav wrote: I have bought a new Hitachi drive for my Pismo (listed as compatible on OWC) and put it in an external Sarotech firewire case. However, it doesn't show up with Disk Utility in OSX10.3.9. Then I re-started from a 10.3.2 installer CD, twice by holding down the C key, and it is not seen with Disk Utility. I also re-started in OS9.22 and Drive SetUp did not see it to format it. Is there a trick to getting this drive to appear on the desktop to format it? I believe that Sarotech FireWire enclosures use Oxford 911 or 912 chipsets. You may have to install the Oxford Java Utility for your drive to show up. If so, please write me offlist for specific procedure. Did you check that the cable is good? I thought that Oxford chipsets were pretty much compatible with Mac OS X... -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] one-banana problem: n. At mainframe shops, where the computers have operators for routine administrivia, the programmers and hardware people tend to look down on the operators and claim that a trained monkey could do their job. It is frequently observed that the incentives that would be offered said monkeys can be used as a scale to describe the difficulty of a task. A one-banana problem is simple; hence, It's only a one-banana job at the most; what's taking them so long? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Pismo hanging
I just bought some new memory (upgrading to 768 from 512 mg) and a combo drive for my G3 Pismo operating 9.2.2. My relatively computer saavy and I installed it ourselves using the laptop's owner's manual - and all seemed to go well. The combo came with a variety of drivers for pismos operating OS 9 and I copied the one that seemed right to my extension folder, restarted and and the drive played a DVD promptly. However, after that the computer would not wake up - the screen was black and made no noise - without using Shift/option/Command + start button. A little later, it was still not waking up but at least made some noise to indicate that it was running - holding down the power key alone worked that time to wake it up. So, we tried zapping the pram and rebuilding the desktop and that solved the wakeup problem. But the next problem seems insolvable and I am wondering if anyone would have any advice. When waking up it takes a few seconds to go from black to grey and then about 10 seconds for the open program to show up. When restarting, it flickers in the grey screen a bit and then starts to open fairly regularly (albeit seemingly more slowly than pre-upgrade), then it hangs on the desktop with the MacHD icon highlighted for about 10 seconds, frozen and then finally the Startup apps open. (In my case it is Claris Emailer, stickies and Mozilla.) I tried turning off the combo-drive extension (and restarting) but the results were the same so now I am wondering if it has something to do with the amount of memory ( 512 mgs)and 9.2.2. Thanks for the advice! Tannis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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 G4 Combo drive in Pismo?
On Jan 24, 2006, at 7:17 AM, kaldav wrote: Hello, Does anyone know if a Combo drive from an iBook G4 12 1ghz would work in a Pismo? Thanks. Hi Yes it will it is just a straight drop into the pismo caddy but the face plate will not fit as it is slot loading. You can make one easy enough from an old vst zip drive caddy for the pismo. vicki -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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 ---
DVD-ROM Drive for Pismo
Can a Toshiba DVD-Rom from a Dell laptop be made to fit in the caddy of a Pismo drive -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto: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: DVD-ROM Drive for Pismo
On Jan 24, 2006, at 9:23 AM, Michael Kern wrote: Can a Toshiba DVD-Rom from a Dell laptop be made to fit in the caddy of a Pismo drive Some can. XLR8 Your Mac http://www.xlr8yourmac.com has information on the known working models. -- Bruce Johnson This is the sig who says 'Ni!' -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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 G4 Combo drive in Pismo?
On Jan 24, 2006, at 12:17 AM, kaldav wrote: Hello, Does anyone know if a Combo drive from an iBook G4 12 1ghz would work in a Pismo? It should, I've got one from a TiBook in mine. Just unbolted the drive from the carrier in the TiBook and attached it to the one in my Pismo. The bezel doesn't fit, but it's a slot loader, so it's less important. It's a someday project to dremel out the bezel from the old drive to attach it to the new one so it's prettier. -- Bruce Johnson This is the sig who says 'Ni!' -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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 G4 Combo drive in Pismo?
On Tuesday, Jan 24, 2006, at 10:33 America/Chicago, Bruce Johnson wrote: It should, I've got one from a TiBook in mine. Just unbolted the drive from the carrier in the TiBook and attached it to the one in my Pismo. The bezel doesn't fit, but it's a slot loader, so it's less important. It's a someday project to dremel out the bezel from the old drive to attach it to the new one so it's prettier. Bruce, about how expensive are TiBook superdrives, as I'd like to put one in my Lombard eventually. Thanks, Caleb -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: DVD-ROM Drive for Pismo
On Tuesday, Jan 24, 2006, at 10:29 America/Chicago, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jan 24, 2006, at 9:23 AM, Michael Kern wrote: Can a Toshiba DVD-Rom from a Dell laptop be made to fit in the caddy of a Pismo drive Some can. XLR8 Your Mac http://www.xlr8yourmac.com has information on the known working models. I don't know about DVD drives, but I've got an old Toshiba CD-ROM that I pulled out of my first PC laptop that works in my Lombard. Of course, I only used it long enough to verify that it works, before I swapped the stock LG DVD drive back in. Caleb -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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 G4 Combo drive in Pismo?
On Jan 24, 2006, at 10:28 AM, Caleb Cupples wrote: On Tuesday, Jan 24, 2006, at 10:33 America/Chicago, Bruce Johnson wrote: It should, I've got one from a TiBook in mine. Just unbolted the drive from the carrier in the TiBook and attached it to the one in my Pismo. The bezel doesn't fit, but it's a slot loader, so it's less important. It's a someday project to dremel out the bezel from the old drive to attach it to the new one so it's prettier. Bruce, about how expensive are TiBook superdrives, as I'd like to put one in my Lombard eventually. No clue, since I was given the expired TiBook for spare parts. (College only, unfortunately, since it's a UA-owned system) I'd scour e-bay for TiBook parts. Powerbookguy http:// www.powerbookguy.com sells one for $129. -- Bruce Johnson This is the sig who says 'Ni!' -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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 G4 Combo drive in Pismo?
On Tuesday, Jan 24, 2006, at 12:43 America/Chicago, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jan 24, 2006, at 10:28 AM, Caleb Cupples wrote: On Tuesday, Jan 24, 2006, at 10:33 America/Chicago, Bruce Johnson wrote: It should, I've got one from a TiBook in mine. Just unbolted the drive from the carrier in the TiBook and attached it to the one in my Pismo. The bezel doesn't fit, but it's a slot loader, so it's less important. It's a someday project to dremel out the bezel from the old drive to attach it to the new one so it's prettier. Bruce, about how expensive are TiBook superdrives, as I'd like to put one in my Lombard eventually. No clue, since I was given the expired TiBook for spare parts. (College only, unfortunately, since it's a UA-owned system) I'd scour e-bay for TiBook parts. Powerbookguy http://www.powerbookguy.com sells one for $129. Thanks. If anything, Powerbookguy definitely beats OWC's prices for superdrives. Does it work with the native drivers in Jaguar, or will I have to hack some drivers and/or install PatchBurn? Caleb -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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 G4 Combo drive in Pismo?
On Jan 24, 2006, at 11:47 AM, Caleb Cupples wrote: No clue, since I was given the expired TiBook for spare parts. (College only, unfortunately, since it's a UA-owned system) I'd scour e-bay for TiBook parts. Powerbookguy http:// www.powerbookguy.com sells one for $129. Thanks. If anything, Powerbookguy definitely beats OWC's prices for superdrives. Does it work with the native drivers in Jaguar, or will I have to hack some drivers and/or install PatchBurn? The one from the Tibook worked just fine right off the bat, but that was in 10.3. You might have to run Patchburn if the drive post-dates Jaguar. -- Bruce Johnson This is the sig who says 'Ni!' -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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 G4 Combo drive in Pismo?
KNEW I was forgetting one! Wegener Media http://wegenermedia.com/ sells kits with the correct bezel and all for starting at $150: http://www.wegenermedia.com/pismoslotdrives.htm -- Bruce Johnson This is the sig who says 'Ni!' -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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 G4 Combo drive in Pismo?
Caleb Cupples [EMAIL PROTECTED] asked: Bruce, about how expensive are TiBook superdrives, as I'd like to put one in my Lombard eventually. I figure an original SuperDrive ought to go for $50 or so, based on the prices of current models, eg: Pioneer DVR-K05 8X Dual Layer Slim DVD±RW Drive @ US$87: http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=171021 dan k . http://macdan.n3.net/ carracho://dankephoto.dhs.org:9700 hotline://dankephoto.dhs.org:9500 . -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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 ---
make bezel easy enough from an old vst zip drive caddy for the pismo?
Nifty idea. How do you do it? on 1/24/06 8:43 AM, G-Books at G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com wrote: From: VICTORIA.DUGGAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ibook G4 Combo drive in Pismo? Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:05:16 + On Jan 24, 2006, at 7:17 AM, kaldav wrote: Hello, Does anyone know if a Combo drive from an iBook G4 12 1ghz would work in a Pismo? Thanks. Hi Yes it will it is just a straight drop into the pismo caddy but the face plate will not fit as it is slot loading. You can make one easy enough from an old vst zip drive caddy for the pismo. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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 ---
ibook G4 Combo drive in Pismo?
Hello, Does anyone know if a Combo drive from an iBook G4 12 1ghz would work in a Pismo? Thanks. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: Battery Time Left (Pismo)
I use it on a TiBook and an AlBook both with 10.4.4. I've never had a problem with Panther nor Tiger. Try deleting theorg.orange-carb.SlimBatteryMonitor.plist file from your user/library/preference folder. John On Jan 20, 2006, at 2:50 AM, Daniel Colwell wrote: On Thursday, Jan 19, John McGibney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use SlimBatteryMonitor, it loads a menu icon that can be color coded, shows time left till empty, shows percent charged while charging and pops up a dialog box when the battery gets to 10% left. And its donationware, pay only if you want to. John John, I use SlimBatteryMonitor as well. In fact, that application is how I first noticed my problem. What hardware/OS are you using? Some others with a Pismo have had my same problem. SlimBatteryMonitor stopped showing the time left, just about when I updated to Tiger. In fact, after all my testing, I still run it in the Menu bar. Just hoping for a fix so I don't have to switch to Dashboard every time I want to see the time left... 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 --- -- I know that God won't give me anything I cannot handle, I just wish He didn't trust me soo much! -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: My Pismo is dead
Thanks for the responses . Even though I used it almost everyday, I guess I left it unplugged for a day or two when it stopped working. Resetting the Power Manager didn't do the trick. I've left it plugged in now for 3 days and today it booted up. Go figure. Recharged the PRAM battery, common problem. -- Best wishes Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fanatic http://www.pbfanatic.co.uk -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Battery Time Left (Pismo)
On Jan 20, 2006, at 6:05 AM, John McGibney wrote: I use it on a TiBook and an AlBook both with 10.4.4. I've never had a problem with Panther nor Tiger. Tjhis is a Pismo-specific Tiger issue. My wife's Pismo was also unable to calculate the remaining battery/charge time after the update from Panther to Tiger. It's a known - and unfixed - bug. I'm not sure Apple cares too much about it. -Dylan -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: My Pismo is dead
I'll second the suggestion to leave the 'Book plugged in for a week or so and then see if it'll fire up. I've had several PowerBooks fail to boot after sitting unused for months. A good long soak in the electron pool appears to be just the ticket. FYI, I've seen this with Pismo _and_ with gen 1 400/500 TiBooks (very similar inside, doncha know.) Pull the PRAM battery. -- Best wishes Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fanatic http://www.pbfanatic.co.uk -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: My Pismo is dead
Thanks for the responses . Even though I used it almost everyday, I guess I left it unplugged for a day or two when it stopped working. Resetting the Power Manager didn't do the trick. I've left it plugged in now for 3 days and today it booted up. Go figure. Ryan -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: Battery Time Left (Pismo)
On Thursday, Jan 19, John McGibney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use SlimBatteryMonitor, it loads a menu icon that can be color coded, shows time left till empty, shows percent charged while charging and pops up a dialog box when the battery gets to 10% left. And its donationware, pay only if you want to. John John, I use SlimBatteryMonitor as well. In fact, that application is how I first noticed my problem. What hardware/OS are you using? Some others with a Pismo have had my same problem. SlimBatteryMonitor stopped showing the time left, just about when I updated to Tiger. In fact, after all my testing, I still run it in the Menu bar. Just hoping for a fix so I don't have to switch to Dashboard every time I want to see the time left... 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: My Pismo is dead
I'll second the suggestion to leave the 'Book plugged in for a week or so and then see if it'll fire up. I've had several PowerBooks fail to boot after sitting unused for months. A good long soak in the electron pool appears to be just the ticket. FYI, I've seen this with Pismo _and_ with gen 1 400/500 TiBooks (very similar inside, doncha know.) dan k . http://macdan.n3.net/ carracho://dankephoto.dhs.org:9700 hotline://dankephoto.dhs.org:9500 . -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: My Pismo is dead
On Jan 18, 2006, at 5:48 PM, Dan K wrote: I'll second the suggestion to leave the 'Book plugged in for a week or so and then see if it'll fire up. I've had several PowerBooks fail to boot after sitting unused for months. A good long soak in the electron pool appears to be just the ticket. FYI, I've seen this with Pismo _and_ with gen 1 400/500 TiBooks (very similar inside, doncha know.) I've also had very good luck on dead Pismos by propping up the keyboard, pulling the PRAM battery lead (red, black, white wire by the battery) and powering the 'book on. It should boot fine if it's just the rechargeable PRAM not waking up after it's long sleep. After the 'book boots, I've simply plugged the PRAM battery back in and it charges back up. -Dylan -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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 ---
My Pismo is dead
My Pismo recently stopped booting up. No life at all. No green lights on the battery. It had poor battery life but I kept it plugged in all the time. I've tried removing the battery and swapped power cords with one I know was working but still no response. What could be the problem and how can I resurrect it? Thanks, Ryan -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: My Pismo is dead
On Jan 17, 2006, at 6:35 AM, Ryan Lee wrote: My Pismo recently stopped booting up. No life at all. No green lights on the battery. It had poor battery life but I kept it plugged in all the time. I've tried removing the battery and swapped power cords with one I know was working but still no response. What could be the problem and how can I resurrect it? Try resetting the Power Manager http://docs.info.apple.com/ article.html?artnum=14449 -- Bruce Johnson This is the sig who says 'Ni!' -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: My Pismo is dead
My brother got a Pismo free a couple weeks ago because it was dead according to someone's IT techs .. after what sounds like a couple hard boots, it came back to life again... maybe it should be renamed the Phoenix? Sandra Ragan www.plumdigital.com On Jan 17, 2006, at 8:47 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jan 17, 2006, at 6:35 AM, Ryan Lee wrote: My Pismo recently stopped booting up. No life at all. No green lights on the battery. It had poor battery life but I kept it plugged in all the time. I've tried removing the battery and swapped power cords with one I know was working but still no response. What could be the problem and how can I resurrect it? Try resetting the Power Manager http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449 -- Bruce Johnson This is the sig who says 'Ni!' -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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 --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: My Pismo is dead
My Pismo recently stopped booting up. Have you been using it regularly? I ask, because I didn't use mine of over 7 months and it wouldn't start. I left it plugged in for a week and it eventually restarted. I had tried restting the PMU, to no avail. I was lucky, I guess. Donald -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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 ---
Fwd: Flickering Pismo screen
Hi all, my trusty 400MHz Pismo is now flickering. Is there something I can do about this? Is it a display ribbon cable issue? Thanks... -- Best, Mark. Just fixed it. Took out the display invertor board and made sure everything was tight. I love this old Pismo! Cheers... -- Best, Mark. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto: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: Fwd: Flickering Pismo screen
Hi all, my trusty 400MHz Pismo is now flickering. Is there something I can do about this? Is it a display ribbon cable issue? Thanks... -- Best, Mark. Just fixed it. Took out the display invertor board and made sure everything was tight. I love this old Pismo! Cheers... Hmm, the problem came back again. Any idea how to resolve this? -- Best, Mark. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto: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: Pink Hue on Pismo display
J Sanderson: You wrote: I am wondering if anyone here can remind me what causes the above symptom. It goes away after a few seconds and the colour is fine. The pink colour returns after waking the comp from sleep. The colour always goes away. Is this something to be very concerned about, somewhat concerned about , not to worry about in the near future but... Mad Dog Tom and Lisa Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] have suggested that it's a failing backlight. I have a Powerbook G4 Ti 867 which developed this symptom recently (and the pinkness increased). You have to check out whether it is the monitor - can you plug your Pismo into another display? In my case I had to replace the VDU in my Powerbook. I suggest you check the G-Book archives over the last year and use pink as a search term. The topic has come up a few times. http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ I found 64 matches: http://www.mail-archive.com/cgi-bin/ htsearch?method=andformat=shortconfig=g- books_mail_maclaunch_comrestrict=exclude=words=pink Hope this helps. Maria Brandl -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: Pink Hue on Pismo display
On Jan 16, 2006, at 4:16 PM, MMB wrote: J Sanderson: You wrote: I am wondering if anyone here can remind me what causes the above symptom. It goes away after a few seconds and the colour is fine. The pink colour returns after waking the comp from sleep. The colour always goes away. Is this something to be very concerned about, somewhat concerned about , not to worry about in the near future but... Mad Dog Tom and Lisa Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] have suggested that it's a failing backlight. It is the backlight, you really don't need to worry until it fails, but when it does you will have serious trouble seeing anything on the screen. It's sort of like a florescent lamp going bad. Just takes longer to warm up. -- Alan Miller Underwater Photographer °°.°.°.°. http://home.earthlink.net/~uwphoto/ Pismo400, 1G RAM, OS X.4.3 eBay ID uwphotoer Live each day like it is your last because someday you'll be right. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: Pink Hue on Pismo display
Mad Dog Tom and Lisa Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] have suggested that it's a failing backlight. It is the backlight, you really don't need to worry until it fails, but when it does you will have serious trouble seeing anything on the screen. It's sort of like a florescent lamp going bad. Just takes longer to warm up. It is, I've been using one with this symptom in my test rig for about 18 months and it has gradually got worse but is still fine when warmed up. Replacement second hand LCDs aren't stupidly expensive these days, so personally I'd hold out until you can't bare it any more and replace it with one from eBay or wherever. -- Best wishes Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fanatic http://www.pbfanatic.co.uk -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: no Battery Time Left on Pismo
For some reason I can no longer get info on how long my battery has left in hours and minutes. I can get the info in percentage, but if I ask for it to be shown as time left, it says calculating... or is just a blank, depending on which program I use to measure it. I have show battery status in the menu bar checked in the Energy Saver Systems Preference. I also use SlimBatteryMonitor. Both show the same percentage, but no longer the time. As best I remember this was working up till just a week or so ago. I have a 400MHz Pismo, 40G, 768MB. I recently upgraded to Tiger and then 10.4.3. Could have been the same time. Battery is fairly new. I was getting about 4 hours or so last I remember seeing the time. Is this a Tiger issue? I tried running just on battery till it went to sleep (about 1-2 %), then charging to full. Did this twice, still no joy so I tried reset- nvram, reset-all. Still nothing but %. I've got the same problem with a 500 MHz Pismo running a clean install of Tiger with 512 Mb RAM. It's a new aftermarket battery so I haven't worried about it but it would be nice to have. I did try running it down till it shut off but that made no difference. Seems like if my 520 could figure out time remaining the Pismo should be able to manage it. Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: no Battery Time Left on Pismo
Various upgrades to Tiger screwed up Apple's battery monitor software. Try using one of the freebee aftermarket ones found at versiontracker.com. They seem immune to the upgrade bug. John On Jan 15, 2006, at 6:42 PM, Andrew in Ann Arbor wrote: For some reason I can no longer get info on how long my battery has left in hours and minutes. I can get the info in percentage, but if I ask for it to be shown as time left, it says calculating... or is just a blank, depending on which program I use to measure it. I have show battery status in the menu bar checked in the Energy Saver Systems Preference. I also use SlimBatteryMonitor. Both show the same percentage, but no longer the time. As best I remember this was working up till just a week or so ago. I have a 400MHz Pismo, 40G, 768MB. I recently upgraded to Tiger and then 10.4.3. Could have been the same time. Battery is fairly new. I was getting about 4 hours or so last I remember seeing the time. Is this a Tiger issue? I tried running just on battery till it went to sleep (about 1-2 %), then charging to full. Did this twice, still no joy so I tried reset- nvram, reset-all. Still nothing but %. I've got the same problem with a 500 MHz Pismo running a clean install of Tiger with 512 Mb RAM. It's a new aftermarket battery so I haven't worried about it but it would be nice to have. I did try running it down till it shut off but that made no difference. Seems like if my 520 could figure out time remaining the Pismo should be able to manage it. Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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 --- -- If the left side of your brain controls the right side of your body vice-versa, then only left-handed people are in their right mind. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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 ---
Pink Hue on Pismo display
I am wondering if anyone here can remind me what causes the above symptom. It goes away after a few seconds and the colour is fine. The pink colour returns after waking the comp from sleep. The colour always goes away. Is this something to be very concerned about, somewhat concerned about , not to worry about in the near future but... TIA, J Sanderson -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: Pink Hue on Pismo display
I am wondering if anyone here can remind me what causes the above symptom. It goes away after a few seconds and the colour is fine. The pink colour returns after waking the comp from sleep. The colour always goes away. Is this something to be very concerned about, somewhat concerned about , not to worry about in the near future but... TIA, J Sanderson If I recall correctly, its a failing backlight. It is fixable with the correct replacement part. Mad Dog -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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 ---
Flickering Pismo screen
Hi all, my trusty 400MHz Pismo is now flickering. Is there something I can do about this? Is it a display ribbon cable issue? Thanks... -- Best, Mark. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto: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: any significance to Pismo screen cable color?
Maybe there really is a difference, and one is a boy-'book and the other is a girl-'book? :) LaterHoward On 1/9/06, Jeff Hubatka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 9, 2006, at 12:30 PM, G-Books wrote: Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 01:23:52 +1100 From: kaldav [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: any significance to Pismo screen cable color? Hello, On a Pismo screen, could anyone please tell me if there is any significance to the color of the cable that comes out of the screen to the inverter board. I have seen blue or pink. Got to wondering if there were certain brands of screens that matched certain inverter boards better than others. Thanks. I have taken apart probably 15 or so and quite a few Lombards, and there is no difference. Pink and Blue are interchangeable. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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 --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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 ---
Lombard vs. Pismo: Your experience?
I'm looking to move up from a 3400c to a Lombard or Pismo and want your advice as to which to go for, or if there is a significant real world difference. I've combed the LEM site and EveryMac, but want more than just specs to go by. I'd like to be able to surf the web wirelessly, write, and watch an occasional DVD. I'm comfortable in OS 9, Jaguar, or Panther. I have no current need for SCSI, and FW is nice, but not necessary. Budget is a concern Thanks for your opinions and experience. Mark -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto: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: Lombard vs. Pismo: Your experience?
I really liked my Lombard, until I got the Pismo, Firewire, the last requirement for Tiger. They were both 400 MHz models, I can't say I see a big difference in speed. Bit built in Airport and Firewire have me on the Pismo over the Lombard laying at my feet. That and it's dead again, I can't even get a chime. -- Alan Miller Underwater Photographer °°.°.°.°. http://home.earthlink.net/~uwphoto/ Pismo400, 1G RAM, OS X.4.3 eBay ID uwphotoer Live each day like it is your last because someday you'll be right. On Jan 10, 2006, at 1:17 PM, Mark Pearson wrote: I'm looking to move up from a 3400c to a Lombard or Pismo and want your advice as to which to go for, or if there is a significant real world difference. I've combed the LEM site and EveryMac, but want more than just specs to go by. I'd like to be able to surf the web wirelessly, write, and watch an occasional DVD. I'm comfortable in OS 9, Jaguar, or Panther. I have no current need for SCSI, and FW is nice, but not necessary. Budget is a concern -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: Fwd: Airport Issues after Pismo set to IRDA
Well, Based on some suggestions I connected the eMac to the DSL modem directly. All OK. Then I reconnected the airport, rebooted the base station and he DSL modem and reset the base station using the eMac. At first it looked like this did the trick as Internet COnnect showed that the eMac was connected, however neither of my browsers could connect to any site - even after a reboot. THe pismo was looking for a p/w (which I changed on the new set up) and then it found the base station and the internet. THe wierd part is that the eMac and the Pismo show the same connect time, which they must be getting from the base station, so what would cause my browsers on the eMac not to be able to find a website? Baffling! --- Barry Muller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry about x-posting. I just joined the macnetwork list, but it seems there isn't much traffic there. This does have a G-book component to the problem (actually the start of the problem) so maybe the list admin won't mind. Barry --- Barry Muller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To: Mac Network macnetwork@mail.maclaunch.com Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 08:48:13 -0800 (PST) From: Barry Muller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Airport Issues after Pismo set to IRDA Hello, I have an eMac running 10.2.8 w\ airport extreme card and a Pismo running 10.4.3 with an airport card; these (used to) connect to an Airport Extreme base that is connected to a DSL modem (SBC). When I first got this system I managed to muddle through and get everything working OK. About a month ago I tried to synch my Wallstreet to the Pismo using the IRDA port. That didn't work for me, but afterward nothing would connect to the BaseStation. I managed to get the Pismo back, but the eMac only gives the error that it cannot find the PPPOE host. It does see the base station though. I've tried to set the to machines to the same settings in system prefs/network, but the windows in Jaguar are slightly different than in Tiger, so I it seems (to me) that I cannot get the settings exactly the same (eventhough I admit that is counter intuitive). Any help is very much appreciated. Please do not hesitate to break out the finger puppets to explain this to me as networks are a known weak-point in my knowledge of computers. Thanks in advance, Barry -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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 --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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 ---
any significance to Pismo screen cable color?
Hello, On a Pismo screen, could anyone please tell me if there is any significance to the color of the cable that comes out of the screen to the inverter board. I have seen blue or pink. Got to wondering if there were certain brands of screens that matched certain inverter boards better than others. Thanks. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: any significance to Pismo screen cable color?
On Jan 9, 2006, at 12:30 PM, G-Books wrote: Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 01:23:52 +1100 From: kaldav [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: any significance to Pismo screen cable color? Hello, On a Pismo screen, could anyone please tell me if there is any significance to the color of the cable that comes out of the screen to the inverter board. I have seen blue or pink. Got to wondering if there were certain brands of screens that matched certain inverter boards better than others. Thanks. I have taken apart probably 15 or so and quite a few Lombards, and there is no difference. Pink and Blue are interchangeable. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: which ipod for a Pismo?
I like and use the mini, I have a Pismo 500, it has a gig of ram but it’s firewire will work most excellent with the mini as your’s will too. Actually I connected the USB 1 and it works but not shazam like in firewire. These pismos are so nice, has to rank as the best and most versital book ever made by Apple. I broke down and finally bought a new 17” PowerBook, but it sure does not fit like the pismo does and for writing letters and email, it will be from the Pismo Have fun G On Dec 29, 2005, at 4:14 AM, kaldav wrote: Hello, I was wondering if anyone could please tell me which version of the ipod/s would work with a 400 mhz G3 Pismo laptop, 512 mb ram, firewire and usb 1. Thanks. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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 ---
sticky drawer on Pismo DVD drive
I've been trying to sort out a Lombard for my father in law and I have a 6x DVD drive that seems to work OK once you get the drive closed. The drawer binds as I try and close it, sometimes I have to open it and clse it several times before I can get it to close all the way. Once it's closed it works fine. There seems to be a lot of friction in the slides so either something's jumped the track or something needs lubrication. If I can't find anything obvoiusly out of line I'm thinking of a little silicon lube on the slides. Any suggestions? Thanks Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Pismo and USB2
I don't see how the USB2 card can work on a Pismo other than at USB1 speeds since your PC slot is not as fast as USB2. Tom On 12/31/05 10:33 PM, kaldav [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Advice please- Following this thread re usb2 on a Pismo which only has usb1, could anyone please clarify whether buying this Belkin pcmcia usb2 card will enable me to have usb2 on the Pismo? Could I then buy an ipod video 5th generation, if I can use the Belkin AC adapter to charge the iPod through its usb2 cable? Thanks. Actually, it SHOULD WORK. The Cardbus card in the Pismo is more than fast enough for that. I happen to have used a similar card with my Wallstreet and it worked great. I don't have an iPod, but I can say that file transfer to and from a usb2 pen drive were really much faster than usb1 (using the built-in usb ports of my TiBook), so yes it is expected to work great on a Pismo. Luis Sequeira -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: Upgrading Pismo
I just subscribed to this list as I need some advice. Welcome to the best place for info i have found,(and they are sometimes friendly) I have a G3 500/384/20 Pismo with a disfunctional OEM DVD-ROM drive running 9.2.2 which is networked to an iMac G5 (1.8/1GB/super-drive) through a modem/router. Decent set up I read athttp://www.lowendmac.com/cwebb/05/1209.html that the pismo handles Tiger nicely and through Charles Moore's article at: http://www.macopinion.com/columns/roadwarrior/04/06/15/index.html that fastmac sells a combo-drive that just slides into the Pismo with ease. My questions for you fine folk are: - to run Tiger, would I be better off replacing the lower RAM slot with another 128mg (maxing the machine out at 512mg) - considering that my laptop is not my primary machine (just the more user friendly one!) If you have 384 ram fitted then either the top or bottom already has 128 fitted meaning you would need another 256 chip. to get 512. 512 should be fine to run tiger with a couple of apps open. And Tiger runs fine on the pismo and is decent on the speed side also . But the pismo maxs at 1gb ram and also runs very nice with 1gb - has anyone bought a combo-drive from the fastmac people? http://store.fastmac.com/index.php?cPath=6 If you are not bothered about the cosmetics fitting flush, and you are also confident with the insides of the Mac and the drives. Then just shop on ebay for a laptop slot or tray loading combo drive and swap it out with the caddy that you have. Someone on this list has a link to a page with compatible drives, that just swap over. You will save yourself around $50-100 easy and have a drive that functions the same. Thanks for any and all advice! If you are in the Uk and need any help fitting I would do the install of the memory and drive for you. Vicki -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: Upgrading Pismo
If you have 384 ram fitted then either the top or bottom already has 128 fitted meaning you would need another 256 chip. to get 512. Oops you are right, Vicki! That was a typo as I was looking at 256mg prices - but looks like I might be smarter to go for 512 since I have recently learned that pismos can now go to 1gb. Thanks for the offer to help - I am in Canada and have replaced memory before - although not in the lower slot! Tom and Vicki have both recommended buying a drive off of eBay and fitting it myself but I must say I am leery of some of the work involved after reading a link linked to a site sent to me by Tom. Fastmac, on the other hand, makes slot-load combos and supers that supposedly just slide right into the bay and they are not expensive - even compared to eBay which has similar tray-loading drives for about the same price. (I don't want to replace my original drive with the same as it never worked and I do not trust the model - although this would be the cheapest alternative.) Thanks for all the info - any more would be welcome, Tannis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: Upgrading Pismo
If you are not bothered about the cosmetics fitting flush, and you are also confident with the insides of the Mac and the drives. One more thing - what do you mean confident, Vicki? This machine has always worked beautifully for me - except for the OEM DVD-ROM drive which has never worked beautifully if at all. I have read that they were sometimes troublesome but am now wondering if the problem could that be something other than mechanical? Tannis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: Upgrading Pismo
On Jan 2, 2006, at 10:11 AM, Tannis Baker wrote: If you have 384 ram fitted then either the top or bottom already has 128 fitted meaning you would need another 256 chip. to get 512. Oops you are right, Vicki! That was a typo as I was looking at 256mg prices - but looks like I might be smarter to go for 512 since I have recently learned that pismos can now go to 1gb. Thanks for the offer to help - I am in Canada and have replaced memory before - although not in the lower slot! Tom and Vicki have both recommended buying a drive off of eBay and fitting it myself but I must say I am leery of some of the work involved after reading a link linked to a site sent to me by Tom. If you can get a slotloader from a newer Powerbook being parted out, they fit right in; even without the bezel they work pretty well. This is just a matter of unscrewing the old drive, and attaching the new one. Slides right in. Someday I'll dremel out the old bezel to fit it on the new drive. -- Bruce Johnson No matter where you go, there you are, B. Banzai -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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: Upgrading Pismo
On Jan 2, 2006, at 5:13 PM, Tannis Baker wrote: If you are not bothered about the cosmetics fitting flush, and you are also confident with the insides of the Mac and the drives. One more thing - what do you mean confident, Vicki? This machine has always worked beautifully for me - except for the OEM DVD-ROM drive which has never worked beautifully if at all. I have read that they were sometimes troublesome but am now wondering if the problem could that be something other than mechanical? Tannis Hi Tannis You read into the mail to much! I meant that if you were confident with the take apart and re-assemble your -self. Nothing more!! The Pismo i had i kept for the longest out of any G book i have owned, and only sold it on when i upgraded to a G4 Ti 1GHz. vicki -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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 ---
