Re: Pismo LCD Problem
Joel: sorry, old thread, been off email over silly season. The only word of advice on the pismo screen is don't even think about replacing the screen if you are looking for a cheap option... I replaced a damaged G3/Bronze screen last year (insured fortunately!) and they nailed me for 2 grand plus GST. Cheaper to ditch the Pismo and buy a new iBook. What you need is a friendly soul on this list who has a dead computer with a live screen, or go to Ebay for the same, if it transpires that the screen itself is just rather tired. However if it is out of whack colour wise then it is more likely the hardware upstream such as the inverter board you mentioned. There are actually a couple of other boards in my limited experience which may be responsible too. Beware. David On Wednesday, Dec 24, 2003, at 05:05 Australia/Perth, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 22:59:44 +0800 Subject: Pismo LCD Problem From: joel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Happy Holidays WAMmuggers! I have a quick questionI've recently bought a 2nd hand PowerBook G3 - Pismo 500. It's a lovely machine but there's one li'l issue with it - the screen is rather dim and the white balance is somewhat off. I've tried calibrating it with SuperCal and can coax some passable results with it...but a side by side comparison with a friend's clamshell iBook reveals that my pismo's screen is still indeed dim and the white balance is off (it is obviously tinted with an orangey hue.) Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I could fix this or what might be the cause of the problem? I was reading on some forums that the LCD inverter board might need replacing, others suggested that a new LCD would be the way to go. Others still suggest that it might be the backlight that needs replacing. Being a student, the cheapest option is the preferable one for me...and while the discolouration is not a significant problem for me, it would be nice to have more natural colours to facilitate graphic work.
re: Flaky monitor
Hi Bill, Do yourself a *big* favour and recycle this monitor! They are the pits and will cost you more money than buying a decent 17 PC display with a 12 month or 3 year warranty. The sooner this attempt for a display disappears, the better the world will be! Honestly, they were poorly made by Apple and once they start to have problems, you will find that the monitor will constantly be in for repairs. I now step off my soap box ;-) Best wishes for the New Year! Rod!
Re: Aple Mac's Mail v Outlook Express
On 02/01/2004, at 5:26 PM, Gyn Solomon wrote: Hi Having recently upgraded to OS 10.3, I would welcome your comments on the advantages/disadvantages of using Mail v. Outlook express for email. Thanks Gyn First one, straight off the top of my head - Mail is MacOS X native; OE works only in classic. All other differences can be ignored. Now, if you're comparing Mail to other MacOS X mail clients, that's a different story. -- Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer ServicesFileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
iMac DV networking
Hi I have an iMac DV that has networking issues. When connected to my other iMac DV it allows kilobytes of data through (33k to be exact) and then dies off as in freezes the other machine and confuses itself etc. The iMac with issues is a grape running 9.2.2 and the other is a Blueberry running 10.2.8. In OS 9 the Bluberry has Open transport 2.8.2 and the Grape has 2.7. I replaced the crossover Ethernet lead thinking that was the problem but the problem still persists. Does anyone know where I can get Open Transport 2.8.2 installers from. Could there also be another issue lingering in my set up? Regards Christian -- NeoMail - Webmail that doesn't suck... as much. http://neomail.sourceforge.net
printing on a small Ethernet with 8.6 and 9.2
I'd be grateful for advice on the following problem. i have a small home network made up of: - a G3 running 8.6 - two imacs running 9.2 - an Ethernet switch - a Xerox laser printer. The printer is currently connected to the G3 and prints fine. I can see all three of the computers in the Choosers, and can mount the HDs on the desktops as desired. I understand there is a method of sharing the printer between the three computers so that all can print. It's not an Ethernet printer though. Is this possible, and if so, how is it done? Tom Tom Lewis, in beautiful Jervis Bay, NSW, Oz
Locking nested folders
I wish to make nested folders Read Only but when I set the outermost, parent, folder as Read Only the inner ones remain Read and Write. What am I missing? 10.3.2 by the way. Severin Crisp __ Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) Fax (08) 9842 9650 (Int'l +61 8 9842 9650) email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web pages http://www.albanyis.com.au/~sev/ __
Re: Flaky monitor
Rod Lavington wrote: Hi Bill, Do yourself a *big* favour and recycle this monitor! They are the pits and will cost you more money than buying a decent 17 PC display with a 12 month or 3 year warranty. Where do you /get/ a decent 17? The good manufacturers seem to have stopped making their good quality tubes, and only seem to make the 'office' variants now. *icky*. I think you can still get things like the Philips 109P though (I have one, and it's a fairly nice 19 monitor) but haven't seen many nice 17 monitors lately. Then again, I hear a Mitsubishi 2060U (22) is only about $1200 now. Ideally you'd want something like a Sony G520 (21) but they're ... a little pricey. Naturally, this is all just opinion. Perhaps there's somewhere selling decent 17 monitors that's keeping quiet about it. The sooner this attempt for a display disappears, the better the world will be! Wow. Sounds like you've used them then ;-) It's unfortunate how many monitors those words can be applied to, though. Craig Ringer
Yellow dog linux
Hi Wamuggers, and a Happy new year. maybe someone can help me? a few days ago there was a post from a guy who was looking for info on Yellowdog linuxI'd like to contact him either he can write to me or does anyone still have that post and his email address? thanx Mike
Re: Aple Mac's Mail v Outlook Express
One item I miss with Mail is the ease of acessing alt.auto's newsgroups. If there is a way hopefully someone will correct me. steven w --- Gyn Solomon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Having recently upgraded to OS 10.3, I would welcome your comments on the advantages/disadvantages of using Mail v. Outlook express for email. Thanks Gyn -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro http://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time.
Performa monitor very dark
Hi All - Happy New Year :) I am in the process of cleaning up an old Performa 580cd to give to a single mum that I know so that she can do some simple word processing and let her son play a few games. The computer runs well, stripped back to 7.5.5 and very bare on all other junk, but the monitor is very very dark. Even with the brightness all the way up it is often difficult to read things on darkish backgrounds. I once stumbled on something that helped with a similar problem - some sort of software 'gamma correction, but now I can't find it and I really have no idea about the physical things that could be done to correct the problem. Of course, I also don't want to be spending money on repairs on a computer I am giving away, or making her pay to repair it either. Any ideas? I am willing to open up the computer and poke things if someone tells me what might need doing, because she doesn't know she is getting the computer yet and if I break it then she won't have been anticipating a computer that she never gets. Pushes in the right direction gratefully received. Jude
