Re: 512 MB Chip

> I just received a 512 mb ram chip from OWC. Removed the board and put it in > the bottom slot. Soon after everything began to crash. Is this just bad > memory or is their something I didn't do that I should have? It is a pismo, > with a 128 mb in the upper slot. When I put the 64 mb chip that ca

Re: Hard Disk Spin Down Key Sequence

>Control-Shit-Command-Zero will spin down the hard drive. Had to be the first to say it ;-) Reread carefully. Do not do what this message says! Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RD's PowerBook page:

CD Player failure under OSX?

I've experienced an apparent failure of my CD player under OSX which seems to replicate under Classic and a stand-alone 9.1 partition OS as well. Yesterday the CD player worked fine, today no-go. System is a G3 Pismo, 500mHz, 384MB RAM, with 12Gig in 3 partitions: OSX, Classic, and a 9.1 stand-al

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First, Maclaunch.com had some problems with their mail server earlier today. That's fixed now. Second, I've found an archving service that's free and places no limits on archive size or duration. I've been subscribing the service to each of the lists, so list arc

Re: Hard Disk Spin Down Key Sequence

Control-Shit-Command-Zero will spin down the hard drive. William Ove >From: Glenn Costa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Hard Disk Spin Down Key Sequence >Does anybody know the key sequence for spinning down the hard disk. >System is a Wallstreet II & MacOS 9.1? -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: Hard Disk Spin Down Key Sequence

Cmd + Ctrl + Shft + 0 (zero) To sleep your system, use the same key combination but without the Ctrl. nicholas v > Greetings All, > > Does anybody know the key sequence for spinning down the hard disk. > System is a Wallstreet II & MacOS 9.1? > > TIA > > GC -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: Hi (the battery life question)

My advice is to create a RAM disk using the detailed instructions found in Pogue & Schorr's "MacWorld Mac Secrets" 5th Ed.pp 564-569. Their instruction is much too long to transmit here but once you learn this trick you'll never want to operate your PowerBook off AC power without it. You may