Lombard os upgrade

2002-05-30 Thread Michael Richardson
I have a 1999 lombard running os 8.6. I want to run os x, but I don't know if I can upgrade from my present os. Do I need to upgrade to 9.0 first? If this is the case, can I upgrade without the original os 8.6 cd? If so, how? Thank you for your help. -Michael

Re: Pismo/Lombard etc. SmartdiskVST sale

2002-05-30 Thread Remy Davison
Thanks, Beverly. I ordered one for my brother. He has not forgiven me since I picked up one for $50! Gary Beverly Woods wrote: The prices are higher, and they only appear to have the 10G ($60.69 + shipping), but you might also want to check:

Re: Pismo RAM and help with a decision...

2002-05-30 Thread Raymond Wiker
Thomas Peri writes: Crucial Technology (www.crucial.com) is pretty good. Right now, you can get a 512MB module for a Pismo for $186.69 with free shipping. As for quality, I used to run a lab of 30 G3s at a university, all of which I upgraded with RAM from Crucial, and we never had

Re: Pismo RAM and help with a decision...

2002-05-30 Thread Tim Hodgson
Raymond Wiker wrote: Other World Computing (http://www.macsales.com) has a 512MB module at $108. This is a full-sized module, though. They also have low-profile memory that fits both memory slots (I'm not sure whether this is a possible problem with the Pismo.) No, the pismo can take

Lombard Battery Charging Problem

2002-05-30 Thread James Cox
While using my Lombard 333 here in India a few days ago, there was some fluctuation with the power supply, and although two of us had spike protectors and surge protectors, both of our regular and clock back up batteries stopped working, although everything had been fine before. I don't know

Lombard Modem Question

2002-05-30 Thread James Cox
Can anyone direct me as to how I can find the list of AT and S register commands for the internal 57K modem which came with my Lombard 333? Thanks, -- James Cox Post Meherabad Ahmednagar Dist. M.S. 414005 India Ph. 241-548728, 241-548744 Cellular 9822024128 -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: Pismo/Lombard etc. SmartdiskVST sale

2002-05-30 Thread Gary D. Adams
I agree with you, Remy. If they had sold the bare cases, they could habe made a bundle. Of course, given what the prices were for these before they cleared them out, they probably DID make a bundle. There are still some available at various places for list price, which means, Mucho dinero. ;-)

Re: Manuals

2002-05-30 Thread Tom Ethen
Could someone please send me the link off list for the service manuals, as my link doesn't work anymore. Thanks Tom -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished

Re: Manuals WARNING:o)

2002-05-30 Thread James
YOu have to be a registered Apple tech to get them now as they are pass coded and have been umm for a month or so. These are no for the general public and apple changes the FTP about once a month or so and have pass coded them from public view so unless you are a Apple tech you can no longer get

Re: Call to action re: MacSlash.com

2002-05-30 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 30/05/02 09:26, Dan Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've never enlisted the power of the lists in this way before, but a grave injustice has been done against MacSlash, a Mac-related site I and many others visit daily. Sometime yesterday, Vicente Peiro Crespo of Valencia, Spain, used

Re: Lombard Battery Charging Problem

2002-05-30 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 30/05/02 06:49, James Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (India is having massive power problems since Dabhol has shut down) Why did Dabhol did shut down? Just curious... -Laurent. -- = Laurent Daudelin Developer,

Re: Lombard os upgrade

2002-05-30 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 30/05/02 02:38, Michael Richardson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a 1999 lombard running os 8.6. I want to run os x, but I don't know if I can upgrade from my present os. Do I need to upgrade to 9.0 first? If this is the case, can I upgrade without the original os 8.6 cd? If so, how?

Re: Pismo/Lombard etc. SmartdiskVST sale

2002-05-30 Thread csean
Though items in general, and the expansion bay hard drives in particular, went quickly (i.e., within about two hours from when I received the Smartdisk email announcing the sale), you can bet they'll be appearing on e-bay pretty soon. It's likely that some people pounced on the sale and bought as

Re: Pismo/Lombard etc. SmartdiskVST sale

2002-05-30 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 30/05/02 10:42, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Though items in general, and the expansion bay hard drives in particular, went quickly (i.e., within about two hours from when I received the Smartdisk email announcing the sale), you can bet they'll be appearing on e-bay pretty

Re: Call to action re: MacSlash.com

2002-05-30 Thread Gene Merritt
I just sent Dotster to register my 'dismay'. It took ages for the on site email to send itself, so I guess they're busy (:--)) I despise this kind of sleazy take over stuff! Gene On Thursday, May 30, 2002, at 09:26 AM, Dan Knight wrote: I've never enlisted the power of the lists in this

Re: Call to action re: MacSlash.com

2002-05-30 Thread Jeremy Derr
On Thursday, May 30, 2002, at 09:20 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: How did you discover about Vicente Peiro Crespo being responsible? Before sending him an email, I'd like more details. There was nothing on SlashDot that mention this individual. I'm ready to take action, but just want to make

Re: Pismo/Lombard etc. SmartdiskVST sale

2002-05-30 Thread Jim Freeman
Chris, this is a little off topic, but what are the rules on e-commerce in Canada? I recently moved to Montreal from San Francisco and I'm afraid to order stuff because I don't want to pay huge import taxes. Jim On Thursday, May 30, 2002, at 10:42 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Though items

Re: Call to action re: MacSlash.com

2002-05-30 Thread MikkiWokk
In a message dated 5/30/02 9:26:59 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've never enlisted the power of the lists in this way before, but a grave injustice has been done against MacSlash, a Mac-related site I and many others visit daily. I don't understand. I read this post, and then went to

Re: Call to action re: MacSlash.com

2002-05-30 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 30/05/02 12:13, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 5/30/02 9:26:59 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've never enlisted the power of the lists in this way before, but a grave injustice has been done against MacSlash, a Mac-related site I and many others visit

Re: saving battery power with CD

2002-05-30 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 30/05/02 12:23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A topic that comes up often, obviously. Though I wanted to ask for specific advice on making a Disk Image of a CD for programs that work only when their original CD is in the drive. In my particular case I'm using a couple of

Re: Call to action re: MacSlash.com

2002-05-30 Thread Paul Nicholson
At 12:25 PM -0400 5/30/02, Laurent Daudelin wrote: I don't understand. I read this post, and then went to MacSlash.com. It was there and was up and running. Not for me. Are you sure you're not looking at a cached version? Could be that the domain name change has not propagated to all the DNS

Re: Manuals WARNING:o)

2002-05-30 Thread Remy Davison
YOu have to be a registered Apple tech to get them now as they are pass coded and have been umm for a month or so. These are no for the general public and apple changes the FTP about once a month or so and have pass coded them from public view so unless you are a Apple tech you can no longer get

Re: saving battery power with CD

2002-05-30 Thread Jeremy Derr
On Thursday, May 30, 2002, at 11:23 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A topic that comes up often, obviously. Though I wanted to ask for specific advice on making a Disk Image of a CD for programs that work only when their original CD is in the drive. In my particular case I'm using a couple of

Re: Manuals WARNING:o)

2002-05-30 Thread Jeremy Derr
On Thursday, May 30, 2002, at 12:01 PM, Remy Davison wrote: Not quite. Apple made available the full Service Source CDs commercially available a year or so back for a few hundred bucks the set. They're freely available on ebay and elsewhere. What they were doing was widening the

Re: Lombard Modem Question

2002-05-30 Thread Eugene Lee
On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 04:08:22PM +0530, James Cox wrote: : : Can anyone direct me as to how I can find the list of AT and S register : commands for the internal 57K modem which came with my Lombard 333? http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=50055 -- Eugene Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: stuck pixel repair for Wallstreet 300?

2002-05-30 Thread aron nelson
Sometimes this works, but rarely permanently; usually, you'll get it to disappear for a few hours, until the next time the display is bumped, or until the next time the computer is restarted. I have had a Duo 2300 and Wallstreet that both had a bad pixel. I massaged the darn thing and it

R;: Call To Action- Dotster response

2002-05-30 Thread Gene Merritt
I just received this response from Dotster regarding my earlier email to them on this MACSLASH issue. Thought I'd share it. Gene Begin forwarded message: From: Customer Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu May 30, 2002 02:15:09 PM US/Eastern To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: R;: Call To Action- Dotster response

2002-05-30 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 30/05/02 14:27, Gene Merritt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just received this response from Dotster regarding my earlier email to them on this MACSLASH issue. Thought I'd share it. Gene Begin forwarded message: From: Customer Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu May 30, 2002

Re: Manuals

2002-05-30 Thread Ryan Coleman
Could someone please send me the link off list for the service manuals, as my link doesn't work anymore. Thanks Tom I am suprised Dan didn't reply to this. You are asking for MAJOR trouble Tom. Asking onlist or offlist for this has been slated to mention banishment from the list. There are

TiBook not recognizing RAM module

2002-05-30 Thread Nancy Butts
Hi all, I just received my second 256 MB RAM module in a week from OWC, and my TiBook 550 hasn't recognized either one of them. It appears to meet Apple specs: PC 133 low-profile SDRAM (that's what it says on the module itself. OWC lists it on the invoice as SO-DIMM, and I honestly don't

Re: BLUECHIP

2002-05-30 Thread Aron Nelson
Is anyone out there familiar with the PowerLogix Before you even go that far. Read this: http://www.macintouch.com/powerlogixblue.html People are still waiting. Aron -- --- Aron Nelson Audio Bytes Corporation 1050 Queen Street #300 Honolulu,

Re: BLUECHIP

2002-05-30 Thread Aron Nelson
Does this mean that I can exceed my Powerbooks specifications and move up to 512 without any negative reprocussions? Absolutely NOT. For example, I HAD a 256MB DIMM in my powerbook. It worked flawlessly with my previous Powerlogix card and with the Apple card. After receiving my replacement

Re: TiBook not recognizing RAM module

2002-05-30 Thread Aron Nelson
my TiBook 550 hasn't recognized either one of them. It appears to meet Apple specs: PC 133 low-profile SDRAM (that's what it says on the module itself. I am so confused about this whole issue. Apparently from what little I have read, our TiBook needs PC100 memory. However, it supposedly can

Re: BLUECHIP

2002-05-30 Thread Michael Richardson
--- Aron Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: WOW! That is the worst horror story I have ever heard. I feel so bad for you, Aron and the countless other people that PowerLogix have railroaded with this poor product. Even if they were to come out with a board that actually worked, I would not be a

Re: TiBook not recognizing RAM module

2002-05-30 Thread Jeremy Derr
On Thursday, May 30, 2002, at 02:43 PM, Aron Nelson wrote: Apparently from what little I have read, our TiBook needs PC100 memory. However, it supposedly can take PC133. We have a 100Mhz bus as opposed to 133. Now read this response I got from Powerlist: The EEprom on most SoDIMMS only

Re: BLUECHIP

2002-05-30 Thread Aron Nelson
That is the worst horror story I have ever heard. Well, maybe not the worst :-) Still bad though. I also think that OWC should have pulled the contract with PL. Maybe so... well, they said they have changed how they deal with Powerlogix. FWIW: Apparently Sonnet is better - they _did_ go

Re: Manuals WARNING:o)

2002-05-30 Thread Tom Ethen
Good Grief I only wanted to replace the HD in my daughters Clam Shell iBook with the old one from my Pismo, not start some sort of political war with Apple! Tom -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives

Re: BLUECHIP

2002-05-30 Thread Michael Richardson
So does Newer Tech have a similar G4 board? My whole motivation is to get the most out of my Lombard before moving on to the latest and greatest apple has to offer. The new titanium G4's are really appealing to me, but if I can make my Lombard comprable for much less, I think I would like to go

Re: BLUECHIP

2002-05-30 Thread Bruce Johnson
Michael Richardson wrote: So does Newer Tech have a similar G4 board? Newer has absolutely nothing more than a web site and the announcement they're back in business right now...They were just re-started up. OWC http://www.macsales.com are their exclusive sales reps right now...

DVD window on extended desktop - how?

2002-05-30 Thread Christoph Hammann
New PB G4 667 DVI, can't drag the DVD window to the second desktop on a CRT monitor, it just stops at the border. How's it done? TIA! Christoph -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web

Re: BLUECHIP

2002-05-30 Thread Alan Miller
Aron Nelson wrote: Is anyone out there familiar with the PowerLogix Before you even go that far. Read this: http://www.macintouch.com/powerlogixblue.html People are still waiting. OK the G3's were/are a problem, the first question was about the G4's... anyone have any stories on

Re: Lombard Battery Charging Problem

2002-05-30 Thread Ken Stevens
On 5/30/02 4:49 AM, James Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While using my Lombard 333 here in India a few days ago, there was some fluctuation with the power supply, and although two of us had spike protectors and surge protectors, both of our regular and clock back up batteries stopped working,

Re: BLUECHIP

2002-05-30 Thread Michael Richardson
At this point, the people at PowerLogix couldn't sell me water if I were dying of thirst. I'll stick with my reliable 333MHz. MR --- Aron Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK the G3's were/are a problem, the first question was about the G4's... anyone have any stories on the G4 upgrades

ATI RAGE LT PRO

2002-05-30 Thread Michael Richardson
Is it true that there will be no support in OSX environment for the ATI Rage LT pro video card? Shouldn't there be some kind of performance upgrade by Apple to support the people that they so deligently sold on the great abilities of the RAGE pro. If it is true that my only option is to change to

Re: ATI RAGE LT PRO

2002-05-30 Thread Jeremy Derr
On Thursday, May 30, 2002, at 04:15 PM, Michael Richardson wrote: Is it true that there will be no support in OSX environment for the ATI Rage LT pro video card? Shouldn't there be some kind of performance upgrade by Apple to support the people that they so deligently sold on the great

SO FRUSTRATED - General advice please.. (long)

2002-05-30 Thread Dan Lovejoy
I'm sorry this is so long. I have a multitude of problems with my Wallstreet II (upgraded to 500mHz with the Sonnet card, 30GB Travelstar drive, 192MB RAM) I hope the wise ones on this list can advise me. What's so frustrating is that this machine should be extremely powerful, but these

Re: Manuals WARNING:o)

2002-05-30 Thread Kyle Hansen
Remy Davison wrote: What they were doing was widening the availability of Apple-knowledgeable techs, who did Mac repairs, but were never going to bother to become certified techs (I've seen the exams, they're damn difficult! You really have to be a hardware engineer - Kyle, are you one?).

Re: information, please

2002-05-30 Thread Todd Moody
5/31/2002 12:42:18 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know how one goes about doing a Powerpoint presentation on a video screen from a G3? I am clueless about this subject and need info ASAP... If you connect and power-on the projector/monitor prior to booting Mac OS, then your

Re: Manuals WARNING:o)

2002-05-30 Thread Dyna
David, from what I've heard the older PowerBooks were quite reliable. However, my Pismo has the feel of a cheap toy. It's never been dropped, but the left rear corner of the case is cracked and the IR cover has fallen out. The battery keeps falling out so I've had to tape it in.

Re: Manuals WARNING:o)

2002-05-30 Thread Michael Richardson
Dear Dyna, I just want to say that I am truly sorry about your PowerBook experience. I have had my Lombard four years now and with the exception of having to replace a hard disk in 2000(a problem I brought on myself), I haven't had any problems whatsoever. If I felt that apple was just