Display Problem

2002-06-25 Thread Lawrence Sarah Ballew
I'm running OS X 10.1.5 on a PowerBook G3 400 Mhz (bronze keyboard). I have 256 Mgs of ram. Up until now OS X has worked like a charm. And the upgrades have all been improvements. My son was recently playing a game, running in classic mode, which called for 256 colors. This could only be

Re: Pismo G4 upgrade

2002-06-25 Thread makmac
Michael Bryan Bell on 6/25/02 10:57 AM wrote: The Newer Tech Pismo upgrade from OWC requires that the entire PowerBook be sent in, FWIW: http://eshop.macsales.com/Catalog_Item.cfm?ID=4728Item=NWTNPG4P500 Yeah, no benchmarks there either, can't be a good sign. I checked out the above

Re: Pismo G4 upgrade

2002-06-25 Thread Jeremy Derr
On Tuesday, June 25, 2002, at 11:43 AM, makmac wrote: Have I missed something? I thought Newer Tech was out of business? They recently emerged from Bankruptcy and are once again promising to deliver new processor upgrades. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small

PowerBook G4 Rev 2B hinge issue

2002-06-25 Thread Joshua Diaz
Hello, I have a PowerBook G4 Rev 2b (667mhz w/ combo drive). I was adjusting the screen the other night, and the right hinge just snapped! This really ticks me off because this is my only (competent, usable) computer. It's only 1/2 year old, and therefore under apple's warranty, but this is

Re: PowerBook G4 Rev 2B hinge issue

2002-06-25 Thread DavidWedge
Yes, this is unfortunately a common occurrence. Be very glad that you have it under warranty. Apple charges around $700 -1100 for this repair (if it's not under warranty), depending on the mood of the tech you talk to.. IMHO, this is highway robbery, considering the high cost of the machine.

Re: PowerBook G4 Rev 2B hinge issue

2002-06-25 Thread Michael Bryan Bell
This really ticks me off because this is my only (competent, usable) computer. It's only 1/2 year old, and therefore under apple's warranty, but this is a real inconvenience. Yeah, I had that happen too, as have many others. One of the owners of a mac site also had it happen. The worst part

TiPaint

2002-06-25 Thread Dustin Staiger
(I e-mailed this earlier from another account and it didn't show up, so please excuse me if this is a duplicate.) Is there a touch-up paint available to cover scuffs, scratches, and chips on the TiBook? Some of the paint on the hinge of my TiBook has chipped and I'd like to polish it back

Re: Adding memory issues to Pismo

2002-06-25 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 25/06/02 13:48, Guy Masson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike: You can't be too rich, too good looking, have enough hard disk space or enough RAM... Been running a GByte of RAM in my Pismo for over a year now. No issues and no out of memory errors. Run OS-X and Classic. VPC 5.0 loves

Re: TiPaint

2002-06-25 Thread Roger Shufflebottom
Is there a touch-up paint available to cover scuffs, scratches, and chips on the TiBook? Some of the paint on the hinge of my TiBook has chipped and I'd like to polish it back up. Hey - honourable battle scars (like a scuffed skateboard) - let it be. -- With best wishes, Roger

iTunes Q

2002-06-25 Thread Bruce Johnson
Not a Powerbook issue, per se, but I'm not going to go through joining other lists to get a simple question answered...besides the RipMixBurn ad *was* about a iBook ;-) Is there a way to make compilation CD's made from your iTunes library to contain the appropriate CDDB codes so that other

Re: iTunes Q

2002-06-25 Thread Michael Bryan Bell
If you burn them as an audio CD no, but if you burn them as an MP3 CD it doesn't keep them? Not a Powerbook issue, per se, but I'm not going to go through joining other lists to get a simple question answered...besides the RipMixBurn ad *was* about a iBook ;-) Is there a way to make