Remote Control

2002-07-23 Thread vlad
I don't remember this being a subject... Is there a way of remotely controlling i-Tunes thru Pismo's IR port? I'd consider buying an airport card (if it can be used for the purpose??? ) if I could jump thru songs from my bed...(I have a short RCA cable:-) P.S I don't like creating

Re: Oops...

2002-07-23 Thread vlad
what's Kyle got to do with it? it's Jeremy's signature, me thinks... vlad On Tuesday, July 23, 2002, at 05:10 , Ryan Coleman wrote: Actually, the real citation is These are NOT the droids you're looking for. ;-) Oops. Well, Kyle didn't catch it! g -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: Oops...

2002-07-23 Thread Ryan Coleman
what's Kyle got to do with it? it's Jeremy's signature, me thinks... vlad Kyle emailed me off list. -- Ryan Coleman Coleman Web / Internet Services http://coleman-web.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (612) 378-7901 Get your email address through lemlists.com for only $5/year.

Re: iBook vs. PowerBook

2002-07-23 Thread Thomas Ethen
The State Schools here in Wisconsin just started a new policy this year (daughter starting as a Freshman) that all students are required to get a PC Laptop through the school and will have to purchase that PC even though they have a computer of their own. Tom So I would recommend buying the

Re: iBook vs. PowerBook

2002-07-23 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 23/07/02 12:09, Thomas Ethen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The State Schools here in Wisconsin just started a new policy this year (daughter starting as a Freshman) that all students are required to get a PC Laptop through the school and will have to purchase that PC even though they have a

Re: iBook vs. PowerBook

2002-07-23 Thread Ryan Coleman
On 23/07/02 12:09, Thomas Ethen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The State Schools here in Wisconsin just started a new policy this year (daughter starting as a Freshman) that all students are required to get a PC Laptop through the school and will have to purchase that PC even though they have

Re: iBook vs. PowerBook

2002-07-23 Thread Tom Ethen
Laurent, I will have to check that out when I get back on my Pismo again! Wisconsin being the socialist state that it is, may have just moved to their own time zone overnight, so I may have to check that out also. Anyway, the PC requirement in College is something we all should think about,

Re: iBook vs. PowerBook

2002-07-23 Thread Tom Ethen
WINDOWS! EXCUSE ME, but it is a Mac or nothing here at my house. Tom From: Ryan Coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (G-Books) Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 09:23:17 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (G-Books) Subject: Re: iBook vs. PowerBook Likely windows with the right

Re: iBook vs. PowerBook

2002-07-23 Thread Ryan Coleman
WINDOWS! EXCUSE ME, but it is a Mac or nothing here at my house. I was thinking of what would register a -0700 time zone (which is pacific daylight). It was the first to come to mind. -- Ryan Coleman Coleman Web / Internet Services http://coleman-web.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (612) 378-7901

Re: iBook vs. PowerBook

2002-07-23 Thread João Loureiro
Hi, everyone! What book is the best buy Ti-Book G4/667? or iBook G3/700? I would like hear your opinion. João. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished

Re: iBook vs. PowerBook

2002-07-23 Thread Ryan Coleman
Hi, everyone! What book is the best buy Ti-Book G4/667? or iBook G3/700? João, what are you using it for? That's an important piece of information. -- Ryan Coleman Coleman Web / Internet Services http://coleman-web.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (612) 378-7901 Get your email address through

Re: Time

2002-07-23 Thread Thomas Ethen
The time on my Pismo is correct, as it reads 10:14 right now! Maybe my ISP is screwed up again, as hey use only PC's 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: iBook vs. PowerBook

2002-07-23 Thread ezelinsky
Has anyone done the $300 G3 Pismo to G4 upgrade? Is it a good thing? Ed Z -- 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

Re: iBook vs. PowerBook

2002-07-23 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 23/07/02 11:07, João Loureiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, everyone! What book is the best buy Ti-Book G4/667? or iBook G3/700? I would like hear your opinion. For the sheer power, and the best long term investment, the G4/667 is the best. The iBook is due for a G4 upgrade

Re: iBook vs. PowerBook

2002-07-23 Thread João Loureiro
Ryan, I use it for a little bit of everything. Work, email, internet, graphics, games, ... Everything in OS X! João On Terça, Julho 23, 2002, at 04:11 , Ryan Coleman wrote: João, what are you using it for? That's an important piece of information. -- Ryan Coleman Coleman Web / Internet

Re: Time

2002-07-23 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 23/07/02 13:14, Thomas Ethen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The time on my Pismo is correct, as it reads 10:14 right now! Maybe my ISP is screwed up again, as hey use only PC's I don't know but as you can see above, it's still showing as being sent at 1:14pm today. -Laurent. --

Wallstreet needs heat paste?

2002-07-23 Thread Jim
Howdy- After reassembling my wallstreet I noticed the processor is somewhat warmer. I assume the contact between the cpu and the heat spreader has been a little compromised. Is there a thermal contact grease or something that might be useful? Or a better heatsink altogether? Thanks for any

Re: Wallstreet needs heat paste?

2002-07-23 Thread Ryan Coleman
Howdy- After reassembling my wallstreet I noticed the processor is somewhat warmer. I assume the contact between the cpu and the heat spreader has been a little compromised. Is there a thermal contact grease or something that might be useful? Or a better heatsink altogether? get a silicon glue

Re: Remote Control

2002-07-23 Thread vlad
excellent info paige...thanxi checked it out on their web site and it seems very useful (for power point slides changing especially)i'll give it a trythanx again vlad On Tuesday, July 23, 2002, at 11:04 , Paige H. Adams wrote: On 7/22/02 3:25 PM, vlad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: iBook vs. PowerBook

2002-07-23 Thread vlad
and i thought the States are a free country.hm (writing from UK)... vlad On Tuesday, July 23, 2002, at 05:09 , Thomas Ethen wrote: The State Schools here in Wisconsin just started a new policy this year (daughter starting as a Freshman) that all students are required to get a PC

OT: LaunchCFMApp?

2002-07-23 Thread J Cole
Hi all. Just a random question for the more-OS X-savvy-than-me crowd. hehe. What exactly is LaunchCFMApp? It's at the very top of my process list at almost all times, is owned by me, and consistently is using about 15-20% of my processor. It also appears to spawn multiple copies of itself that

Re: OT: LaunchCFMApp?

2002-07-23 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 23/07/02 14:05, J Cole [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all. Just a random question for the more-OS X-savvy-than-me crowd. hehe. What exactly is LaunchCFMApp? It's at the very top of my process list at almost all times, is owned by me, and consistently is using about 15-20% of my processor.

Re: OT: LaunchCFMApp?

2002-07-23 Thread Ryan Coleman
Hi all. Just a random question for the more-OS X-savvy-than-me crowd. hehe. What exactly is LaunchCFMApp? It's at the very top of my process list at almost all times, is owned by me, and consistently is using about 15-20% of my processor. It also appears to spawn multiple copies of itself that

USB sharing

2002-07-23 Thread Bruce Johnson
Gotta wild idea here... I have two machines (TiBook running OSX, GW G4 running 9.1) and one Epson USB printer. Is there a way to share the printer between the two? If I connect all of them to a usb hub will that let the printer be seen by both computers? Any other way of doing this? --

Re: USB sharing

2002-07-23 Thread Ryan Coleman
Gotta wild idea here... I have two machines (TiBook running OSX, GW G4 running 9.1) and one Epson USB printer. Plug the Epson into the G4, run USB Printer Sharing (an extension and CP) and use AT/TCP to get it on the TiBook. USB Printer Sharing is not supported (last I checked) under X. --

cheapest WIFI card for G3Firewire Powerbook?

2002-07-23 Thread Dwight Hines
What is the cheapest airport type card I can buy for a G3 Firewire Powerbook (Pismo) that I can just stick into the side of the Pismo and start downloading megabytes of files at megabyte speeds from the free air net at city hall? Where would I get this card, especially since it may be a used

Re: USB sharing

2002-07-23 Thread Bruce Johnson
Ryan Coleman wrote: Gotta wild idea here... I have two machines (TiBook running OSX, GW G4 running 9.1) and one Epson USB printer. Plug the Epson into the G4, run USB Printer Sharing (an extension and CP) and use AT/TCP to get it on the TiBook. USB Printer Sharing is not supported (last

Re: USB sharing

2002-07-23 Thread Ryan Coleman
Ryan Coleman wrote: Gotta wild idea here... I have two machines (TiBook running OSX, GW G4 running 9.1) and one Epson USB printer. Plug the Epson into the G4, run USB Printer Sharing (an extension and CP) and use AT/TCP to get it on the TiBook. USB Printer Sharing is not supported (last

Re: Can you print wirelessly (or wired) with Asante Friendlynet router?

2002-07-23 Thread Lorri Carr
On Tuesday, July 23, 2002, Bryan Forbes wrote: I called Apple on some other issues on setup and asked them how I can configure my TiBook to print to my LaserSelect 360. The Laserwriter is connected to the rest of my home network via an Asante switching hub and an Asante Ethernet-Localtalk

Re: USB sharing

2002-07-23 Thread Eugene Lee
On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 01:31:43PM -0500, Ryan Coleman wrote: : : I have two machines (TiBook running OSX, GW G4 running 9.1) and one : Epson USB printer. : : Plug the Epson into the G4, run USB Printer Sharing (an extension and : CP) and use AT/TCP to get it on the TiBook. : USB Printer

Re: USB sharing

2002-07-23 Thread vlad
oh, okthanks On Tuesday, July 23, 2002, at 07:43 , Ryan Coleman wrote: can TiBook and G4 be connected only by a . how do you call that cable that doesn't need a hub.cable for this to work? Crossover cable... technically yes. if the TCP/IP is set up correctly. -- --

Re: USB sharing

2002-07-23 Thread vlad
what if bruce's clients don't have airport cards? and, as he said, they pay per ethernet port? any solutions there? On Tuesday, July 23, 2002, at 08:06 , Ryan Coleman wrote: how will you do it then? My guess: Airport. -- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small

Re: USB sharing

2002-07-23 Thread Ryan Coleman
what if bruce's clients don't have airport cards? and, as he said, they pay per ethernet port? any solutions there? I think $200 is a reasonable solution... you can get them for a total of below $100 on ebay... that's the route I would go. -- Ryan Coleman Coleman Web / Internet Services

Re: USB sharing

2002-07-23 Thread vlad
per card i presumehelpful, thanks vlad On Tuesday, July 23, 2002, at 08:16 , Ryan Coleman wrote: what if bruce's clients don't have airport cards? and, as he said, they pay per ethernet port? any solutions there? I think $200 is a reasonable solution... you can get them for a total

Re: USB sharing

2002-07-23 Thread Ryan Coleman
No, that's for the two. They are $100/card right now new, aren't they? per card i presumehelpful, thanks vlad On Tuesday, July 23, 2002, at 08:16 , Ryan Coleman wrote: what if bruce's clients don't have airport cards? and, as he said, they pay per ethernet port? any solutions there?

Re: USB sharing

2002-07-23 Thread Ryan Coleman
Ryan Coleman wrote: how will you do it then? My guess: Airport. Well, since they're on a tcp/ip network, according to Ryan, I should be able to connect via Appletalk to the OS9 machine and see the printer, that's what I thought you said... Yes, that is what I said -- Ryan Coleman Coleman

Re: USB sharing

2002-07-23 Thread Bruce Johnson
Ryan Coleman wrote: what if bruce's clients don't have airport cards? and, as he said, they pay per ethernet port? any solutions there? I think $200 is a reasonable solution... you can get them for a total of below $100 on ebay... that's the route I would go. And you can get in

Re: USB sharing

2002-07-23 Thread Jeff Lentz
There are two options for USB sharing of an Epson printer. There's the poor utility that Epson has, and there's Apple's USB Printer Sharing. Apple's was the lesser of two evils for me, but it worked so poorly that I ended up springing for an Epson C80N so I could hang it on the network as a

Re: USB sharing

2002-07-23 Thread Ryan Coleman
Ryan Coleman wrote: what if bruce's clients don't have airport cards? and, as he said, they pay per ethernet port? any solutions there? I think $200 is a reasonable solution... you can get them for a total of below $100 on ebay... that's the route I would go. And you can get in

Re: iBook vs. PowerBook

2002-07-23 Thread Obi-Wan
Thomas Ethen wrote: The State Schools here in Wisconsin just started a new policy this year (daughter starting as a Freshman) that all students are required to get a PC Laptop through the school and will have to purchase that PC even though they have a computer of their own. There's a

Re: iBook vs. PowerBook

2002-07-23 Thread Obi-Wan
João Loureiro wrote: Ryan, I use it for a little bit of everything. Work, email, internet, graphics, games, ... Everything in OS X! That settles it. Get the TiBook. -- == Kyle H. Hansen Apple Certified Technician Apple

Re: OT: LaunchCFMApp?

2002-07-23 Thread J Cole
Ah hah! Thanks for the info, guys (Ryan, Laurent). I'll use TOP instead of the process viewer from now on find out which apps are doing the processor hogging. I guess I shouldn't feel too bad about the fan running - I don't have AC in my house, and summer is keeping things at a toasty 80º or

Re: USB sharing

2002-07-23 Thread vlad
yeah, that's what i meant, $100 per cardnot enough words, sorry:-) On Tuesday, July 23, 2002, at 08:26 , Ryan Coleman wrote: No, that's for the two. They are $100/card right now new, aren't they? per card i presumehelpful, thanks vlad On Tuesday, July 23, 2002, at 08:16 , Ryan

OS 10.2 and beyond...

2002-07-23 Thread robin heath
(new list member here, hello to all.) so is the day coming (far too soon for my liking) when the newest operating system Apple unleashes will be way too bloated to bother installing on my old reliable 400MHz Pismo PowerBook? this is something I've been mulling over recently, particularly last

Re: OS 10.2 and beyond...

2002-07-23 Thread Jeff Szuhay
I'm running OS X, and want to pick up 10.2 when it lands next month. this isn't a question of money - it's strictly a matter of how efficiently this PowerBook will continue to operate as newer and newer OS's become available... I have this concern as well, but I'm going to upgrade my Pismo and

Ibook vs powerbook??

2002-07-23 Thread Justin Petersen
I'm curious about the quote regarding Wisconsin state schools requiring students to buy pc's through the school. I am now a senior but have heard of no such thing. The State Schools here in Wisconsin just started a new policy this year (daughter starting as a Freshman) that all students are

Re: OS 10.2 and beyond...

2002-07-23 Thread Donald Keenan
Do you think the FireWire iBooks (Clamshell and iceBooks) would ever be candidates for G4 upgrades like the 400mhz Pismo? I have two G3s, a 500mhz Pismo and a 466mhz Clamshell. Does anyone think that there'll be an economic incentive for this? I might be sorry, but i intend to install Jaguar on

Re: OS 10.2 and beyond...

2002-07-23 Thread makmac
robin heath on 7/23/02 6:22 PM wrote: so is the day coming (far too soon for my liking) when the newest operating system Apple unleashes will be way too bloated to bother installing on my old reliable 400MHz Pismo PowerBook? Actually I've perceived the next OSX upgrade as a becoming more

Re: OS 10.2 and beyond...

2002-07-23 Thread makmac
Donald Keenan on 7/23/02 8:00 PM wrote: Do you think the FireWire iBooks (Clamshell and iceBooks) would ever be candidates for G4 upgrades like the 400mhz Pismo? It's highly unlikely. The early G3 PowerBooks have their processors on daughtercards, which is why they can be upgraded so easily.

Re: cheapest WIFI card for G3Firewire Powerbook?

2002-07-23 Thread Christoph Hammann
Am 23.07.2002 20:31 Uhr schrieb Dwight Hines unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: What is the cheapest airport type card I can buy for a G3 Firewire Powerbook (Pismo) that I can just stick into the side of the Pismo and start downloading megabytes of files at megabyte speeds from the free air net at

Re: OS 10.2 and beyond...

2002-07-23 Thread Donald Keenan
So the G4 upgrades for 400mhz Pismos doesn't involve soldering? They open them and lift out the daughtercards? And then attach a new CPU to the motherboard? I know some people like to hack their Clamshells...that would explain why they stop at the processor. Donald On Tuesday, July 23, 2002,

Re: OS 10.2 and beyond...

2002-07-23 Thread Todd Ruch
I think that Apple wisened up and realized that the ability to upgrade didn't help them sell more new macs. Todd Donald Keenan on 7/23/02 8:00 PM wrote: Do you think the FireWire iBooks (Clamshell and iceBooks) would ever be candidates for G4 upgrades like the 400mhz Pismo? It's

Re: OS 10.2 and beyond...

2002-07-23 Thread James
Yah the processer pops right out of the PowerBook 2000 edition real easy almost to easy, You have to remove it i think if i remember right to install the lower ram chip. I remember readin that the 2000 powerbook was suppose to be a G4 under orginal design but due to heat problems they intalled a

Re: OS 10.2 and beyond...

2002-07-23 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 23/07/02 19:22, robin heath at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (new list member here, hello to all.) so is the day coming (far too soon for my liking) when the newest operating system Apple unleashes will be way too bloated to bother installing on my old reliable 400MHz Pismo PowerBook?

Re: OS 10.2 and beyond...

2002-07-23 Thread Eugene Lee
On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 07:22:45PM -0400, robin heath wrote: : : so is the day coming (far too soon for my liking) when the newest operating : system Apple unleashes will be way too bloated to bother installing on my : old reliable 400MHz Pismo PowerBook? If (NDA-breaking) rumors prove true,

Re: OS 10.2 and beyond...

2002-07-23 Thread Remy Davison
If (NDA-breaking) rumors prove true, 10.2 should run much better and even faster than previous releases. However, all PowerBooks except for the newest revision cannot take advantage of Quartz Extreme. I don't know how far down the road Apple intends to support Pismo. But at least you're not

Re: OS 10.2 and beyond...

2002-07-23 Thread Eugene Lee
On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 03:55:54PM +1000, Remy Davison wrote: : Eugene Lee: : : If (NDA-breaking) rumors prove true, 10.2 should run much better and : even faster than previous releases. However, all PowerBooks except for : the newest revision cannot take advantage of Quartz Extreme. I don't :