Re: Pismos fry lid-down!

2002-08-10 Thread Paige H. Adams
On 8/8/02 4:33 PM, Chip Stafford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You _really_ don't want to operate the Pismo or its cousin the Lombard with the lid down. Most of the heat from the operation of the processor is dissipated up through the keyboard area. Perhaps Apple would like to sell a few more

Re: Wallstreet

2002-08-10 Thread Erik
I just got a Wallstreet Powerbook and looking at the key board I see some small # on some of the keys. It there a way to use these keys as # keys? I do not know what the key in the lower left of the keyboard does. I believe that the fn key is supposed to enable those keys as a keypad of

Re: Wallstreet

2002-08-10 Thread Gabriel Diamond
on 8/10/02 5:18 AM, Erik at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just got a Wallstreet Powerbook and looking at the key board I see some small # on some of the keys. It there a way to use these keys as # keys? I do not know what the key in the lower left of the keyboard does. I believe that the fn

Re: Wallstreet

2002-08-10 Thread Tony Jayms
And you were going to say what? Or did you forget ;-) At 6:26 am -1000 10/8/02, Gabriel Diamond wrote: on 8/10/02 5:18 AM, Erik at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just got a Wallstreet Powerbook and looking at the key board I see some small # on some of the keys. It there a way to use these keys

Re: Wallstreet

2002-08-10 Thread Mick Ring
on 8/10/02 8:18, Erik at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Num Lock key should do it. I tried that, too. Should it be pressed in combination with another key? When I press the F5/Num Lock by itself, I get the Function Key dialog. -Mick -- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/

Re: Wallstreet

2002-08-10 Thread Tony Jayms
It should be just the num lock key which is F6 on mine and the keyboard lock screw has a LED under the screw which comes on. Just in case your keyboard is different layout it is the key to the right of the keyboard screw. It is just this key, nothing else. At 10:07 am -0700 10/8/02, Mick Ring

Re: Wallstreet-MacResQ's IBM HD's

2002-08-10 Thread BG
You're welcome, Don, and that was nice of you to say. Best regards/BG Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 17:45:07 -0700 From: Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Wallstreet-MacResQ's IBM HD's And thanks for the nice summary -- I was trying to follow the thread but it seems you put all the

Re: Apple Laptops on TV

2002-08-10 Thread BG
FWIW: Last night's (repeat) episode of NBC's Law Order, Special Victims Unit: In the final scene, the female detective goes into the office of the dept's. criminal profiler, Dr. George Wong, and he was sitting at his desk using his Apple laptop. Which one? I don't know. The white apple-logo

iMac VGA to Lombard 2nd monitor

2002-08-10 Thread Scott Moran
Ok can I do this? Connect my indigo iMac using its VGA port to Lombard VGA port and use the Lombard as a second mirroring monitor? Or will I blow both of them up? Pepe And people who steal money stink. =-p -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Wallstreet

2002-08-10 Thread Marty Lindower
I tried that, too. Should it be pressed in combination with another key? When I press the F5/Num Lock by itself, I get the Function Key dialog. Press fn-F5 (function-NumLock) to turn on/off (toggle) the integral numeric keypad. Doing this deactivates the rest of the keyboard - only keys with

What were your Pismo temps with lid down?

2002-08-10 Thread Dwight Hines
Not true. As Remy pointed out, they are designed to operate this way. I've had my Pismo running 24/7 in this configuration for almost 2 years. I monitored the heat carefully for the first few months, because I was concerned about this as well, but, if anything, it seems to run cooler with

Re: Wallstreet

2002-08-10 Thread Jeff Lentz
And the light next to the num lock/F5 key should toggle on/off to tell you what mode you're in. --- Marty Lindower [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Press fn-F5 (function-NumLock) to turn on/off (toggle) the integral numeric keypad. Doing this deactivates the rest of the keyboard - only keys with the

OT ebay vent

2002-08-10 Thread Al
what is it with some of these people that sell on ebay? i asked a simple question about which dvd module a pismo had as i wanted the one that reads burnt dvd's. check out the response ... Yeah well I wont take your bid anyway. Do not email me anymore you are a Time Waster. I told

Re: Wallstreet

2002-08-10 Thread Jeff Lentz
--- Ted Burford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not know what the key in the lower left of the keyboard does. Hit the fn key (lower left) with F5 (num lock) to turn on/off the numeric keys. Also I am having trouble ejecting the card on the left side. Ejection cage failure is common. Mostly

Re: OT ebay vent

2002-08-10 Thread Justin
Yeah seriously...thats incredible. just send me your money you idiot, it will work! And don’t email me with your stupid questions! *sigh* people. -J -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of richard.lowrey Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 8:47 PM To:

Wallstreet Cards

2002-08-10 Thread Ted Burford
I would like to know more about the cards that go into the left side card slot on my Wallstreet PB. I have a DVD card in there now. I would like to be able to read the Smart Media Card for my digital camera. I have a USB Smart Media Card reader now for my Beige G3 tower. Should I get a USB

Re: OT ebay vent

2002-08-10 Thread Donald Keenan
There are some unscrupulous types selling on ebay and some folks would rather have their teeth pulled than answer honest questions. Hope you find another Pismo. I found a great one on eBay. It's a good idea to ask such questions, just to get a feel for the buyer anyway. Good luck. Donald On

Re: OT ebay vent

2002-08-10 Thread Mick Ring
on 8/11/02 4:09, Al at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what is it with some of these people that sell on ebay? Dude: Fix your clock, eh? :) -Mick -- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our

Re: OT ebay vent

2002-08-10 Thread Al
my servers time is correct the mac i email on has the correct time (as do all my macs) as an aussie my clock is set to dd-mm-yy and not mm-dd-yy maybe that's it Al Mick Ring wrote: on 8/11/02 4:09, Al at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what is it with some of these people that sell on ebay?

Wallstreet thread

2002-08-10 Thread bill wells
Re Wallstreet and numbers On my Wallstreet if I get the function key dialog and deselect the use keys 1-10 as hot keys, I can then hold down the fn key and press the num lock. The green light comes on and I can use the numbers. To get back to the regular keyboard press the fn key and then the