Re: Pixels, problems, repairs, laptops. etc

2002-09-12 Thread csean
on 9/10/02 16:01, (G-Books) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a thought (regarding your comments below): Keep in mind that you could most likely arrange to have something shipped to a fellow (and agreeable) list member, (like me, or anyone else who's willing to help out), who could then

Re: Wow!

2002-09-12 Thread Ryan Coleman
For the first time ever, the fan in my Pismo kicked in, when I left it unattended for about 8 hours, crunching RC5 blocks, on a pillow. It only ran for about two minutes after I took it off the pillow, though. Sounds a lot like the DVD-ROM drive. You must have a quiet one. The one time mine

Re: Pixels, problems, repairs, laptops. etc

2002-09-12 Thread David M Kiely
I fully concur with Chris. And may I say that I don't understand the reluctance of American companies to ship to Europe. It isn't as if we're living on the moon here; looked at in mileage terms, New York is as far from California as London is from New York. I regularly send items by courier to

Re: Wallstreet Battery Not Seating Right (?)

2002-09-12 Thread Jeff Lentz
Unfortunately this is a common problem, and also unfortunately, I've never known the torx screw adjustment to correct it. I have had the same problem twice, where you ever so gently touch the battery and the laptop just dies. Even after repair, it still happens occasionally. Apple Service

Re: Wallstreet Battery Not Seating Right (?)

2002-09-12 Thread Greg Burkman
On Wednesday, Sep 11, 2002, at 19:23 US/Eastern, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear All: I have a Wallstreet 250 and lately the battery seems to get disconnected or fails to make contact -- I'll be using it on battery and then suddenly it shuts down as if there's no battery and needs

Firewire scanner to use with Pismo

2002-09-12 Thread ezelinsky
I need to get a fairly good flatbed scanner to hook up to my Powerbook's firewire connector... can anyone suggest a model? I'm sorry if this is off list... Ed Z -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives

Re: iCurve

2002-09-12 Thread Shawn King
On Saturday, September 7, 2002, at 12:26 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How does the machine not slide off of the iCurve? What holds it up there? There are rubber grippers on it. If your desk/table was jostled, would that be enough for the computer to get knocked off of it (I have a

Re: iCurve

2002-09-12 Thread Walter R Basil
I received a letter from Griffin Technology (the ones who are making this thing) that said that they were all back ordered. I guess they didn't expect such tremendous sales, or they just didn't produce enough. So I am still waiting for mine... Walt -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: Firewire scanner to use with Pismo - 2

2002-09-12 Thread Mike Amato
on 9/12/02 3:52 PM, ezelinsky at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to get a fairly good flatbed scanner to hook up to my Powerbook's firewire connector... can anyone suggest a model? I'm sorry if this is off list... Ed Z Addendum - Epson has a 2450 refurbished on their site for $319.00 --

Re: Wallstreet Battery Not Seating Right (?)

2002-09-12 Thread Jeff Lentz
Charging and shut-down problems aside, I realized that I'd overlooked your comments below in my response. If you are seeing the battery missing X in the menu bar, you may be experiencing a loose battery. The Apple article is 22211, link here (if it works):

Re: Firewire scanner to use with Pismo - 2

2002-09-12 Thread Thomas Ethen
I purchased a Umax Astra 6400 Firewire flatbed scanner, which was really fast, but didn't do the high quality scans that I need for my photographic work so I got an Epson. The Astra is much less expensive, but my Epson does a much better job. Tom on 9/12/02 3:52 PM, ezelinsky at [EMAIL

firewire card in Lombard with 10.2

2002-09-12 Thread April Westberg
I recently upgraded my Lombard to 10.2 since then I have been unable to use my IBM firewire PCMCIA card to connect to my DV camera. My camera is a Sharp, not one of the ones listed as supported by iMovie, but it did work under 10.1.x. Now when I connect my camera in iMovie and try to import

Re: Pixels, problems, repairs, laptops. etc (OT Foreign shipping)

2002-09-12 Thread Anne Judge
David M Kiely wrote: . . . And may I say that I don't understand the reluctance of American companies to ship to Europe. . . . . . the cost is only marginally higher than shipping to, say, Germany. I believe I recently read an article about the high levels of CC fraud in international

Re: firewire card in Lombard with 10.2

2002-09-12 Thread Emerson Mounger
I am using a Firewire card from OrangeMicro in my Lombard and I am running 10.2 and it is working fine. I was actually surprised to see a little card icon in my menu next to the volume control after I installed 10.2. As to why your card is not showing up, I have no idea. Sorry. On Thursday,

Long URLs

2002-09-12 Thread Tony Jayms
At 9:02 -0700 12/9/02, Jeff Lentz wrote:

iTunes question (little OT)

2002-09-12 Thread Marty Lindower
Hi all- My music teacher wants to buy an iBook (so this isn't _that_ far OT), and had a question. He wants to be able to adjust the volume on a per-track basis of songs that he'll import from some CD's he's burned. I know that iTunes will let you adjust the volume and EQ for playback,

Re: iTunes question (little OT)

2002-09-12 Thread Tony Jayms
At 14:28 -0400 12/9/02, Marty Lindower wrote: Hi all- My music teacher wants to buy an iBook (so this isn't _that_ far OT), and had a question. He wants to be able to adjust the volume on a per-track basis of songs that he'll import from some CD's he's burned. I know that iTunes will

Re: Long URLs

2002-09-12 Thread Jeremy C. Derr
On Thursday, September 12, 2002, at 01:02 PM, Tony Jayms wrote: At 9:02 -0700 12/9/02, Jeff Lentz wrote: http://docs.info.apple.com/ article.html?artnum=22211SaveKCWindowURL=http%3A%2F%2Fkbase.info.appl e.com%2Fcgi- bin%2FWebObjects%2Fkbase.woa%2Fwa%2FSaveKCToHomePagesearchMode=Expert

Re: Pixels, problems, repairs, laptops. etc (OT Foreign shipping)

2002-09-12 Thread David M Kiely
Me and my big mouth! I shouldn't rush to judgement David M Kiely wrote: . . . And may I say that I don't understand the reluctance of American companies to ship to Europe. . . . . . the cost is only marginally higher than shipping to, say, Germany. I believe I recently read an article

Re: Long URLs

2002-09-12 Thread Jeff Lentz
Jeremy, Thanks for the abbreviated format - I couldn't figure it out. As for the link not coming through due to length, I sent it to both my yahoo account and my work's Outlook server and it was correctly interpreted in both places. Who's having problems with the link getting chopped up? And

Re: Long URLs

2002-09-12 Thread Mike Amato
on 9/12/02 7:06 PM, Jeremy C. Derr at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A common method of making sure a URL comes through correctly is to enclose it with and also, on this url you can cut off everything after the artnum=22211... http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=22211 Can this also

Re: Long URLs

2002-09-12 Thread Jeff Lentz
Tony, Might work on your machine (cookie?) but it took me to a link for an MP3 player installation in a Mazda Miata car on some chaos.org web site. Other than it not working, it's a pretty neat concept ;-) - Jeff Lentz --- Tony Jayms [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 9:02 -0700 12/9/02, Jeff Lentz

Re: iTunes question (little OT)

2002-09-12 Thread Marty Lindower
At 14:28 -0400 12/9/02, Marty Lindower wrote: Hi all- My music teacher wants to buy an iBook (so this isn't _that_ far OT), and had a question. He wants to be able to adjust the volume on a per-track basis of songs that he'll import from some CD's he's burned. I know that iTunes will let

Printing problems

2002-09-12 Thread Tim Leverenz
I have a Rev B 667 Ti running Jaguar with a Samsung ML-1210. When I print it works half of the time. Many times nothing at all happens other than one flash of the data light, occasionally the data light will blink like it is working...then nothing, occasionally the lights blink, printer warms

Re: Long URLs

2002-09-12 Thread Tony Jayms
At 12:58 -0700 12/9/02, Jeff Lentz wrote: Tony, Might work on your machine (cookie?) but it took me to a link for an MP3 player installation in a Mazda Miata car on some chaos.org web site. Other than it not working, it's a pretty neat concept ;-) - Jeff Lentz Sorry I didn't explain the

Re: Firewire scanner to use with Pismo

2002-09-12 Thread Jim
Ed, I, too, use a Pismo. I've been very pleased with my Umax Astra 6400 flatbed scanner. It's big and ugly, but it is fast and gave me great quality results. Max resolution 1200x1200 DPI (though some report 1200x600 DPI, I did not find that to be true). I paid well over $200 for it from

Dancing Finder Windows

2002-09-12 Thread Andrew Main
I generally prefer not to see windows from background apps behind the active app; too cluttered and confusing. I got tired of having to go to the Application menu and select Hide Others all the time, so I installed the HideAlways extension (one of MacUser's great System 7 utilities), which

Re: Firewire scanner to use with Pismo

2002-09-12 Thread Tom Ethen
First $100 plus shipping takes mine! Like new, in box. Tom -- 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 Low End Mac

Re: Firewire scanner to use with Pismo

2002-09-12 Thread David M. Ensteness
uhm, brand, specs, model??? On Thursday, September 12, 2002, at 05:20 PM, Tom Ethen wrote: First $100 plus shipping takes mine! Like new, in box. Tom -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | --

Re: Printing problems

2002-09-12 Thread Marty Lindower
I have a Rev B 667 Ti running Jaguar with a Samsung ML-1210. When I print it works half of the time. Many times nothing at all happens other than one flash of the data light, occasionally the data light will blink like it is working...then nothing, occasionally the lights blink, printer warms

Re: Printing problems

2002-09-12 Thread Marty Lindower
Print Center Fixer or something like that Actually, Print Center Repair - version 2.0 just posted on versiontracker.com/macosx -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for

More on (DVD to external in 10.2)

2002-09-12 Thread Thomas Bier
I set up my iBook 700 (running 10.2) to play a DVD on my TV. Last time I mentioned that the movie played on both the LCD and TV. This time I plugged in the adapter and the iBook registered it as the VGA adapter. So I told it to detect displays. This corrected the problem, well kind of). You

Re: WallStreet Battery Problem

2002-09-12 Thread Van Turner
Should I disable inactive PC Cards, too? I'm new to the world of portables. __ Yahoo! - We Remember 9-11: A tribute to the more than 3,000 lives lost http://dir.remember.yahoo.com/tribute When I say freezes, I mean it locks up. No clock

Re: iTunes volume rip

2002-09-12 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 12/09/02 20:24, David Deckert at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tony: My music teacher wants to buy an iBook (so this isn't _that_ far OT), and had a question. He wants to be able to adjust the volume on a per-track basis of songs that he'll import from some CD's he's burned. Not trying

Re: WallStreet Battery Problem

2002-09-12 Thread P . F . Grenier
On Thursday, Sep 12, 2002, at 21:26 US/Eastern, Van Turner wrote: Should I disable inactive PC Cards, too? I'm new to the world of portables. For some reason there is just a problem with USB, you can leave the cards in, just disable processor cycling -- G-Books is sponsored by