Re: Overheating problem with PB Titanium

>Does the fan come on? Does it kick into high speed? Yes it's on a fair bit, and sometimes it switches to higher speed. Laurence _ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmai

Re: running pismo closed

I'm not writing it off yet. I played with a TiBook at the Apple store and they don't seem to have the problem. I think I just go a bad card for Powerlogix... Besides, how many PC laptops can you run closed at all? Most of them can cook an egg on the case... On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 03

G3 vs G4

Hi all,an opinion question,for web surfing and mpeg downloading and playing,is a G3 800 as fast or faster than a G4 500mhz machine running OS10.2 ? thankyou in advance -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Driv

Re: VST expansion bay ZIP and Superdisk drives with OSX(pismo/lombard)

on 19/11/02 23:28, Jay Snyder at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Anybody out there using the VST expansion bay ZIP or Superdisk drivers with > OS X on a Lombard or Pismo? I have the VST ZIP on my Pismo under 10.2.2 and it's been working fine. -Laurent. --

Re: Was on topic, before!

RE; I suggest pass on maxtor in an I-mac,if fingernails on blckboards bother you,your face so close to the machine,the droneing buzzing whine gets tiresome realy fast clear across the room,up close its even more nagging, Maxtor diamondmax plus 60gb 7200rpm,I would have recomended IBM,but Ive been

Re: running pismo closed

RE; since I only have a G-4 tower and not a book Im going to guess heat will continue to be a problem simply because the size heat sink for a g-4 chip is enormous,and the fan system is the best Ive ever seen short of water cooling,with the intro of the powerbook in titanium the entir case is a heat

Re: VST expansion bay ZIP and Superdisk drives with OSX (pismo/lombard)

I have a VST zip drive on my Pismo. No drivers needed. I just plug it in and it works. It's been that way since 10.1 I think. -Hal On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 08:28 PM, Jay Snyder wrote: > Anybody out there using the VST expansion bay ZIP or Superdisk drivers > with > OS X on a Lombard o

Re: Was on topic, before!

> > Thanks for your suggestion Mark, I will do this. Probably an 80 G. > Q.Can an ATA 100 drive can work in the iMac? (Rev A) > Or what standard should I get? > What brand of drives are recommended? > > Thanks and regards, > Stuart. The standards are backwards compatible, meaning t

VST expansion bay ZIP and Superdisk drives with OSX (pismo/lombard)

Anybody out there using the VST expansion bay ZIP or Superdisk drivers with OS X on a Lombard or Pismo? Thanks, Jay -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBoo

running pismo closed

I've got a pismo powerbook that I've been using almost since they were introduced. I often run it closed, connected to external keyboard, mouse and monitors (I have this setup both at work and at home). I recently had it upgraded by powerlogix to a G4, and it's been having some overheating prob

Was on topic, before!

Stuart Saunders on 10/24/02 11:21 AM wrote: > > Now I have a couple of 20G Fujitsus, one of which I would like to > fit into my iMac rev A. Does anybody know of a 3.5" to 2.5" adapter to > house the Fujitsu in the iMac? > > TIA, > Stuart. Mark said You could probably sell both those drives

Re: Are you sure you want to ... ?

On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 10:48 PM, Jim wrote: > Offtopic, I know, but... > > I'm getting damned tired of arguing with my Pismo under Jaguar. When I > choose shutdown or logout from the menu, I want the friggin' machine to > DO WHAT I TELL IT, without question! > > So how do I turn off

Are you sure you want to ... ?

Offtopic, I know, but... I'm getting damned tired of arguing with my Pismo under Jaguar. When I choose shutdown or logout from the menu, I want the friggin' machine to DO WHAT I TELL IT, without question! So how do I turn off the annoying message? --Jim. -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re - Airport alternatives.

I have a non Appletalk unit I bought from the manufacturer (Pheecom) here in Taiwan, which works well as internet router. However I need the Appletalk so will change soon. I notice SMC Barricade is $80 with rebate (yanks only, dammit) at tiger direct. SMC claims an amazing 1155 ft range, (albei

Re: airport alternatives for Wallstreet?

On Tuesday, Nov 19, 2002, at 22:01 US/Eastern, Mick Ring wrote: > on 11/19/02 15:16, Kevin Stevens at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > >> NetGear MR814. Router, firewall, 4 port switch, wireless bridge. Mac >> support. Web-based configuration. Replaceable antenna. $30 rebate >> presently, net c

Re: Orinoco card removal from Wallstreet

on 11/19/02 18:38, Joe Arcuri at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > For the WS using 8.6 you can still use the Airport drivers (rather than > the WaveLan) which work excellently. I use the Airport drivers with 9.1 on my Wallstreet. -Mick -- -- G-Books is sponsored by and..

Re: airport alternatives for Wallstreet?

on 11/19/02 15:16, Kevin Stevens at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > NetGear MR814. Router, firewall, 4 port switch, wireless bridge. Mac > support. Web-based configuration. Replaceable antenna. $30 rebate > presently, net cost $30 if you got in on the Amazon deal last weekend, or > $50 if you orde

Re: Orinoco card removal from Wallstreet

On 11/19/02 9:02 PM Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I have the opposite problem, my Wallstreet (OS 8.6) won't let me have my >Silver Wavelan card unless I restart with extensions off (or restart >with an extension set that doesn't have the Wavelan extensions). >Maybe I just need to learn how to t

Re: wiping hard drive clean

On 11/19/02 3:54 PM, "Bruce Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the Cybertrough: > Obi-Wan wrote: >> All I am saying is that there is no real safe >> way to be sure that your data is 100% unrecoverable, which is what the >> person was asking. That's all. > > Well, there is, but you'll lose o

Re: apple support (prev. messages)

On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 02:01 PM, Justin wrote: > I have all intentions of getting applecare...just a matter of > whenthey said they will refund the 50 bucks, but i just dont want > to have to pay them, send it to them, then get refunded by them...seems > like a pretty useless step

Re: Orinoco card removal from Wallstreet

On Tuesday, Nov 19, 2002, at 21:02 US/Eastern, Andrew wrote: > >> >> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 11:54:57 -0500 >> Subject: orinoco card removal >> From: george ruta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> now my problem is that if i remove my orinoco silver pc card i cannot >> get it >> to activate when i re-inse

Re: Orinoco card removal from Wallstreet

> > Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 11:54:57 -0500 > Subject: orinoco card removal > From: george ruta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > now my problem is that if i remove my orinoco silver pc card i cannot get it > to activate when i re-insert it without restarting the computer. i've tried > turning the card off

Re: airport alternatives for Wallstreet?

On Tuesday, Nov 19, 2002, at 18:16 US/Eastern, Kevin Stevens wrote: > On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Kent Wieland wrote: > >> Has anyone had success using any of the Airport-alternatives, such as >> D-link, etc...? I'm interested in setting up a wireless network for >> my Imac >> and Wallstreet from my c

Re: wiping hard drive clean

Obi-Wan wrote: > All I am saying is that there is no real safe > way to be sure that your data is 100% unrecoverable, which is what the > person was asking. That's all. Well, there is, but you'll lose out on the trade-in value: an industrial shredder will pretty well take care of any data re

Re: airport alternatives for Wallstreet?

Andrew Johnson wrote: >>I don't think there's anything better than the Airport card for an >>Apple >>laptop, so I recommend that. >> >>KeS >> >> > > The great tragedy being that Wallstreets don't accept Airport cards > (how I wish they did) I've used an orinoco gold under 9.2 and it worked > be

Re: airport alternatives for Wallstreet?

> > I don't think there's anything better than the Airport card for an > Apple > laptop, so I recommend that. > > KeS > > The great tragedy being that Wallstreets don't accept Airport cards (how I wish they did) I've used an orinoco gold under 9.2 and it worked beautifully, haven't tried any car

Re: airport alternatives for Wallstreet?

On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Kent Wieland wrote: > Has anyone had success using any of the Airport-alternatives, such as > D-link, etc...? I'm interested in setting up a wireless network for my Imac > and Wallstreet from my cable modem. Ideally, I'd like to get a combination > access-point and router to

Re: iBook battery life?

Those numbers are for my iBook SE/466 Graphite. -Dustin -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac

Re: airport alternatives for Wallstreet?

I briefly owned a Wallstreet (used, had other problems and I traded it in); used it with an Orinoco/Agere card and an AirPort; from all I've heard, you should have no trouble using it with other Wi-Fi transmitters, too. Good luck! CM > From: Kent Wieland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[EMAIL

airport alternatives for Wallstreet?

Has anyone had success using any of the Airport-alternatives, such as D-link, etc...? I'm interested in setting up a wireless network for my Imac and Wallstreet from my cable modem. Ideally, I'd like to get a combination access-point and router to connect the Imac directly via ethernet and the Wa

Re: iBook battery life?

On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Dustin wrote: > 4-4.5 hours for a new, unopened battery BALLPARK FIGURE. It might be > less, depending on activity on the computer and on the network, and > amount of RAM. An OS 9/0S X will make a difference too. If you have a > DVD drive, you'll get about 2.5-3 hours playin

Re: apple support (prev. messages)

Justin, If you're still in your 1-year warranty period, and intend to eventually buy AppleCare, then by all means DO buy the AppleCare AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Because, your original warranty gives you only 90 days of phone support, and a year of hardware coverage. Buying AppleCare not only exte

Re: wiping hard drive clean

On 11/19/02 12:27 PM, "Dan K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the Cybertrough: > Ah, but Obi-Wan Kyle, what does it take to actually retrieve 'real' data > from a zeroed-once (or twice or thrice) drive? Is there a practical way > to do it without going through a pretty serious HW recovery effort? I >

Re: iBook battery life?

4-4.5 hours for a new, unopened battery BALLPARK FIGURE. It might be less, depending on activity on the computer and on the network, and amount of RAM. An OS 9/0S X will make a difference too. If you have a DVD drive, you'll get about 2.5-3 hours playing DVDs. -Dustin -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: looking for pioneer DVR-A05

on 11/19/02 1:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Anyone know where i can buy a Pioneer dvr-a05? Sorry that was a 105! Here is the a05 for $314. http://store.yahoo.com/livewarehouse/dvpi99200.html Tom -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog El

Re: looking for pioneer DVR-A05

on 11/19/02 1:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Anyone know where i can buy a Pioneer dvr-a05? Here is one for $272! http://store.yahoo.com/livewarehouse/piondvdvcddr.html Tom -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www

Re: wiping hard drive clean

> No. If someone *really* wants to get at your data, they can. Of course, that > "someone" would have to be a *very* serious hacker or the NSA/FBI/CIA. They > can get data off almost any drive. > > As a matter of fact, there are several companies, Drivesavers being one of > them, that pride themse

Re: looking for pioneer DVR-A05

On 19/11/02 14:23, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone know where i can buy a Pioneer dvr-a05? Do a search on dealmac.com. I think I saw it advertised somewhere on the net for $259. -Laurent. -- === Laur

Re: wiping hard drive clean

On 11/19/02 Obi-Wan 'Kyle H. Hansen' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> responded to: > >On 11/18/02 7:19 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the >Cybertrough: > >> In a message dated 11/18/2002 9:10:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> >>> I need to wipe this drive cle

Re: apple support (prev. messages)

I have all intentions of getting applecare...just a matter of whenthey said they will refund the 50 bucks, but i just dont want to have to pay them, send it to them, then get refunded by them...seems like a pretty useless step in my opinion. im going to try to tell them blatantly that the

Re: apple support (prev. messages)

$299.95 to be exact. My experience is that if you tell them it's a hardware problem (with conviction), they will talk to you on the phone for free. On the other hand, my father's experience has taught me that AppleCare can be a good deal. I think this is especially true with the 500 mhz iBook,

looking for pioneer DVR-A05

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Re: apple support (prev. messages)

On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 12:46 PM, Justin wrote: > ack, thats unfortunate. few hundered bucks? mine still has warranty > (purchased april of this year, so im good until next april) however the > "phone support" period is over, so they want to rake me for 50 bucks, > then refund it whe

Re: iBook500 & fax ??

Ralph, Apple identifies it as a "56k V.90 modem". If you're running OS X you basically have two choices of fax software: FaxSTF and Cocoa e-fax I have seen a lot of bitter complaints about FaxSTF, although it may have improved in recent versions. Cocoa e-fax has a lot of fans although it is a

Re: apple support (prev. messages)

ack, thats unfortunate. few hundered bucks? mine still has warranty (purchased april of this year, so im good until next april) however the "phone support" period is over, so they want to rake me for 50 bucks, then refund it when they confirm what i told them (that its not software, its har

Re: Overheating problem with PB Titanium

On Tuesday, Nov 19, 2002, at 11:04 US/Eastern, Laurence - SMT Tricept wrote: > I'm new to this list so this problem may already have been discussed, > so > you'll have to excuse the repetition of the question if that's the > case. > > I have a 500MHz PowerBook G4 with two 256KB DIMMs installed

Re: wiping hard drive clean

On 11/18/02 8:10 PM, "Geoffrey Loeffler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have to send my 40 GNX back to trans intl, very loud and clicking > sounds coming out of it right from the start and continued for last 30 > days. I need to wipe this drive clean, really clean. How clean is that? In other wo

Re: OSX Speed increase with more RAM?

On Tuesday, Nov 19, 2002, at 09:26 US/Eastern, David M. Ensteness wrote: > Interesting, I had never heard anything like this. You know of any tech > data on it? It seems like poor planning on Apple's part if its true. > I don't think it is poor planing, it was only designed to preserve the memo

Re: Overheating problem with PB Titanium

Worth a try. The dealer has told me it's related to the RAM (I have 2x256MB DIMMs installed), but quite what I'd be blowing out I'm not sure... Laurence >Someone once replied to a similar problem here. They said to remove your >RAM, blow out the slots with compressed air, then re-install. Let me

Re: Overheating problem with PB Titanium

Someone once replied to a similar problem here. They said to remove your RAM, blow out the slots with compressed air, then re-install. Let me know if this helps, as I'll be seeing a friend this weekend who suffers from the same problem using the same model ti-book. On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 17:04:45 +01

Re: OSX Speed increase with more RAM?

On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, David M. Ensteness wrote: > > Another consideration is the backup power. With 512MB, the Pismo has > > enough backup battery to allow you to swap batteries with the machine > > asleep. With 1Gb, it apparently doesn't; you have to shut down or have > > AC support. I don't kn

orinoco card removal

first thanks to those who offered help on my previous wireless router question, the cure was to unplug the router and reset for a full minute, thirty seconds was not enough apparently to reset it. now my problem is that if i remove my orinoco silver pc card i cannot get it to activate when i re-in

iBook500 & fax ??

I am wanting to fax doc's with my ibook500 what type of modem do I have in there and what kind of software can I use with it.? Ive searched for a couple days now off/on and cant find any info. Thanks Ralph -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicsh

10.2 wireless internet access

Dear Listers, After installing 9.2.2 & configuration, I can access internet via airport base station but cannot under 10.2. Before 9.2 installation, I can open the explorer 5.2 and navitigate the net with 10.2. Now it gives the error messg: cannot locate the server or missing)when I'm clicking o

Overheating problem with PB Titanium

I'm new to this list so this problem may already have been discussed, so you'll have to excuse the repetition of the question if that's the case. I have a 500MHz PowerBook G4 with two 256KB DIMMs installed. It gets very hot and I have noticed that it is prone to crashes and/or erratic behaviour

Re: wiping hard drive clean

Various listas wrote: >Select the option to "zero" the drive. That not only releases the >directory entries, but writes zeroes to the entire data portion of >the disk. > >I thought I read somewhere that this option was not well supported >with IDE drives, so that may work or not. The best thin

Re: apple support (prev. messages)

I had this problem with my Dad's dual USB iBook. His was out of warranty and we had to pay Apple to fix it. Jim On Monday, November 18, 2002, at 02:32 PM, Justin wrote: > well, i must have jinxed myself. when people were talking about how > great apple's support is, i jokingly mentioned "heh,

Re: OSX Speed increase with more RAM?

David M. Ensteness writes: > Interesting, I had never heard anything like this. You know of any tech > data on it? It seems like poor planning on Apple's part if its true. It's amazing that it's even possible - I know of no other manufacturer that puts this kind of functionality into th

Re: OSX Speed increase with more RAM?

on 19/11/02 09:26, David M. Ensteness at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Interesting, I had never heard anything like this. You know of any tech > data on it? It seems like poor planning on Apple's part if its true. > >> When you put your Pismo to sleep and remove the main battery, the >> Backup Batte

Re: OSX Speed increase with more RAM?

Interesting, I had never heard anything like this. You know of any tech data on it? It seems like poor planning on Apple's part if its true. > When you put your Pismo to sleep and remove the main battery, the > Backup Battery (a rather small lithium (?) battery) maintains your RAM > contents. It

Re: OSX Speed increase with more RAM?

On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 01:28 PM, David M. Ensteness wrote: >> Another consideration is the backup power. With 512MB, the Pismo has >> enough backup battery to allow you to swap batteries with the machine >> asleep. With 1Gb, it apparently doesn't; you have to shut down or >> have >>

Re: OSX Speed increase with more RAM?

> Another consideration is the backup power. With 512MB, the Pismo has > enough backup battery to allow you to swap batteries with the machine > asleep. With 1Gb, it apparently doesn't; you have to shut down or have > AC support. I don't know about 768MB. This part I don't get. Can you explain?

Re: OSX Speed increase with more RAM?

Yes, it will. UNIX OSes love RAM, a lot, and their performance is directly tied to it, more so than other OSes. Mac OS 9 would plateau after a while but Mac OS X continues to improve the more RAM installed. I have 768MB in my Pismo 400 up from 320 a week ago, very noticeable. Mac OS X is gre

Re: Thanks and a Kudo

>On Monday, Nov 18, 2002, at 17:59 US/Eastern, Paul Hunt wrote: > >> I asked a question on this list about 2 months ago regarding >> repairing/replacing worn hinges on a Wallstreet. The suggestion to go >> to pbparts.com came in immediately. The resulting work was completed >> but the machine w

Re: Ethernet and 2 Wallstreets....

> > Some Macs, (and I don't know if the Wallstreet is one of them), will >> not 'stick' on Ethernet if there isn't a live device on the other end, >> so some switching back and forth in the appletalk control panel may be >> necessary once both computers are on. > >The wallstreet is not one of t

Re: Configuring routers

Okay - just never tried it in practice - I've only ever used a PC to do it. Thanks! "WARNING : "Privileged/Confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the intended addressee,

Re: Configuring routers

On Monday, Nov 18, 2002, at 23:47 US/Pacific, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > Has anyone tried to configure a router or switch using the Ethernet > interface and OSX? I've not tried it, but it should be possible to do > so > using Terminal. > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > Mark. I don't quite u