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

On Friday, November 22, 2002, at 02:26 AM, Jon Glass wrote: > Boy, talk about being in a twist. You obviously have absolutely no > sense of > humor. Or maybe you don't recognize a grin when you see one. Or maybe > you > are just too sensitive in the first place. > > Now, I get serious. The lit

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

on 11/21/02 10:40 AM, Kevin Stevens at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Really? Gee, I'd have to say that you're wrong, Kyle. If it were > "NEVER referred to as the ALT key", this absurd issue wouldn't have > arisen, would it? In fact, it was PRECISELY the act of referring to > the key as the alt key

Re: wiping hard drive clean

What's the best way to completely wipe just the free space on your hard disk? I have PGP 7.0 but it's Free Space Wiper tells me that it can't wipe the free space because the volume integrity check failed and that the volume may be damaged. Disk First Aid doesn't however discover anything amiss. A

Re: wiping hard drive clean

On 11/21/02 5:37 PM, "Geoffrey Loeffler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the Cybertrough: > Any debate on Toshiba v IBM is like Coke v Pepsi. It was in fact > Transinternational who advised the IBM 40GNX was better than the > Toshiba, a view I agreed with after my research fwiw. As for Trans, It >

Re: wiping hard drive clean

Do a search for a freeware utility called File Fire, which Greg Koenig (the author) claims will delete files to the same standard as Norton Government Wipe (whatever that is.) The standard Norton package (my v5.0 anyway) also includes a file-and-disk wiping util, "Wipe Info". Anyone have any in

Hope it was good beer

Hi Mathew, Ask Tekserve to run the logic board under alcohol, (squeeze bottle) then dry with a blow dryer. Warm, not too hot. I would say you have a better than even money chance of it working. I got a car computer working last year which had been under muddy water for around a w

Re: G4 spill damage

In a message dated 11/21/2002 9:11:35 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Well, while ripping my bartender's CDs to my Powerbook 550 I >spilled some beer on >the keyboard. Tekserve has cleaned it up >and must be replaced to the tune of over >$600. ?? Are Powerbooks a

Re: wiping hard drive clean

Any debate on Toshiba v IBM is like Coke v Pepsi. It was in fact Transinternational who advised the IBM 40GNX was better than the Toshiba, a view I agreed with after my research fwiw. As for Trans, It in fact has taken 3 phone calls and a e-mail on 4 different days to get a RMA from Trans. The

Re: wiping hard drive clean

Mike and others thank you for the information, it has been a good education, this link leads to more info on Secure Data if anyone is interested. It is nice when people help > http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0204/09.securedelete.php Geoff On Wednesday, Nov 20, 2002, at 22:38 US/Alaska, Mi

Re: G3 vs G4

>> I'm assuming you are comparing a PowerBook G4/500 to an iBook/800. I'd go with the iBook/800 12'' screen with a CD Burner. It's "newer", smaller, and has QE capabilities the latter of which would benefit the things you said you wanted to do with it. -Dustin -- G-Books is sponsored by

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

On 11/21/02 1:40 AM, "Kevin Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the Cybertrough: > As for "the Apple name", they're the ones who printed the keycaps. > Does this also mean that I can't reference the "?" key? Do I *have* to > call it the "/"??? Let's turn this away from flaming and into reaso

Re: Carbon copy et al

That makes sense to me. It should come with system restore CDs. -Hal On Thursday, November 21, 2002, at 07:03 AM, Jim Freeman wrote: > Why bother on a new system, when you can reinstall everything from the > CDs that come with the computer? > > Jim > > On Thursday, November 21, 2002, at 05:36 AM,

Re: Carbon copy et al

Why bother on a new system, when you can reinstall everything from the CDs that come with the computer? Jim On Thursday, November 21, 2002, at 05:36 AM, Luis Sequeira wrote: > 1) Boot the TiBook in Firewire target mode and Carbon copy the > factory installed system drive to a clean partition in

Re: G4 spill damage

On Thursday, November 21, 2002, at 08:11 PM, Matthew B. Dwyer wrote: > Well, while ripping my bartender's CDs to my Powerbook 550 I spilled > some > beer on the keyboard. Tekserve has cleaned it up and says the logic > board > must be replaced to the tune of over $600. Wow, expensive beer. > T

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

On Thursday, November 21, 2002, at 04:40 AM, Kevin Stevens wrote: > > On Thursday, Nov 21, 2002, at 00:54 US/Pacific, Obi-Wan wrote: > >> On 11/20/02 10:42 PM, "Kevin Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Spew >> into the Cybertrough: >> >>> >>> On Wednesday, Nov 20, 2002, at 22:15 US/Pacific, Jon Glas

Re: pocket drive from Wallstreet wants to format to read by bothWin 2K pro, and Mac OS

John Featherstone wrote: > Feel free to send me to the correct discussion group but. > > I took the 20 gig Hitachi out of my Wallstreet, and put it in a OWC firewire > case. I formatted it MS Dos using the formatting utility on my Mac OS > 9.2.2, whatever version of the utility was running

Re: OSX Speed increase with more RAM?

In Mac OS 9 I got about 4.5 hours when my battery was new. With X ... well, not that much ... of course now I can't get anywhere near that much with 9 either as my battery is getting on a bit. David On Thursday, November 21, 2002, at 09:56 AM, James Rohde wrote: > On 11/20/02 4:36 PM Joe Elli

Re: OSX Speed increase with more RAM?

On 11/20/02 4:36 PM Joe Ellis enlightened us by writing: >My one gripe is >that battery life in general is relatively short (2.5 - 3 hours max on 1). >Thus I tend to stay tethered to my power adaptor most of the time. I usually get about that with my MacOS 9.2.2 (384 MB RAM) PB Firewire. Sounds

G4 spill damage

Hi Listers, Well, while ripping my bartender's CDs to my Powerbook 550 I spilled some beer on the keyboard. Tekserve has cleaned it up and says the logic board must be replaced to the tune of over $600. Wow, expensive beer. Tekserve has been very helpful, but I'm just wondering if anyone has exper

Re: Carbon copy et al

on 21/11/02 05:36, Luis Sequeira at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > > I'm trying to plan ahead of the arrival of my soon to be TiBook. > I want to partition the hard drive, but would like to have minimum > hassle in system installation, etc. > > Here's what I'm thinking of. I would like to hear

Carbon copy et al

Hi I'm trying to plan ahead of the arrival of my soon to be TiBook. I want to partition the hard drive, but would like to have minimum hassle in system installation, etc. Here's what I'm thinking of. I would like to hear from fellow listers how you think of this plan. 1) Boot the TiBook in Fir

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

On Thursday, Nov 21, 2002, at 00:54 US/Pacific, Obi-Wan wrote: > On 11/20/02 10:42 PM, "Kevin Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Spew > into the Cybertrough: > >> >> On Wednesday, Nov 20, 2002, at 22:15 US/Pacific, Jon Glass wrote: >> >>> on 11/20/02 4:49 AM, Andrew Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrot

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

On 11/20/02 10:42 PM, "Kevin Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the Cybertrough: > > On Wednesday, Nov 20, 2002, at 22:15 US/Pacific, Jon Glass wrote: > >> on 11/20/02 4:49 AM, Andrew Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> Hold alt when you choose the apple menu. >> >> Does that mean O