BeerBooks, Insurance, and List Nannies

2002-12-07 Thread Dan Knight
P.F.Grenier writes: Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't the function of a list nanny to step in and keep things on topic and stop controversy from getting out of hand? Obi-Wan frequently adds fuel to the fire. The function of the list nannies is to oversee the lists and try to keep things on

Mom on confirmation requests, SpamCop, servers

2002-12-07 Thread Dan Knight
This is my monthly reminder that the list server at maclaunch.com remains screwed up and often sends out spurious confirmation messages. There is nothing we can do about this at present. Please don't send me email asking about it. I can't fix it. I can't. We are also having some problems with

Re: Need help

2002-12-07 Thread Administrator
Gary, On the older G3's you have to partition into 2 seperate partitions. OS X will only install on the first 8 gig of the HD. Sooo.. Create 1, 7.9 gig partition and then the rest in another. Derrick On Friday, December 6, 2002, at 11:49 PM, Gary E Davis wrote: Hi all Need help with

Current OS on early G3's [was: Need help]

2002-12-07 Thread John Haumann
On Saturday, December 7, 2002, at 08:24 AM, Administrator wrote: On the older G3's you have to partition into 2 seperate partitions. OS X will only install on the first 8 gig of the HD. Sooo.. Create 1, 7.9 gig partition and then the rest in another. It's not just OS X... Some of the

Appleworks problem

2002-12-07 Thread Namdeerf2
I have a 3 year old I Book and installed Appleworks 6 a year or more ago. All of a sudden, I am finding it is taking 3 to 5 seconds for a letter to appear while I am word processing ; in addition, it is taking 30 seconds or more for the Appleworks program to activate, after I open it. It is

Re: Appleworks problem

2002-12-07 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 07/12/02 15:35, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a 3 year old I Book and installed Appleworks 6 a year or more ago. All of a sudden, I am finding it is taking 3 to 5 seconds for a letter to appear while I am word processing ; in addition, it is taking 30 seconds or more

Re: Appleworks problem

2002-12-07 Thread Namdeerf2
Laurent, Thanks. When I reinstalled OS 9 I reinstalled over the current installation. To my knowledge, I didn't reinstall any non-Appleworks extensions. Also, don't recall installing any saved preferences. Given this, what would you suggest? Bob Freedman In a message dated 12/7/02 2:02:40

Re: Appleworks problem

2002-12-07 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 07/12/02 16:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Laurent, Thanks. When I reinstalled OS 9 I reinstalled over the current installation. To my knowledge, I didn't reinstall any non-Appleworks extensions. Also, don't recall installing any saved preferences. Given this, what

Re: Appleworks problem

2002-12-07 Thread John Fox
Hello Gentlemen: That preference for the Clean Installation is available after you click OPTIONS in the lower left-hand corner of the installation window (I believe it's the second to last window pane before the final INSTALL dialog). - John On Saturday, December 7, 2002, at 07:03 PM,

Re: Appleworks problem

2002-12-07 Thread John Haumann
On Saturday, December 7, 2002, at 02:35 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a 3 year old I Book and installed Appleworks 6 a year or more ago. All of a sudden, I am finding it is taking 3 to 5 seconds for a letter to appear while I am word processing ; in addition, it is taking 30

Re: Appleworks problem

2002-12-07 Thread Namdeerf2
John, Thanks! Bob F. In a message dated 12/7/02 5:14:55 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Saturday, December 7, 2002, at 02:35 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a 3 year old I Book and installed Appleworks 6 a year or more ago. All of a sudden, I am finding it is taking 3 to 5 seconds

Re: Appleworks problem

2002-12-07 Thread Gary D. Adams
Stupid Question #304: What version of Appleworks 6 are you using? Could that be part of the problem? I know there was a 6.0.4 and a 6.1 and perhaps a 6.2 and 6.2.4. Gary -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com |

Wallstreet teardown site now online

2002-12-07 Thread B . J . Major
For those who did not have the benefit of getting Apple's Service Manual download while it was still online a year or more ago, there is now a site (in English and German) with excellent photos to show you how to take your Wallstreet II apart if needed. Here is the URL:

HELP!!!! PISMO DEATH???

2002-12-07 Thread Kochkodin
Greetings again, Shut down my Pismo last night...had been on for about 1/2 hr or so...everything normal...Went to start up about 1pm today9sat) and all I got was 4 beeps, a black screen and a blinking green light every 10 seconds or so...No start up chime at all...just sounded like the drive

To Derrick, John Haumann, and all those that replied

2002-12-07 Thread Gary E Davis
Thank you OSX is installed and running great. Thank you and have a great holiday Gary -- 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! |

Re: Appleworks problem

2002-12-07 Thread Clark Martin
At 3:35 PM -0500 12/7/2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a 3 year old I Book and installed Appleworks 6 a year or more ago. All of a sudden, I am finding it is taking 3 to 5 seconds for a letter to appear while I am word processing ; in addition, it is taking 30 seconds or more for the

Re: HELP!!!! PISMO DEATH???

2002-12-07 Thread Hal
Well, Apple will probably tell you that 1GB of ram is an unsupported configuration and that your ram might be drawing too much power. Have you tried pulling one of your ram modules and restarting? Just a thought... On Saturday, December 7, 2002, at 08:27 PM, Kochkodin wrote: Greetings

Re: HELP!!!! PISMO DEATH???

2002-12-07 Thread Kochkodin
Yep, Pulled the top 512 chip..no joy!! :( Apple wanted a CC # to hold $50 in case they had to transfer the data to a different HD during the repair. Regards, Mike K Hal wrote: Well, Apple will probably tell you that 1GB of ram is an unsupported configuration and that your ram might be

Re: HELP!!!! PISMO DEATH???

2002-12-07 Thread RogueWriter
Will it boot from your OS 9 cd? I noticed that you didn't list that in things you'd tried. Other than that, I can't think of anything that it might be but a hardware problem... Do you run a lot of highly intense apps? Your processor might not have liked the heat from that and the gig of

Re: HELP!!!! PISMO DEATH???

2002-12-07 Thread Obi-Wan
On 12/7/02 9:25 PM, Kochkodin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Yep, Pulled the top 512 chip..no joy!! :( Apple wanted a CC # to hold $50 in case they had to transfer the data to a different HD during the repair. Regards, Mike K Not to make you more upset, but that is *not* why

Re: HELP!!!! PISMO DEATH???

2002-12-07 Thread Obi-Wan
On 12/7/02 9:25 PM, Kochkodin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Yep, Pulled the top 512 chip..no joy!! :( Apple wanted a CC # to hold $50 in case they had to transfer the data to a different HD during the repair. Regards, Mike K Do you have the stock Ram that came with the

Re: HELP!!!! PISMO DEATH???

2002-12-07 Thread Hal
Vey strange. I've got 3 Pismos, including one with a G4 upgrade and I've never seen the 4 beeps thing (knock on wood). Let me know what Apple says. Did you install any other components or software recently, upgrade the firmware, etc? best, -Hal On Saturday, December 7, 2002, at 09:25 PM,

Re: HELP!!!! PISMO DEATH???

2002-12-07 Thread Kochkodin
HHHMMM, That's funny...the tech said the $50 was definitely in case they had to transfer the data to another drive then redo it back to the original...I was surprised at this and made sure to double check about it.. Anyway, the system is under applecare so there shouldn't be any additional

Re: AppleWorks problem

2002-12-07 Thread James Rohde
On 12/7/02, Laurent Daudelin enlightened us by writing: Then, go to the Preferences folder in the System Folder and remove any AppleWorks-related file or folder there. In the System Folder, check to see if there would be an AppleWorks-related folder. Laurent - does that include the Claris folder

Re: HELP!!!! PISMO DEATH???

2002-12-07 Thread Obi-Wan
On 12/7/02 10:02 PM, Kochkodin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: HHHMMM, That's funny...the tech said the $50 was definitely in case they had to transfer the data to another drive then redo it back to the original...I was surprised at this and made sure to double check about it..

Re: Appleworks problem

2002-12-07 Thread Jon Glass
on 12/7/02 10:20 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks. When I reinstalled OS 9 I reinstalled over the current installation. To my knowledge, I didn't reinstall any non-Appleworks extensions. Also, don't recall installing any saved preferences. Given this, what would you

I-book video card

2002-12-07 Thread wappling
Hi all, I want to ask about the 8meg ati video card in an Ice book G3 600, I want to upgrade to OSX10.2, which I think should have 32? will 10.2 work with only 8?how expensive and difficult is it to replace the vid card? what are some options to consider, thankyou for info and opinions and does

Re: I-book video card

2002-12-07 Thread Obi-Wan
On 12/7/02 10:57 PM, wappling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Hi all, I want to ask about the 8meg ati video card in an Ice book G3 600, I want to upgrade to OSX10.2, which I think should have 32? will 10.2 work with only 8? It will work. how expensive and difficult is it to

Re: I-book video card

2002-12-07 Thread wappling
Thankyou,so I should perhaps consider a newer machine to begin with than a refurb 10.2 will work with any hardware that 10.1 did, however you do not get the Quartz Extreme enhancement with cards that have 16mb of vram. On that note, the iBook's Video card cannot be replaced, leaving you the

Re: HELP!!!! PISMO DEATH???

2002-12-07 Thread dreemkill
yes they will. call apple and find out before you start flat out denying things, with such a matter-of-fact attitude. they charge 50 dollars to transfer your data, should they need to. the other 50.00 you would be talking about is if you are out of the phone support time period, and find that