Re: wallstreet problem

2003-01-21 Thread Gary E Davis
Hey all Thank you all so much for helping me fix the screen problem with OSX Jaguar and my wallstreet. all it took was booting the system with a OS9 cd and then restarting. that was it.. Gary -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Ti-Book Battery

2003-01-21 Thread Peter Hampus
Clyde, Did you ever get an answer on this? I have the same siutation here. Less then a year old and just one hour of battery life on mi Tibook. I always turn down the light of the screen and turn off AirPort but that does not help much. /peter On 1/2/03 22.44, Clyde Kahrl [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Wallstreet power problem

2003-01-21 Thread Karl-Johan Noren
I have a not-so-small problem with my G3 Wallstreet, and hopes someone here can give some advice. Basically, after running for awhile, the fan starts spinning furiously, the sleep indicator comes on and the computer dies. Resetting the PMU allows the computer to start up again, but only for a

new PB

2003-01-21 Thread Mark
Greetings all, I've decided to retire my PB 1400 w/G3 upgrade (unfortunately never as reliable w/the G3 added). I'm looking for suggestions for the next PB (used). I do mostly word processing and a little surfing, but mainly this will be another typing machine. What I really need is battery

Re: new PB

2003-01-21 Thread Alan Miller
Mark wrote: Greetings all, I've decided to retire my PB 1400 w/G3 upgrade (unfortunately never as reliable w/the G3 added). I'm looking for suggestions for the next PB (used). I do mostly word processing and a little surfing, but mainly this will be another typing machine. What I really

Re: new PB/Att: Steve F.

2003-01-21 Thread John Brownsberger
Where do you find a good battery for a PBG3, 266mhz, Wallstreet? John on 1/21/03 9:49 AM, Steve Fuller at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You might be able to find a G3 333 'Lombard for that. Heck a 400 'Lombard' will usually give you DVD too, but that will push it up to 6-700$ I was

USB printer sharing X-9

2003-01-21 Thread Marty Lindower
Hi all- I know this is possible, but just can't get it to work. My HP Deskjet printer is hooked to my G4 running X.2, and it shares fine with my iBook running X.2. How do I set up printer sharing so my Wallstreet running 9.2.2 can print to the HP printer also? I read somewhere that

Re: mybatterypro 1.0 download

2003-01-21 Thread Ed Zelinsky
Where can I find this software? Has anyone else used it? Ed Z -- 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: G-4 powerbook heat

2003-01-21 Thread Jeremy Derr
On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 12:49 PM, wappling wrote: Hi,I have an 800 G-4 PB,it can get hot with several hours use,so far my rig-fix is I have the screen elevated on a bed tray and a table top oscillating fan next to me blowing air across the keyboard and underneath,all but the power

Subject: Wallstreet power problem

2003-01-21 Thread Stuart Saunders
Without any specific knowledge of the Wallstreet (Can't be too different to the Pismo), one possibility with these symptoms would be poor contact between the cpu and the heat sink. Have you have either out, or dropped it at all? Reseating, if possible with something like a little

Re: 17 PowerBook shipping estimate

2003-01-21 Thread Jeremy Derr
On Monday, January 20, 2003, at 11:00 PM, Steve Fuller wrote: On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 22:48, Kevin Stevens wrote: I qualify for the federal employee discount, so ordered from Apple. That may delay the order somewhat, but I'm still surprised to hear that the retailers can be that certain of

Re: new PB

2003-01-21 Thread Luca Rescigno
Greetings all, I've decided to retire my PB 1400 w/G3 upgrade (unfortunately never as reliable w/the G3 added). I'm looking for suggestions for the next PB (used). I do mostly word processing and a little surfing, but mainly this will be another typing machine. What I really need is

Re: USB printer sharing X-9

2003-01-21 Thread Mick Ring
on 1/19/03 17:32, Marty Lindower at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On my PB, I go to the chooser, click the HP icon, but no printer shows in the right-side pane. I've tried turning Appletalk on and off. I've tried setting up the network printer in USB Printer sharing, but the HP doesn't show up

Re: mybatterypro 1.0 download

2003-01-21 Thread Guy Masson
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/5113 GM -- 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: USB printer sharing X-9

2003-01-21 Thread Marty Lindower
At 7:01 AM -0800 1/21/03, Mick Ring wrote: on 1/19/03 17:32, Marty Lindower at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On my PB, I go to the chooser, click the HP icon, but no printer shows in the right-side pane. I've tried turning Appletalk on and off. I've tried setting up the network printer in USB

Re: USB printer sharing X-9

2003-01-21 Thread Mike Amato
on 1/19/03 8:32 PM, Marty Lindower at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On my PB, I go to the chooser, click the HP icon, but no printer shows in the right-side pane. I've tried turning Appletalk on and off. I've tried setting up the network printer in USB Printer sharing, but the HP doesn't show up

Re: Subject: Wallstreet power problem

2003-01-21 Thread Andrew Johnson
Getting to the heatsink on a Wallstreet isnt difficult, but it is more work than would be on a TiBook. 1) Remove Both bay devices 2) Release the keyboard latches located in the bays (one in each) 3) Flip the keyboard over onto the trackpad to reveal the 'guts' of the wallstreet 4) remove a

Re: USB printer sharing X-9

2003-01-21 Thread Marty Lindower
on 1/19/03 8:32 PM, Marty Lindower at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On my PB, I go to the chooser, click the HP icon, but no printer shows in the right-side pane. I've tried turning Appletalk on and off. I've tried setting up the network printer in USB Printer sharing, but the HP doesn't show

Re: Need Help w/Printer Sharing

2003-01-21 Thread Mike Amato
on 1/20/03 12:35 PM, Bill Buckhaults at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have OS 9.0 on a Mac desktop and laptop. They are collected via a wireless D-link router and a pcmcia Orinoco Gold card. File sharing works fine and internet connections, through a DSL modem, function well on each machine. The

Re: Need Help w/Printer Sharing

2003-01-21 Thread Mike Amato
on 1/20/03 12:35 PM, Bill Buckhaults at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have OS 9.0 on a Mac desktop and laptop. They are collected via a wireless D-link router and a pcmcia Orinoco Gold card. File sharing Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Forgot, the way I get around this is to send the item to the

Re: Need Help w/Printer Sharing

2003-01-21 Thread Bill Buckhaults
Mike Amato wrote: on 1/20/03 12:35 PM, Bill Buckhaults at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have OS 9.0 on a Mac desktop and laptop. They are collected via a wireless D-link router and a pcmcia Orinoco Gold card. File sharing Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Forgot, the way I get around this is to

Re: G-4 powerbook heat

2003-01-21 Thread Roger Shufflebottom
At 8:08 -0600 21/1/03, Jeremy Derr wrote: - Apple staffers will tell you it's a Portable Computer, not a Laptop. Come to think of it, virtually all portable manufacturers are doing this now). I normally put my TiBook on a largish book on my lap (so that there is a bit of airflow under it). I

Re: G-4 powerbook heat

2003-01-21 Thread Luca Rescigno
- Apple staffers will tell you it's a Portable Computer, not a Laptop. Come to think of it, virtually all portable manufacturers are doing this now). I normally put my TiBook on a largish book on my lap (so that there is a bit of airflow under it). I think the screen takes a lot of juice.

Re: new PB/Att: Steve F.

2003-01-21 Thread Steve Fuller
On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 06:59, John Brownsberger wrote: Where do you find a good battery for a PBG3, 266mhz, Wallstreet? John I wish I could give you a good answer to that John. Either Apple, or some of the mac sites would be your best bet to try first. I haven't replaced the two batteries that

Re: Wallstreet power problems continued

2003-01-21 Thread Mike Turner
On 21/1/03 12:23, Andrew Johnson said: Also, you said you reset the PRAM, i had strange problems with my wallstreet when the PRAM battery died. It would only boot on AC power the first time and then you could shut it off and restart on battery if you desired, but if you lost battery power at

Changed Stat's

2003-01-21 Thread Mark Loeffler
Did anybody notice that apple changed the 17' Power Book apple specs?? in Particular the DVD will on record DVD-R at times 1 not times 2 as was the case before. Nasty? you bet ya! I was enticed by the fact it could write faster. Now I have to wait for further updates. If anyone does not

Re: Changed Stat's

2003-01-21 Thread David M. Ensteness
The 15 PowerBook can do 1x when unplugged, the drive does not get enough power to do 2x and actually completely burn a DVD, that is why PC laptops with DVD-RWs are 2x but can only burn when plugged in. Now the question is can Apple's PowerBooks burn at 2x when plugged in? Or is it 1x always?

Re: Changed Stat's

2003-01-21 Thread David M. Ensteness
Oh, and can you send me the PDF from the day they come out, I am trying to compile some info. Thanks, David On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 08:46 PM, Mark Loeffler wrote: Did anybody notice that apple changed the 17' Power Book apple specs?? in Particular the DVD will on record DVD-R

Re: Changed Stat's

2003-01-21 Thread Mark Loeffler
Did not know that. I will be happy if it burns at x2 plugged in! but the new specs say x 1. mark On Wednesday, Jan 22, 2003, at 12:50 Australia/Melbourne, David M. Ensteness wrote: The 15 PowerBook can do 1x when unplugged, the drive does not get enough power to do 2x and actually completely

more specs

2003-01-21 Thread Mark Loeffler
If anybody wants to read some more : http://www.powerpage.org/story.lasso?newsID=10466 -- 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! |

more specs

2003-01-21 Thread Mark Loeffler
If anybody wants to read some more : http://www.powerpage.org/story.lasso?newsID=10466 -- 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: Wallstreet power problems continued

2003-01-21 Thread Andrew Johnson
I will definitely investigate changing the PRAM battery, once I discover where the PRAM actually is situated in the WallStreet/PDQ. My initial Google and Sherlock searches didn't turn up anything definite about the WallStreet PRAM. Anybody care to educate me? I believe there is a site

Re: new PB/Att: Steve F.

2003-01-21 Thread John Brownsberger
Thanks for the info. John on 1/21/03 7:49 PM, Steve Fuller at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 06:59, John Brownsberger wrote: Where do you find a good battery for a PBG3, 266mhz, Wallstreet? John I wish I could give you a good answer to that John. Either Apple, or some of

Re: USB printer sharing X-9

2003-01-21 Thread Mick Ring
on 1/21/03 8:05, Marty Lindower at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, but as I said, it's turned on but the HP doesn't show up under AppleTalk or Local Network, so I can't add it. I think you misunderstood me and don't understand all the steps necessary to get it to work. On the computer that is

Re: [PB]Re: USB printer sharing X-9

2003-01-21 Thread Mick Ring
on 1/21/03 21:03, Marty Lindower at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The HP isn't there; not under Local Network or anywhere else. I've tried turning AppleTalk on and off; no help. The only clue that I came up with is that I launched the Help Viewer from the PB, and one of the options I had was a

pcmica card

2003-01-21 Thread wappling
Hi Im new to notebook computers, this is G4 800 PB, i went to compusa superstore,ans looked at PCMICA Cards for additional usb sockets, choice of three brands,my question,clearly on the box one said for mac, but does not support usb-2 will work as usb-1,also when such a card is in place will my

Re: pcmica card

2003-01-21 Thread Luca Rescigno
Hi Im new to notebook computers, this is G4 800 PB, i went to compusa superstore,ans looked at PCMICA Cards for additional usb sockets, choice of three brands,my question,clearly on the box one said for mac, but does not support usb-2 will work as usb-1,also when such a card is in place

Re: G-4 powerbook heat

2003-01-21 Thread wappling
Re;so far my TI 800 fan has come on once,it felt so hot I though I had ruined it,but its ok,just shocking to me,I now see great improvements have been made electronics ability to withstand heat,but with that said,i prefer it remain cool to the touch,and so far im suceeding with a tabletop fan.now

Re: Need Help w/Printer Sharing

2003-01-21 Thread Mike Amato
on 1/21/03 1:41 PM, Bill Buckhaults at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Forgot, the way I get around this is to send the item to the computer with the printer thru file sharing. -- Mike Amato Thanks for the response. I have tried this and can send to the desk top computer, but am not able to

problem with remote control module

2003-01-21 Thread Greg Gilmore
If I try to connect to the internet by selecting Connect in the Remote Control Module in the Control Strip, my G4 667 TiBook/OS 9.2.2 hangs for several seconds and just quits trying. In order to get online, I'm forced to open the Remote Access Control Panel to connect from there. How can I fix