Re: [PB]pcmica card

Re; thankyou,its now on my list > > I just got the CompUSA USB 2.0 pcmcia card - works fine under 9.2.2 with USB > support installed, and a floppy contains X drivers, but currently, no > PowerBook supports USB 2.0. I haven't slept it with the card in the PB (a > Wallstreet/233), but it's easy eno

Re: LOL...

RE; but why? depending on the country, and the industry,, metric isnt standardized either,, on 1/22/03 9:16 PM, Mark Loeffler at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > For this very reason the metric wars started! > 17 Inch what is it anyway? > move on Metric is the way to go... do you remember O rings ?

Re: Reviving Pismo Battery?

Re; this probably wont help much, batteries do wear out,however there is such a thing as battery reconditioning setting available in some of the more expensive chargers,such as industrial power tools,dewalt comes to mind.something maybe to look into on 1/22/03 10:38 PM, Nick at [EMAIL PROTECTED]

New Info

Comments on Why 1x vs 2x DVD-R Burn Speeds in PowerBook G4 Superdrives - (from a reader email) "Regarding the superdrive change to 1x from 2x on the powerbook (G4 17" drive specs change noted recently). One of my friends works as an intern at apple in the Mass Storage SQA division and he was te

Re: Reviving Pismo Battery?

Got the same problem as you, I have a 2 year old Pismo 500 and I'm lucky if I get 30 minutes out of my battery. N on 1/22/03 9:52 PM, Scott Crick at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi All! > > This is my first post here, so hopefully I don't break too many rules... ;-) > > I have a Pismo (Rev. B)/4

Re: Reviving Pismo Battery?

On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 09:52 PM, Scott Crick wrote: > I have, however, run into a problem that I hoped wouldn't surface so > soon. > My battery life is going down the proverbial toilet. A few months ago, I > could get 2-2.5" hours of battery life during pretty heavy usage > (web-brow

Reviving Pismo Battery?

Hi All! This is my first post here, so hopefully I don't break too many rules... ;-) I have a Pismo (Rev. B)/400 that I love dearly. It has been a great computer for the year and a half that I have owned it (purchased new right after the first TiBooks were introduced). The computer still runs lik

Re: LOL...

For this very reason the metric wars started! 17 Inch what is it anyway? move on Metric is the way to go... do you remember O rings ? Why were they so important in the ? The Masses On Thursday, Jan 23, 2003, at 10:56 Australia/Melbourne, Ryan Coleman wrote: > At 5:51 PM -0600 1/22/03, James R

Re: [PB]pcmica card

On 1/22/03 12:18 AM, "wappling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 u

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

On 1/22/03 12:10 AM, "Mick Ring" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 1/21/03 21:03, Marty Lindower at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> The HP isn't there; not under >> Local Network or anywhere else. The only clue that I came up with is that I >> launched the Help Viewer >> from the PB, and one of the o

CD-ROM Expansion Bay Problems.

Hello all this will be my first post here, and I've been having problems with my Lombard's CD-ROM Expansion Bay: My PowerBook's 24x CD-ROM expansion bay module when running under Mac OS X, is limited to a collection of previously burned CDs, i.e. The CD-ROM drive appears to not be able to read

LOL...

At 5:51 PM -0600 1/22/03, James Rohde wrote: >On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 07:46 PM, Mark Loeffler wrote: > >> Did anybody notice that apple changed the 17' Power Book apple specs?? >> > ^ > ! >

Re: Changed Stat's

On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 07:46 PM, Mark Loeffler wrote: > Did anybody notice that apple changed the 17' Power Book apple specs?? > ^ ! WOW!!! I think I missed that in the keynote - saw the 1

Re: Changed Stat's

On 1/22/03 6:05 PM, "Guy Masson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can we move on? Please? Doubtful. But hope springs eternal. -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished

Re: Changed Stat's

Can we move on? Please? -- 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: Changed Stat's

I give up The masses On Thursday, Jan 23, 2003, at 09:09 Australia/Melbourne, Jeremy Derr wrote: > On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 04:05 PM, Mark Loeffler wrote: > >> no sneakiness is what I expected. Up frontness > > sneakiness is, i guess, subjective. > > again, what did you expect? a big ba

Re: more USB ports for G4

Andrew on 1/22/03 12:51 PM wrote: > If you want more USB ports wouldn't it make more sense to get a USB hub? Oops, sorry Andrew. I see you've offered the same suggestion I did. I looked to see if anyone else made the same suggestion but skipped over your reply since the subject line was different

Re: Changed Stat's

On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 04:05 PM, Mark Loeffler wrote: > no sneakiness is what I expected. Up frontness sneakiness is, i guess, subjective. again, what did you expect? a big banner on the front page at apple.com stating the change? a press release? Steve himself on MoneyLine to anno

Re: Changed Stat's

no sneakiness is what I expected. Up frontness the masses On Thursday, Jan 23, 2003, at 09:00 Australia/Melbourne, Jeremy Derr wrote: > On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 03:51 PM, Mark Loeffler wrote: > >> very honest attitude --- but why can't apple just officially just say >> it ? >> why the

Re: Changed Stat's

They did "officially" say it by updating their specs that are available to the public. Had they shipped one with one set of specs and then changed it that would be a different matter. But they constantly revise their documentation and their hardware. Look at all the revisions of different model

Re: Changed Stat's

At 4:00 PM -0600 1/22/03, Jeremy Derr wrote: >On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 03:51 PM, Mark Loeffler wrote: > >> very honest attitude --- but why can't apple just officially just say >> it ? >> why the backdoor way ? > >Other than the SteveNote, I don't recall seeing '2x SuperDrive' >adverti

Re: pcmica card

wappling on 1/22/03 12:18 AM wrote: > 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

Re: Changed Stat's

On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 03:51 PM, Mark Loeffler wrote: > very honest attitude --- but why can't apple just officially just say > it ? > why the backdoor way ? Other than the SteveNote, I don't recall seeing '2x SuperDrive' advertised anywhere other than that same whitesheet. What do

Re: Changed Stat's

very honest attitude --- but why can't apple just officially just say it ? why the backdoor way ? we masses On Thursday, Jan 23, 2003, at 02:07 Australia/Melbourne, Jeremy Derr wrote: > On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 07:46 PM, Mark Loeffler wrote: > >> Did anybody notice that apple changed

Re: Need Help w/Printer Sharing

Mike Amato wrote: > 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 t

Re: Subject: Wallstreet power problem

Stuart Saunders wrote: > 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? Yes, it has been opened up. > Resea

Re: OS9 Laserwriter 8 Network Printer Driver-- Still some life left?

On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 12:22 PM, Jim wrote: > This is a long shot, but using the Laserwriter 8 driver to print to an > IP > computer has turned out to be a necessity. Finding a PPD file > somewhere, I > put it in the Laserwriter 8's ppd folder. Selecting it in the Desktop > Printer

Re: pcmica card

On 22/01/03 13:10, "Stephen Bright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> That's probably because the current shipping laptops have often more >> powerful video cards than most desktop > > But all laptops have non-upgradeable video cards, so Pismo owners like > myself have no way to get a 16MB video

OS9 Laserwriter 8 Network Printer Driver-- Still some life left?

Hello, This is a long shot, but using the Laserwriter 8 driver to print to an IP computer has turned out to be a necessity. Finding a PPD file somewhere, I put it in the Laserwriter 8's ppd folder. Selecting it in the Desktop Printer Create process, it seems to be fine. But, the job goes to the

Re: pcmica card

> That's probably because the current shipping laptops have often more > powerful video cards than most desktop But all laptops have non-upgradeable video cards, so Pismo owners like myself have no way to get a 16MB video card or better. I just thought the pcmcia slot might me able to accommod

Re: pcmica card

On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 11:13 AM, David M. Ensteness wrote: > All the PowerBooks since the Wallstreet have the features of the > RoadRocket built in, so it became pointless to add a Cardbus video > card. Since the Wallstreet. Not including the Wallstreet... > On Wednesday, January 2

Re: Pismo Ram

On 22/01/03 11:59, "Brian L. Matthews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> According to Apple syst. profiler: SoDimm 0/J2 SDRAM 64mb >> SoDimm 1/J2 SDRAM 256mb >> Which one is in the upper slot? 64mb module? > > I'm pretty sure SODIMM0/J2 is the bottom

Re: Pismo Ram

>According to Apple syst. profiler: SoDimm 0/J2 SDRAM 64mb > SoDimm 1/J2 SDRAM 256mb >Which one is in the upper slot? 64mb module? I'm pretty sure SODIMM0/J2 is the bottom slot. When I added my 512MB module I put it in the bottom slot and Apple S

Re: more USB ports for G4

> Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:18:58 -0500 > Subject: pcmica card > From: wappling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > 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, If you want more USB ports wouldn't it make more sense

Re: pcmica card

On 22/01/03 11:11, "Stephen Bright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm wondering why nobody makes pcmcia video cards anymore. The last one I > could find was the 4MB 1x3D RoadRocket ($40 on ebay). Is there a hardware > limitation or demand limitation on producing upgraded pcmcia video cards? That's

Re: pcmica card

All the PowerBooks since the Wallstreet have the features of the RoadRocket built in, so it became pointless to add a Cardbus video card. David On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 11:11 AM, Stephen Bright wrote: > I'm wondering why nobody makes pcmcia video cards anymore. The last > one I > co

Pismo Ram

Hi Listers, According to Apple syst. profiler: SoDimm 0/J2 SDRAM 64mb SoDimm 1/J2 SDRAM 256mb Which one is in the upper slot? 64mb module? I'm trying to replace the 64mb with the 512mb ram module (got from DMS) in my pismo. I want to make sure

Re: pcmica card

I'm wondering why nobody makes pcmcia video cards anymore. The last one I could find was the 4MB 1x3D RoadRocket ($40 on ebay). Is there a hardware limitation or demand limitation on producing upgraded pcmcia video cards? Thanks, Stephen -- G-Books is sponsored by and...

Re: Changed Stat's

On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 07:46 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 at times 1 not times 2 as > was the case before. > > Nasty? you bet ya! I was enticed by the fact it could write

Re: help! powerbook backlight problems

Thanks for all the help - Apple are picking up the powerbook this week. The backlight continued to switch off randomly, and then began to flicker when it was on, especially when typing. It's clearly broken. cheers frank -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Ele