Re: AlBook in trouble....Pismo to the rescue!

On 2/10/03 4:18 PM, "Mark Kippert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the Cybertrough: > Sephee on 2/9/03 10:43 PM wrote: >> In less than 12 hours after she first got it, I managed to render my >> girlfriend's brand new AlBook into a sleek, aluminum Mactop-shaped >> paperweight. Everything's fine now

Re: Which Version MacOS for Pismo

On 2/10/03 3:54 PM, "Stephen Bright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the Cybertrough: >> Speaking as a musician I need OS 9. > > Maybe you use MOTU's Digital Performer, as I do. Also, graphic designers, > probably the biggest core group responsible in part for Apple's survival, > are slow migrating

Re: OT: The Dell Dude

George M Gunderson on 2/10/03 5:11 PM wrote: >>>The Dell Dude gets busted! >>> >>> http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/delldude1.html >> >> That's explains a lot. I guess you'd *have* to be smoking something to >> get that worked up over a Dell pee-cee. >> > > To paraphrase someone on the

Re: 17' PowerBook shipping estimate

On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 14:58, Kevin Stevens wrote: > > I placed an order with my sales rep from PC Connection today (also known > > as Mac Connection. I was told that they will have them in on the 10th of > > Feb. Mine will be shipped overnight so I should (hopefully) have it on > > the 12th. > > H

Re: magnetized screwdriver bad?

On 2/10/03 11:46 PM, "Geoffrey Loeffler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The magnets that control the read/write head have their polarities >> aligned to each other and as long as their lines of flux don't change in >> relation to the disk, they won't interfere with it. >> >> my $.02 >> >> Joe El

Re: magnetized screwdriver bad?

> The magnets that control the read/write head have their polarities >aligned to each other and as long as their lines of flux don't change in >relation to the disk, they won't interfere with it. > >my $.02 > >Joe Ellis > The things you learn in life over a dollar screwdriver . Just out o

Re: Scratches on the Powerbook case

LMAO - Original Message - From: "Bruce Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "G-Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 7:45 PM Subject: Re: Scratches on the Powerbook case > Use a black marker that looks expensive. > > on 2/10/03 4:31 PM, Matthew Grant at [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Scratches on the Powerbook case

Use a black marker that looks expensive. on 2/10/03 4:31 PM, Matthew Grant at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have a used wallstreet unit and the case has scratches on the bottom. > Anybody know how to cover them up without using a black marker that > looks cheap? > > Thanks > -- G-Books is

Re: OT: Pismo Lovers

On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 04:17 PM, Stephen Bright wrote: > I'm looking to register a domain name for myself and noticed that 2 > 'pismo' > domains are still available! Or as in "Pismo Beach, California"? Okay place, just remember to avoid it during the summer months when the Hell's Ang

Scratches on the Powerbook case

I have a used wallstreet unit and the case has scratches on the bottom. Anybody know how to cover them up without using a black marker that looks cheap? Thanks -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives

OT: Pismo Lovers

I'm looking to register a domain name for myself and noticed that 2 'pismo' domains are still available! Stephen -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks

Re: Booting computers off Retail Mac OS Install CDs

On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 09:29 AM, Jeremy Derr wrote: > > most recent Software Install CDs are fairly universal ... most anything > OS 9 will install onto any machine that shipped with OS 9, with a bunch > of caveats. > > In our shop, we use the OS 9.2.2 CD that shipped with a CRT iMac to

Re: AlBook in trouble....Pismo to the rescue!

> >In less than 12 hours after she first got it, I managed to render my >girlfriend's brand new AlBook into a sleek, aluminum Mactop-shaped >paperweight. Everything's fine now though. It started when my >girlfriend saw the cute little Hexley boot image I had on the Pismo. I >then pointed her to th

Re: OT: The Dell Dude

On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 05:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 11:02 AM, Demetrius wrote: > >>The Dell Dude gets busted! >> >> http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/delldude1.html > > That's explains a lot. I guess you'd *have* to be smoking something

Re: OT: The Dell Dude

On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 11:02 AM, Demetrius wrote: >The Dell Dude gets busted! > > http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/delldude1.html That's explains a lot. I guess you'd *have* to be smoking something to get that worked up over a Dell pee-cee. dave -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: AlBook in trouble....Pismo to the rescue!

Sephee on 2/9/03 10:43 PM wrote: > > Wow! That's all I have to say about the new AlBooks. But aside from > the wonderful design these little things are a real pain when it comes > to fixing something that goes wrong. That's where my trusty old Pismo > comes in. > > In less than 12 hours after s

Re: 17' PowerBook shipping estimate

> I placed an order with my sales rep from PC Connection today (also known > as Mac Connection. I was told that they will have them in on the 10th of > Feb. Mine will be shipped overnight so I should (hopefully) have it on > the 12th. Heard anything, Steve? KeS -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: Which Version MacOS for Pismo

> Speaking as a musician I need OS 9. Maybe you use MOTU's Digital Performer, as I do. Also, graphic designers, probably the biggest core group responsible in part for Apple's survival, are slow migrating to X, for one big reason: Quark Xpress. Stephen -- G-Books is sponsored by

Big Al and Lil' Al

I've been wondering what nicknames might stick for the new PowerBooks. I just saw them referred to as Big Al and Lil' Al (actually Little Al, but I like the abbreviation better) by Anne Onymus in the latest issue of Low end Macs newsletter. Sounds good to me! -- G-Books is sponsored by

OT: The Dell Dude

The Dell Dude gets busted! http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/delldude1.html / \__/ __) ( || || /_o ( || || __Demetrius__/ ( o \ \_o/\_/ -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp

Re: How to make a bootable CD?

On Sunday, February 9, 2003, at 02:07 PM, Andre Ruegg wrote: > I am trying to figure out how to make a bootable CD with my iBook 800. > Any > clues? I am obviously missing something. There is an app called BootCD which may be what you are looking for. I ahev got it but not, repeat not, used i

Re: How to make a bootable CD?

Thanks, Shawn. That site is just what I was looking for. What I did not anticipate was that burning a bootable CD would be so Unix involved. The web site mentioned a program called BootCD that will create a bootable CD without having to brave Unix waters. I have downloaded it and will give it a try

Re: magnetized screwdriver bad?

- Original Message - From: "Bruce Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "G-Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 1:04 PM Subject: Re: magnetized screwdriver bad? > Everybody needs to find an old, dead hard drive...go get one, I'm sure > there's one laying about somewhere.

Re: magnetized screwdriver bad?

Everybody needs to find an old, dead hard drive...go get one, I'm sure there's one laying about somewhere... Now disassemble it. (for those of you who are junkyard impaired, here's a picture: ) That metal bit with the n

Re: Treo As IrDA Modem?

on 2/10/03 9:35 AM, Matthew B. Dwyer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I was trying to use my Handspring Treo as an IrDA modem for my Powerbook 550 > this weekend, with no luck. I run Jaguar, and there's lots of IrDA modem > options in the System Prefs Network Panel, but nothing specific for the > Tre

problem installing Word 4.2.1 on Wallstreet OS 9.2.2

I just finished doing a format/clean install of OS 9.2.2 on my Wallstreet. Installed 9.0 from CD then installed updates to 9.2.2. Now I'm trying to install MS Office 4.2.1b from CD. Following ms's suggestion I've started with all extensions and control panels off except for Apples' "cd/dvd driver

Treo As IrDA Modem?

Hi listers, I was trying to use my Handspring Treo as an IrDA modem for my Powerbook 550 this weekend, with no luck. I run Jaguar, and there's lots of IrDA modem options in the System Prefs Network Panel, but nothing specific for the Treo. Does anyone have experience/suggestions? I realize the c

Re: Booting computers off Retail Mac OS Install CDs

On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 06:18 PM, Scott Crick wrote: > A point of clarification (I didn't make this clear enough the first > time > *sigh*...That's what I get for rushing an answer off...): > > You MIGHT be able to boot the computer off a CD that came with another > Mac, > but you won'

Re: AlBook in trouble....Pismo to the rescue!

On Sunday, February 9, 2003, at 09:43 PM, Sephee wrote: > Firewire cable in hand it was a 2 min fix, connecting the 'books, > starting in target disk mode, replacing the BootX file from backup, and > rebooting. Boy I'm SO happy with Apple's decision to fix (cripple) the > boot process of the new

Re: Booting computers off Retail Mac OS Install CDs

On 2/10/03 2:47 AM, "Jon Glass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've got a weird one. I can boot my wife's PowerBook 1400 off the install CD > that came with my Pismo, but I can't install the system, nor can I copy over > the system from the CD. If I try that, on boot, I get a message that this > cop

Re: Which Version MacOS for Pismo

> >Bah, you'll see, once you get hold of OS X, you won't want to go back. I've >been using a Macintosh since 1985 (Mac 128KB with an internal 400KB floppy >at that time, with an ImageWriter I that I paid $2500 used), and since I >went to OS X, I never want to go back to 9. There are way too many th

Re: Booting computers off Retail Mac OS Install CDs

on 2/10/03 12:04 AM, Scott Crick at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > For example, my Pismo 400 came with Mac OS 9.0.4. However, it will not boot > off a Mac OS 9.0.4 install CD that I had received when I purchased Mac OS 9 > for my Beige G3 that I had at the time. The install CD that came with the > Pis

Re: Which Version MacOS for Pismo

on 2/10/03 1:45 AM, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Bah, you'll see, once you get hold of OS X, you won't want to go back. I've > been using a Macintosh since 1985 (Mac 128KB with an internal 400KB floppy > at that time, with an ImageWriter I that I paid $2500 used), and since I > w

Re: magnetized screwdriver bad? (was re: Hard disk upgrade forpismo)

on 2/10/03 12:06 AM, Greg M at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I dare say that you will not harm a hard drive whatsoever, no matter > how strongly magnetized your screwdriver is. This 'fear of magnets > around magnetic media' is nothing more than myth. Try it out and see. > Here is a test...put several