Re: Got my Lombard 400

on 07/06/2003 07:20, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just got a 400 Mhz Lombard with DVD yet. > I needed the sellers guidance but I found the Apple DVD player and was > able to see a little of a Bond DVD. Now to hunt up a S-video cable and > see what it looks like on the larger screen. > T

Re: S-Video out on Wallstreet under OS X

on 06/06/03 22:56, Clark Martin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Does anyone know how to get S-video output on a Wallstreet under OS X > (10.2.6 to be specific). I've tried waking from sleep and booting > with the S-Video connection (actually a composite monitor and the WS > S-video adapter). When

Re: Got my Lombard 400 Mhz, need IR port cover and floppy drive

on 07/06/03 00:36, Andrew King at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Glad tidings! > I just got a 400 Mhz Lombard with DVD yet. > I needed the sellers guidance but I found the Apple DVD player and was > able to see a little of a Bond DVD. Now to hunt up a S-video cable and > see what it looks like on the

Re: PDF files

My Reply follows quote. On 06/06/2003 21:12 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ryan Coleman) > >At 22:13 -0500 6/6/03, Thomas Ethen wrote: >>What program will allow me to edit PDF files, or so I have to edit the >>original and then convert it to PDF each time? > >I don't know of

Got my Lombard 400 Mhz, need IR port cover and floppy drive

Glad tidings! I just got a 400 Mhz Lombard with DVD yet. I needed the sellers guidance but I found the Apple DVD player and was able to see a little of a Bond DVD. Now to hunt up a S-video cable and see what it looks like on the larger screen. The DVD drive is a Matshita "DVD-ROM SR-8171 rev 080E"

Re: PDF files

At 22:13 -0500 6/6/03, Thomas Ethen wrote: What program will allow me to edit PDF files, or so I have to edit the original and then convert it to PDF each time? I don't know of any free or low cost, but Acrobat will do it just fine (not Acrobat Reader) and Photoshop 7 will also allow you to edit

Re: PDF files

What program will allow me to edit PDF files, or so I have to edit the original and then convert it to PDF each time? Tom -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished P

S-Video out on Wallstreet under OS X

Does anyone know how to get S-video output on a Wallstreet under OS X (10.2.6 to be specific). I've tried waking from sleep and booting with the S-Video connection (actually a composite monitor and the WS S-video adapter). When booted in OS 9.2.2 it works fine. Under X there is no sign of it

Re: Interesting TiBook problems

Sounds like your inverter or motherboard is just about toast.. Better get it looked at by an Apple Certified tech...

Re: Thread

The other nanny here asked you guys to knock it off, and I am seconding his demand. Take this offlist or be prepared to be censored by someone in control of *this* list. Thanks Kyle H. Hansen G-Books List Nanny -- Jesus Saves...but Gretzky grabs the rebound and backhands for a goal!!! -- G-

Re: iTunes Importing

On Friday, June 6, 2003, at 06:05 PM, Clyde Kahrl wrote: Some MP3s really stink because of the really awful encoding out there. I have never encoded using iTunes, so I don't know if it is reasonably good or not at encoding. I would think you would want variable bit rate and so forth--and I

Re: iTunes Importing

Just encode at the highest rates, if you must use mp3, otherwise, use aac at the highest rates. -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Clyde Kahrl Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 3:06 PM To: G-Books Subject: iTunes Importing I find it interesting that th

iTunes Importing

I find it interesting that there are complaints about MP3 Quality. I remember when CDs first came out. They were really really awful. Portions of some recordings sounded like fingernails on chalkboards to me. This is because taking good music and converting it to digital seriously degrades

Re: ebook-reader?

Marc wrote: Can someone direct me to a ebook-reader for .lit-files. I've found Palmreader (for macs) but I can't open any .lit-files with it. That's because .lit files are Microsoft's Own Proprietary E-book Crap, usable only on Windoze and PocketPeecees. Don't buy them. If you want to dance wit

Interesting TiBook problems

Does anyone else have these problems? Sounds flickers in and out, random display cutouts resulting in going to sleep for a few seconds, coming back, and going to sleep again. Only way to fix this is to reboot. I just want to know if anyone else has had this kind of problem and what the fix is.

Re: Thread

This thread has nothing to do with G3/G4-based PowerBooks. Please, stay on topic. This is the last warning. -Laurent, list nanny. -- === Laurent DaudelinDeveloper, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMA

ebook-reader?

Can someone direct me to a ebook-reader for .lit-files. I've found Palmreader (for macs) but I can't open any .lit-files with it. Thanx marc -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site f

Re: Thread

Ok... This is getting stupid. Apple does not owe anyone free speech on their boards. deal with it. -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ryan Coleman Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 1:56 PM To: G-Books Subject: Re: Thread At 13:52 -0700 6/6/03, Scott Howe wro

Re: Thread

At 13:52 -0700 6/6/03, Scott Howe wrote: I totally respect everyone's opinion here and elsewhere but I think some of you (no names) are taking this a wee bit far. To compare a complaint about the way a company manages it's public image with walking into a bank screaming "I want to kill someone" is

Re: Thread

Agreed. - Original Message - From: "Scott Howe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "G-Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 1:52 PM Subject: Thread > I totally respect everyone's opinion here and > elsewhere but I think some of you (no names) are > taking this a wee bit far. To co

Thread

I totally respect everyone's opinion here and elsewhere but I think some of you (no names) are taking this a wee bit far. To compare a complaint about the way a company manages it's public image with walking into a bank screaming "I want to kill someone" is ludicrous at best. I think we all should

Re: Second Warning

At 14:51 -0500 6/6/03, Phil Burk wrote: On Friday, June 6, 2003, at 10:46 AM, Matt Peacock wrote: It refers to a discussion which I started, and actively participated in. One of the posters stated he had posted many times about this before, and had all his posts deleted and similar emails. T

Re: 12" Speed

My apologies. Premature send. On Friday, June 6, 2003, at 12:07 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: As one of the list nanny on this specific mailing list, I would ask everybody to leave this thread and move on. There isn't anything specifically helpful for G3-G4 based PowerBooks in this thread, so le

Re: 12" Speed and Stalinist tendencies (OT)

Well said Jeff. David The Apple Discussion Forum belongs to Apple and they've chosen to make it publicly available. However, in so doing, Apple isn't obligated to air the rantings and accusations of every malcontented or malicious poster. You don't even have to be an Apple customer or to use Ap

Re: 12" Speed

My apologies. Premature send. On Friday, June 6, 2003, at 12:07 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: As one of the list nanny on this specific mailing list, I would ask everybody to leave this thread and move on. There isn't anything specifically helpful for G3-G4 based PowerBooks in this thread, so le

Re: Second Warning

On Friday, June 6, 2003, at 10:46 AM, Matt Peacock wrote: It refers to a discussion which I started, and actively participated in. One of the posters stated he had posted many times about this before, and had all his posts deleted and similar emails. They deleted the discussion (and its spin

Re: iTunes importing

Well, it depends on your headphones! Good headphones are *very* revealing -- even high quality MP3s can sound terrible. If even high quality imports sound bad you might want to make sure that the headphones are actually as "good" as you say..It might be them thats making all your imports s

Re: Powerbook Wallstreet II motherboard swap

I figured as much. I tried to find some info about this swap, but couldn't dig up anything. I guess this would explain why :) Thanks. Brian *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 6/5/2003 at 9:31 PM Laurent Daudelin wrote: >on 05/06/03 20:25, Brian Deuel at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>

Re: Powerbook Wallstreet II motherboard swap

on 05/06/03 20:25, Brian Deuel at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quick and (I'm sure) easy question: can I swap a Pismo motherboard into my PB > G3 II case, and have it work? I have a 14.1 TFT screen, if that matters. > > Thanks! > > Brian Deuel > No, I don't think so. There are way too many compo

My apologies:

To Laurent and anyone, Matt included, who I may have offended or inconvenienced with my posts. I was only commenting on something that I perceived as personally repugnant. I was wrong to share my views in this public forum. Regards, Scott Howe __ Do you Yahoo!? T

Re: 12" Speed

Considering you did not read the post Todd, I find it very hard to accept what you have just said. I did not cry about censorship, I merely stated the fact that when I posted about the problem it was deleted and I was sent the posted email. You have taken my comments out of context and exaggera

Re: 12" Speed and Stalinist tendencies (OT)

On 06/06/03 13:12, "Jeff Drummond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Scott Howe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> A threatening email??? That is absolutely ridiculous! >> Who was it from exactly? Thats censorship for >> crissakes! We are only free to discuss the PowerBooks' >> STRENGTHS and NOT it's w

Powerbook Wallstreet II motherboard swap

Quick and (I'm sure) easy question: can I swap a Pismo motherboard into my PB G3 II case, and have it work? I have a 14.1 TFT screen, if that matters. Thanks! Brian Deuel -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbishe

Re: PowerBook 12" Battery

My experience with Apple has been very very good. The time from the call to Apple, receiving the shipping box and then receiving the goods is usually 3 days max. The rule of thumb here is "Never take No for an answer less than three times". Just like the 411 information operator, if a customer ser

Re: 12" Speed and Stalinist tendencies (OT)

Scott Howe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >A threatening email??? That is absolutely ridiculous! >Who was it from exactly? Thats censorship for >crissakes! We are only free to discuss the PowerBooks' >STRENGTHS and NOT it's weaknesses? What is this? >Russia circa 1948?? >I would seriously like to k

Re: 12" Speed

The "threatening" email was really not that threatening at all, they simply asked you to cease and desist posting of your what I can only imagine were negative emails on their company discussion boards. Apple has not said they are going to come break down your doors and haul you off to jail, t

Re: 12" Speed

As one of the list nanny on this specific mailing list, I would ask everybody to leave this thread and move on. There isn't anything specifically helpful for G3-G4 based PowerBooks in this thread, so let's go back to helpful topics. Thank you. -Laurent. -- ===

Re: 12" Speed

--- Dennis Reeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I initially found it a bit disturbing hearing that > Apple would not > permit unhindered discussion of their products. > However, on > reflection, the list belongs to Apple. Imagine a > bulletin board > inside an Apple store where consumers can p

Re: 12" Speed

I initially found it a bit disturbing hearing that Apple would not permit unhindered discussion of their products. However, on reflection, the list belongs to Apple. Imagine a bulletin board inside an Apple store where consumers can post messages. Why should Apple (as a huge profitable power

Re: 12" Speed

Forgot to say, Apparently people who complained about the MDD fan noise and the Airport dying problem got exactly the same treatment. Matt -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for

Fwd: Second Warning

Here it is. It refers to a discussion which I started, and actively participated in. One of the posters stated he had posted many times about this before, and had all his posts deleted and similar emails. They deleted the discussion (and its spin-off), and sent this. Begin forwarded message:

Re: 12" Speed and Stalinist tendencies

Here here! Add me to the list of awkward sods prepared to complain at corporations no matter how nice their products. I have a Pismo OS9 so that probably counts as very unreconstructed and unmodernised... TONY COULT -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronic

Re: 12" Speed

--- Matt Peacock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Unfortunately putting it on Apple's boards got me a > threatening email > saying if I did it again my ISP would be informed > and my IP blocked > from registering or posting again. A threatening email??? That is absolutely ridiculous! Who was it f

New Drive Issues

I just bought a new 120 Gig Western Digital HD to be put in a Firewire case and had a few issues that took me almost a week to resolve. I had the hardest time just getting the damn thing initialized. Plugging in the drive resulted in a query "do you wish to initialize this drive" and a failure n

Re: New Drive Issues

Jason Long wrote: > This was all greatly complicated by problems with WD's documentation on > the placement of the jumpers. The documents said to use a jumper to set > it as master, but the handy little diagram on the drive itself said to > leave off all jumpers for master. That's correct, i

Re: 12" Speed

Same thoughts here, and we're not alone, many people on both MacRumors.com and Apple's own discussion boards have commented on this. Unfortunately putting it on Apple's boards got me a threatening email saying if I did it again my ISP would be informed and my IP blocked from registering or post

12" Speed

This has probably already been a topic on here so apologies if this is redundancy in action for you all but I was wondering what thoughts owners of the 12" have concerning it's speed. I have maxed out the RAM in mine and while I'm not DISpleased on it's speed, it's a wee bit slower than I was antic

Re: Pricing Advice Follow-Up

On Wednesday, Jun 4, 2003, at 04:44 Europe/London, Peter Graening wrote: I can't wait... This 1Ghz TiBook may be obsolete come July 14, but at least it will last me as long as my Pismo, I hope. And hopefully the Pismo will follow my brother through high school. And I'm turning him into a Mac u

Re: PowerBook 12" Battery

Apple seem to be very polar. I've had cases where I've been on the phone less than 10 minutes, have had a full apology, replacements sent out (and sometimes a complimentary gift), with boxes for sending the offending component back. Other times I've had the dreaded "It is not a problem, that i

PowerBook 12" Battery

Hi All- I just wanted to update those who helped me with my battery issues on my new 12" PB. I DID return it but not to Apple, to Microcenter where I purchased it. They exchanged it with no questions asked. That is Microcenter's policy but I wonder what would of happened if I had sent it back to A

Re: Pricing Advice Follow-Up

Ahh! Gotcha. I've just been hearing so many different rumors I wasn't sure if something concrete was floating around in this discussion! Thanks! Scott --- Peter Graening <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Scott Howe writes: > > > --- Peter Graening <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > This 1Ghz

Re: Pricing Advice Follow-Up

Scott Howe writes: > --- Peter Graening <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This 1Ghz TiBook > > may be obsolete come July > > 14, but at least it will last me as long as my > > Pismo, I hope. > > > Did I miss something? Whats happening July 14? > > > Scott Macworld CreativePro Confere

Re: Pricing Advice

On 6/5/03 7:20 AM, "Jon Glass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 6/4/03 7:29 PM, Robert Benjamin Johnston at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > >> I'd also consider saving the web page from that site to my personal hard >> drive. There was a similar page up on a German site for a while, once they >> got