Re: Ebay: some more news

2003-07-23 Thread Illovox Media
on 7/22/03 3:48 AM, Joaquim Carvalho at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Last week I tried to find some honest Powerbook deals on Ebay. Among tens of fake 1GHz 15 and 17 there were a couple of 667MHz 15 from people that accepted direct collect or Escrow. I made a few bids. The prices ended up close

Re: disappointing tiBook wireless

2003-07-23 Thread Illovox Media
on 7/22/03 4:57 PM, Wiebe Wilbers at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which is why I also gave the example of the 1400(Yes, I realise there are subtle differences between a 1997 powerbook, and a 2001 machine :-) I know the IceBooks have a better track record on wireless reception, but I also have

Re: Ebay: some more news

2003-07-23 Thread K.
What is this TYS thing? Mike K Illovox Media wrote TYS...:( -- 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

Problem with ICQ 3.2 on MAC OS X

2003-07-23 Thread Jean-Marc Melchior
Hi, I can't start my ICQ anymore I get this message: Application Launch Failure The application ICQ 3.2 could not be launched because of a shared library error: Icq 3.2ICQ 3.2XPCS Looking for help. Jean-Marc -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

External drive question

2003-07-23 Thread Roger Shufflebottom
I've recently replaced the internal drive in my G4 Powerbook 800 (OS 10.2.6) and I'm now trying to use the old 40MB drive in an external housing. I've bought a housing with a USB 2 connector (another story) and fitted the drive. Do I need to set the jumpers to force it to be a slave drive (or

Re: External drive question

2003-07-23 Thread Steve Fuller
I've recently replaced the internal drive in my G4 Powerbook 800 (OS 10.2.6) and I'm now trying to use the old 40MB drive in an external housing. I've bought a housing with a USB 2 connector (another story) and fitted the drive. Do I need to set the jumpers to force it to be a slave drive (or

Re: External drive question

2003-07-23 Thread Lewin Edwards
I've recently replaced the internal drive in my G4 Powerbook 800 (OS 10.2.6) and I'm now trying to use the old 40MB drive in an external housing. I've bought a housing with a USB 2 connector (another story) and fitted the drive. Do I need to set the jumpers to force it to be a slave drive (or

Re: disappointing tiBook wireless

2003-07-23 Thread Paul Nicholson
At 7:01 PM -0500 7/22/03, Ryan Coleman wrote: Not so because there are many things we cannot see. Just because you have no Cell phones, cordless phones, TVs, Radios, etc near the two units doesn't mean there isn't EMF from something in the way. EMF just destroys RF. I know you meant EMI. I'm

On the subject of 802.11 devices...

2003-07-23 Thread Lewin Edwards
... are there any MacOS (X) drivers for any of the USB 802.11 pods? I have a WUSB12 (Prism-based) and numerous Atmel-based pods around here. It would be helpful if I could get at least one of the desktop Macs onto the WLAN without needing to spend any more money. I've spent quite a bit of time

Re: disappointing tiBook wireless

2003-07-23 Thread NIKON'S WORLD
It seems that you have several options to improve your wireless situation. You can get a new laptop, you can buy a third party wifi card with an external antenna, or you can get a wifi bridge which should greatly extend your range. 700mhz i-Book running Jaguar Macs for life!

Re: External drive question

2003-07-23 Thread Roger Shufflebottom
At 12:26 -0400 23/7/03, Lewin Edwards wrote: You shouldn't need to change the jumpers. Leave it as master and don't set the cable select jumper. Is this housing bus-powered or does it have its own power supply? If you have the option of either, try using the built-in power supply rather than

Re: Ebay: some more news

2003-07-23 Thread Doug Behr
On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 05:48 AM, Joaquim Carvalho wrote: snip I now am receiving so many Powerbook scam emails I can't count them. Joaquim snip Are you thinking that the scammers are getting your email address through E-Bay? Are you using an email address as an e-bay user

Re: Ebay: some more news

2003-07-23 Thread Illovox Media
Anyone can send anyone email on ebay through the ebay proxy on 7/23/03 12:08 PM, Doug Behr at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 05:48 AM, Joaquim Carvalho wrote: snip I now am receiving so many Powerbook scam emails I can't count them. Joaquim snip Are you

Re: External drive question

2003-07-23 Thread Paul Nicholson
At 8:07 PM +0100 7/23/03, Roger Shufflebottom wrote: It's a little odd - it comes with a second USB to concentric DC connector, so one USB cable goes to the USB port on the housing and the power is drawn from a second USB port on the computer. I connected it all up and no go. Now, even with just

Re: On the subject of 802.11 devices...

2003-07-23 Thread Paul Nicholson
Try http://wirelessdriver.sourceforge.net/. for card drivers I think D-Link lists their pod as Mac compatible, go to their site and there's a page of Mac compatible products. WUSB12 sounds like a Linksys number. They don't like Macs. Paul At 2:17 PM -0400 7/23/03, Lewin Edwards wrote: ...

Re: disappointing tiBook wireless

2003-07-23 Thread Ryan Coleman
Yes, I made that correct on my very next email. I got 'ok' numbers from MacStumbler. I would recommend KisMac if you are not needing to be connected to the WAP all the time and you have an Airport card. - Original Message - From: Paul Nicholson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL

Re: On the subject of 802.11 devices...

2003-07-23 Thread Lewin Edwards
Try http://wirelessdriver.sourceforge.net/. for card drivers Hmm, unforrt I think D-Link lists their pod as Mac compatible, go to their site and there's a page of Mac compatible products. The unit I have is the DWL-120e (silver flip case, looks rather like a cellphone), it has no MacOS drivers

OSX on a Wallstreet?? My modem won't work! What'sup withthat??

2003-07-23 Thread Bigbikerbo
Ok, just upgraded my little G3 Wallstreet to OSX (Jaguar).. Got that Allegro 500 card for it, and it pretty much flies, so I figured what the heck, I'd try X on it... Hey, minor fit of insanity, but it sure works great.. The only issue is that as soon as I upgraded, my dialup went out the

Re: External drive question

2003-07-23 Thread Gary D. Adams
If it's drawing too much power, the OS will shut down the port. It's not that. PC's tend to use that second USB-DC connector. I've had three or four external drives like that--all work fine without any external power supply. Gary Paul Nicholson wrote: At 8:07 PM +0100 7/23/03, Roger

Re: External drive question

2003-07-23 Thread Roger Shufflebottom
At 12:55 -0700 23/7/03, Paul Nicholson wrote: Hmmm, I wonder if it is trying to draw more power than both USB ports will provide. Thanks, Paul. It has fired up and is recognised with an external power supply. Now for the Cardbus USB 2 card. -- With best wishes, Roger Shufflebottom -- G-Books

Re: Ebay: some more news

2003-07-23 Thread jdc
Doug Behr wrote: On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 05:48 AM, Joaquim Carvalho wrote: snip I now am receiving so many Powerbook scam emails I can't count them. Joaquim snip Are you thinking that the scammers are getting your email address through E-Bay? Are you using an email address

Re: Ebay: some more news

2003-07-23 Thread Don
jdc wrote: Doug Behr wrote: On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 05:48 AM, Joaquim Carvalho wrote: snip I now am receiving so many Powerbook scam emails I can't count them. Joaquim snip Are you thinking that the scammers are getting your email address through E-Bay? Are

Re: Ebay: some more news

2003-07-23 Thread Eugene Lee
On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 12:02:27AM -0700, Illovox Media wrote: : : on 7/22/03 3:48 AM, Joaquim Carvalho at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : : Last week I tried to find some honest Powerbook deals on Ebay. : Among tens of fake 1GHz 15 and 17 there were a couple of 667MHz 15 : from people that

Was: External drive question, now USB 2

2003-07-23 Thread Roger Shufflebottom
Just fitted an ST lab Cardbus USB 2.o card to my G4 Powerbook 800. This works but not, I'm sure, at USB 2.0 speeds! Is USB2.0 supported in Mac OS 10.2.6? The only drivers with the card are Windows. -- With best wishes, Roger Shufflebottom -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...

Kudos to Apple

2003-07-23 Thread Dan Knight
As many of you may already know, I've had a problem with the backlight on my TiBook's screen since I first bought it -- but couldn't afford to be without it until I bought something to use while it spent a week going to Apple and coming back. Well, last week I sent it to Apple. This week it

Re: OSX on a Wallstreet?? My modem won't work! What'sup withthat??

2003-07-23 Thread Bruce Johnson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only issue is that as soon as I upgraded, my dialup went out the window.. Not the software, but I can't get it to dial the modem at all. It gives an error message every time I try to dial up. Anyone else experienced this? Ive spent a good bit of time researching

Re: Saving your own life (on eBay)

2003-07-23 Thread Dan Knight
On 7/19/03 5:30 AM, Ryan Coleman posted: And I am the next Toby Maguire. eBay is not a Macy's. It's not a Hurrah's. It's a Fry's or a Best (remember that place? Not Best Buy, but Best... used to be big in the Midwest) No, more like a flea market -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb

Re: disappointing tiBook wireless

2003-07-23 Thread Dan Knight
On 7/22/03 1:49 PM, Paul Nicholson posted: Yesterday I picked up a D-Link wireless 802.11b router for 40 dollars after rebates. I've never used wireless with my two year old tiBook. It works well if the tiBook is within a few feet of the router. If I sit at my dining room table, 35 feet away

Re: disappointing tiBook wireless

2003-07-23 Thread Donald Keenan
On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 06:58 PM, Dan Knight wrote: When finances permit, I'll look at using an 802.11g wireless card in my TiBook instead of AirPort, since that eliminates use of the internal antenna, which is blocked by the titanium case. Does this mean that a non-Apple wireless card

Re: Ebay: some more news

2003-07-23 Thread Illovox Media
on 7/23/03 3:13 PM, Eugene Lee at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : TYS...:( TYS ? Teach Your Self ? Ah, the game's afoot! -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished

Re: Saving your own life (on eBay)

2003-07-23 Thread Illovox Media
on 7/23/03 3:58 PM, Dan Knight at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/19/03 5:30 AM, Ryan Coleman posted: And I am the next Toby Maguire. eBay is not a Macy's. It's not a Hurrah's. It's a Fry's or a Best (remember that place? Not Best Buy, but Best... used to be big in the Midwest) No, more

Notes from the List Mom

2003-07-23 Thread Dan Knight
Several topics. Please keep this email handy for future reference. When contacting me about your subscription, please be sure to tell me which list(s) you're on. We run about 30 right now, and I don't have a simple way of finding out what list(s) you may subscribe to. Three rants about

Re: Notes from the List Mom

2003-07-23 Thread Bill Briggs
Pedant Alert!!! At 7:24 PM -0400 23/07/03, Dan Knight wrote: 2. Cycles are abbreviated Hz in honor of Mr. Hertz. KHz, MHz, and GHz are the correct abbreviations for kilohertz, megahertz, and gigahertz. Sorry, but the k in kHz is lower case. Check the SI units manual. The other two are correct

Re: Kudos to Apple

2003-07-23 Thread K.
How true!!! I bought my Pismo when it was 4 mos old and waited till the 11th month to get the A/C from Apple...was about $370 or so...AnywayIhave had the Pismo 2 years this past week...A/C replaced a bad Mat DVD Drive w/ an LG...Got a new power supply and had to have a new mobo also...so the

Re: disappointing tiBook wireless

2003-07-23 Thread Jeremy Derr
On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 06:02PM, Donald Keenan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 06:58 PM, Dan Knight wrote: When finances permit, I'll look at using an 802.11g wireless card in my TiBook instead of AirPort, since that eliminates use of the internal antenna,

Re: disappointing tiBook wireless

2003-07-23 Thread Jeremy Derr
On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 07:09PM, Jeremy Derr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 06:02PM, Donald Keenan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 06:58 PM, Dan Knight wrote: When finances permit, I'll look at using an 802.11g wireless card in

Re: PC Card no longer works

2003-07-23 Thread Ryan Lee
sometime around 7/21/03 12:31 AM, Roger Shufflebottom wrote: At 18:58 -0400 19/7/03, Ryan Lee wrote: I use a PC Card Adapter in the PC Card slot to read xD picture cards from my digital camera. Usually I insert the media and it mounts with no problem. I just used it a few days ago with no

Re: On the subject of 802.11 devices...

2003-07-23 Thread Paul Nicholson
At 4:38 PM -0400 7/23/03, Lewin Edwards wrote: The unit I have is the DWL-120e (silver flip case, looks rather like a cellphone), it has no MacOS drivers on D-Link's site. Looks like it's the DWL-122 that's compatible. The DWL-120e, MA101 and Belkin pods are all Atmel-based and all work with

Re: Ebay: some more news

2003-07-23 Thread Greg Gilmore
: TYS...:( TYS ? Teach Your Self ? Ah, the game's afoot! Try told you so. -- 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: disappointing tiBook wireless

2003-07-23 Thread Paul Nicholson
At 6:58 PM -0400 7/23/03, Dan Knight wrote: Attending Macworld Expos with my wife's original clamshell iBook and later with my TiBook, there was a world of difference connecting to AirPort in the press room as well. When finances permit, I'll look at using an 802.11g wireless card in my TiBook

Re: disappointing tiBook wireless

2003-07-23 Thread Ryan Coleman
Actually, you didn't have to return the WAP. You would have gotten better reception with a G card and a B WAP. My two cents. -- Ryan - Original Message - From: Paul Nicholson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 8:03 PM Subject: Re:

Re: Kudos to Apple

2003-07-23 Thread Paul Nicholson
At 6:26 PM -0400 7/23/03, Dan Knight wrote: My advice is to seriously consider AppleCare when buying a new 'Book -- and if yours is less than a year old, consider adding it before the warranty expires. The screen replacement probably would have cost at least 3x what I paid for AppleCare. How

Re: Kudos to Apple

2003-07-23 Thread Ryan Coleman
I don't know how much Dan paid, but as for your second question I would not rteommend taking your TiBook apart... too many things can go wrong (trust me, I am a testament to that situation). -- Ryan - Original Message - From: Paul Nicholson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED]

bit OT Dreamweaver on Lombard/OS9

2003-07-23 Thread w miller
Does anyone on the list use Dreamweaver MX? I just installed it on my Lombard PB, running OS9.2.2 and can't get it to start. I first get a DW window and then up pops a dialogue box No Document Types found. Application will now quit and it does. I can't find any reference to the message