Re: PowerBook G4 Titanium/Aluminium ???

2003-09-06 Thread Tekno Liber
From: Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] The 15 TiBooks can boot in OS9??? I thought that they could not. The 867MHz 15 TiBooks sold in Sweden and England are shipped with OS 9 while the US version doesn't... ??? Laurence _ MSN 8 with

Re: PowerBook G4 Titanium/Alloy ???

2003-09-06 Thread Tekno Liber
From: Kyle Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can install OS 9 from the restore CD's. Is this true for any Classic bootable Mac ? I know this is not a G-Mac list, but it's the subject, not the Mac that's being discussed, but I bought a second hand MDD 2x1GHz and I only got the OS X.2 install CDs and

Re: PowerBook G4 Titanium/Aluminium ???

2003-09-06 Thread Tekno Liber
From: Eugene Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] TiBooks in the US come with Mac OS 9. But you might have to install it via the Software Restore CD, and it may not come pre-installed on the TiBook you tried. I was going by what the Apple Store says... Laurence

Re: PowerBook G4 Titanium/Aluminium ???

2003-09-06 Thread Eugene Lee
On Sat, Sep 06, 2003 at 08:45:00AM +0200, Tekno Liber wrote: : : Eugene Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : : TiBooks in the US come with Mac OS 9. But you might have to install it : via the Software Restore CD, and it may not come pre-installed on the : TiBook you tried. : : I was going by what

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2003-09-06 Thread Matt Peacock
Hi, Sorry for posting this to the list. I've tried both unsubscribe addresses, tried emailing the list mom but I'm still subscribed to G-Books. Could someone remove me please?! Regards, Matt -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: PowerBook G4 Titanium/Aluminium ???

2003-09-06 Thread Wiebe Wilbers
I didn't realise the screen was that bad myself... On 6/9/03 11:17 PM, Tekno Liber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, I've just started a new job where they offered me a silver painted (!) plastic laptop with a screen the quality of an iBook, and I immediately started looking for a decent

Re: PowerBook G4 Titanium/Aluminium ???

2003-09-06 Thread Paul Nicholson
On Saturday, September 6, 2003, at 05:04 AM, Steve Fuller wrote: with my sweaty socks on a ceramic tile floor, I fell a slight electrical shock when my wrist touches the edge of the frame. The current is the power supply leakage current, a parasitic capacitive leakage path across the

Re: PowerBook G4 Titanium/Aluminium ???

2003-09-06 Thread Tekno Liber
From: Wiebe Wilbers [EMAIL PROTECTED] I didn't realise the screen was that bad myself... Put an iBook next to a G4 PowerBook and you'll realise!!! Laurence _ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*.

Re: PowerBook G4 Titanium/Aluminium ???

2003-09-06 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 9/6/03 7:08 AM, Eugene Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Apple's documentation on this matter is rather poor because the company is intentionally pushing OS X. And they have been for a couple of years now. OS 9 is dead. Has been for at least 2 years. We should consider

Re: PowerBook G4 Titanium/Alloy ???

2003-09-06 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 9/6/03 2:38 AM, Tekno Liber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: From: Kyle Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can install OS 9 from the restore CD's. Is this true for any Classic bootable Mac ? I know this is not a G-Mac list, but it's the subject, not the Mac that's being

Re: unsubscribe

2003-09-06 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 9/6/03 7:51 AM, Matt Peacock [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Hi, Sorry for posting this to the list. I've tried both unsubscribe addresses, tried emailing the list mom but I'm still subscribed to G-Books. Could someone remove me please?! I manually removed you. -- Kyle H.

Re: PowerBook G4 Titanium/Alloy ???

2003-09-06 Thread JeffH
On Saturday, September 6, 2003, at 09:23 am, G-Books wrote: Apple has changed the format of the restore CD's a number of times. The most recent restore CD's require that OS X be installed. Then once you install OS X you can put restore CD #1 in and follow the instructions. At a point the

Re: PowerBook G4 Titanium/Alloy ???

2003-09-06 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 9/6/03 2:48 PM, JeffH [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: On Saturday, September 6, 2003, at 09:23 am, G-Books wrote: Apple has changed the format of the restore CD's a number of times. The most recent restore CD's require that OS X be installed. Then once you install OS X you

Re: PowerBook G4 Titanium/Aluminium ???

2003-09-06 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
That is an interesting perspective for those who can afford to upgrade every piece of software they own to run under X, but for the rest of us OS 9 is still very much alive. Apple would be making a great mistake buy dropping classic, as it would take quite a bite out of new computer sales

Re: PowerBook G4 Titanium/Aluminium ???

2003-09-06 Thread Tekno Liber
From: Thomas Ethen [EMAIL PROTECTED] That is an interesting perspective for those who can afford to upgrade every piece of software they own to run under X, but for the rest of us OS 9 is still very much alive. Apple would be making a great mistake buy dropping classic, as it would take quite a

Re: PowerBook G4 Titanium/Aluminium ???

2003-09-06 Thread tivo
That is an interesting perspective for those who can afford to upgrade every piece of software they own to run under X, but for the rest of us OS 9 is still very much alive. Apple would be making a great mistake buy dropping classic, as it would take quite a bite out of new computer sales for

Re: PowerBook G4 Titanium/Alloy ???

2003-09-06 Thread Tekno Liber
From: Kyle Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can't update an image. I have workarounds , of course, but that's not the point. Could you please give a short description of how as I'm stuck with my G4 that won't boot of of my 9.2.1 CD nor let me install Classic from OS X as Classic needs to be

Re: Wall Street Battery problems

2003-09-06 Thread Paul DiGiovanni
Here's an update: I finally swapped the G4/500 Crescendo out of the Wall Street that would not run on battery power, restoring the original processor (G3/266 MHz) with additional RAM (256 MB in the top slot; 64 MB in the bottom). This PowerBook now runs on battery and AC with its original

Re: PowerBook G4 Titanium/Alloy ???

2003-09-06 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 9/6/03 4:00 PM, Tekno Liber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: From: Kyle Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can't update an image. I have workarounds , of course, but that's not the point. Could you please give a short description of how as I'm stuck with my G4 that won't boot of

Re: PowerBook G4 Titanium/Alloy ???

2003-09-06 Thread Tekno Liber
From: Kyle Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wipe the drive and install X. Then run the restore to install 9. I will try that tomorrow, thanks! Laurence _ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE*

Re: PowerBook G4 Titanium/Aluminium ???

2003-09-06 Thread Brandy
Honey put on some dry socks. I'm sure your mate and cat or dog will love you all the more for it! ;-) Brandy On Saturday, September 6, 2003, at 05:04 AM, Steve Fuller wrote: with my sweaty socks on a ceramic tile floor, I fell a slight electrical shock when my wrist touches the edge of the

Re: CD-R/W no longer works

2003-09-06 Thread Ryan Lee
sometime around 9/4/03 9:59 PM, JeffH at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a VST Technologies CD-R/W Drive for my Pismo PowerBook. The model of the drive is CDRWG32. It's been a while since I tried to burn a CD with it. I know it worked with earlier versions of 10.2. Somewhere along the

lombard processor upgrades

2003-09-06 Thread Jkr
Hi all ive been thinking about getting a processor upgrade for my lombard,and was wondering if anyone here has any experience with them sonnet or powerlogix. good or bad just like to hear both sides before i fork out my cash. thanxs t. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...