Dead Wallstreet

2003-09-10 Thread rbenjohnston1
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have an old Wallstreet that I tricked out a while ago, 466 Newertech processor, 512 RAM memory, and it's run like a beast without much hassle. Recently my 12G hardrive that I had dropped in when I upgraded my Pismo started to make some clicking sounds

Re: Opening a tiBook screen

2003-09-10 Thread Ron van Veen
As far as I know, You can't open it, too much glue between the parts. Ron Paul Nicholson heeft op woensdag, 10 sep 2003 om 02:09 (Europe/Amsterdam) het volgende geschreven: Is the screen permanently cemented together? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: Opening a tiBook screen

2003-09-10 Thread Lewin Edwards
As far as I know, You can't open it, too much glue between the parts. TTBOMK it can be opened with the hair-dryer technique, like Palm V PDAs. -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards http://www.zws.com/ Learn how to build high-performance embedded systems on a budget!

Re: Dead Wallstreet

2003-09-10 Thread Ken
My Reply follows quote. On 10/09/2003 00:48 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have an old Wallstreet that I tricked out a while ago, 466 Newertech processor, 512 RAM memory, and it's run like a beast without much hassle. Recently my 12G hardrive that I had

Snow base A/C

2003-09-10 Thread w miller
Can anyone tell me what the A/C adapter for the Airport Snow base looks like? I'm finally getting around to hooking it up to my Lombard, but apparently didn't put it back in the box, and I have a ton of those things around. The book is pretty adamant about using only the one that came with the

Re: Opening a tiBook screen

2003-09-10 Thread K
TTBOMK ...What does this mean??? Regards, Mike K -- 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

Re: DVD-R/W in Pismo

2003-09-10 Thread csean
on 10-09-2003 15:07, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tested a Toshiba SD-R6012 DVD-R inside a Pismo optical caddy and it worked with DVD Studio Pro and Toast, but not with iDVD. I don't know what iDVD looks for to decide if a Mac + DVD-writer is supported or not. I think iDVD requires

Re: slow OS X boot and shutdown on pismo

2003-09-10 Thread Paul Nicholson
On Tuesday, September 9, 2003, at 10:16 PM, Peter Stein wrote: I keep my pismo sleeping ALL the time. It would be silly not to. I just felt like this seems to be an extraordinary amount of time to wait for it to boot or shut down. Makes me feel weird watching it take so long. Sorry, had to ask

Re: OS X 10.2.6 running on wallstreet - great!

2003-09-10 Thread Michelle Klein-Hass
On Tuesday 09 September 2003 08:44 pm, Sid Barras wrote: I recently installed the newest OS on my wallstreet and so far, it's working great. In fact, its working better than the previous incarnations of OS X. I had 10.2 and 10.0 running previously, and found myself back on 9 far too often,

Re: Dead Wallstreet

2003-09-10 Thread Michelle Klein-Hass
On Wednesday 10 September 2003 12:48 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have an old Wallstreet that I tricked out a while ago, 466 Newertech processor, 512 RAM memory, and it's run like a beast without much hassle. Recently my 12G hardrive that I had

Re: Opening a tiBook screen

2003-09-10 Thread Paul Nicholson
On Wednesday, September 10, 2003, at 04:59 AM, Lewin Edwards wrote: As far as I know, You can't open it, too much glue between the parts. TTBOMK it can be opened with the hair-dryer technique, like Palm V PDAs. This sounds a bit more destructive than I wanted. Paul -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: archives

2003-09-10 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 10/09/03 10:32, w miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I get to the archives for this list? I'm looking for info on third party wireless cards. I have a Silver Wavelan but don't know how to get it working with the Linksys router. Agere says they've sold to Proxim and Proxim says they

Re: Dead Wallstreet

2003-09-10 Thread Ken
My Reply follows quote. On 10/09/2003 08:02 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Wednesday 10 September 2003 12:48 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have an old Wallstreet that I tricked out a while ago, 466 Newertech processor, 512 RAM memory, and it's run like a

Re: Snow base A/C

2003-09-10 Thread Joe Ellis
- Original Message - From: w miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10:19 AM Subject: Snow base A/C Can anyone tell me what the A/C adapter for the Airport Snow base looks like? I'm finally getting around to hooking it up to my

Re: Slow OSX Boot Shutdown on Pismo

2003-09-10 Thread Joe Ellis
- Original Message - From: Tom Burke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10:33 AM Subject: Re: Slow OSX Boot Shutdown on Pismo On Wednesday, September 10, 2003, at 02:07 pm, G-Books wrote: I guess the subject states it best but more

Re: slow OS X boot and shutdown on pismo

2003-09-10 Thread Bruce Johnson
Peter Stein wrote: Anyone with an IBM Network Printer 17 actually printing over TCP/IP? My pismo is using wireless and the printer is wired to the router. IBM provides PPDs for it but state it only prints from Classic. What does that mean? I still don't have it printing any which way - 9.2.2,

Re:

2003-09-10 Thread Joe Ellis
- Original Message - From: Eric Morrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10:56 AM Stein: Not sure what your problem is. However, I have found that on my office network if I use DHCP to get my TCP/IP information, the computer boots

Follow-up with Pismo charging problem...

2003-09-10 Thread Laurent Daudelin
Just a little follow-up on my charging problem. I sent the Pismo for service on Monday. The PMU board was OK, but they found that the PowerBook wouldn't run on the battery when in the right bay, which I never used before. So, they did replace the PMU for that. They checked my 3 months old BTI

Re: Snow base A/C

2003-09-10 Thread Wayne Hasley
On 9/10/03 10:19 AM, w miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The book is pretty adamant about using only the one that came with the base. Look for a brick with a transparent cord... Wayne -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com

Re: Follow-up with Pismo charging problem...

2003-09-10 Thread Lewin Edwards
Laurent, some point that the charge was stopped at 4%. My Pismo was still reporting charging the battery, but the battery was apparently not charging. I also noticed that the expected time to reach a full charge went from 1:00 to Calculating... until full. Out of the blue, I removed the battery

Re: Follow-up with Pismo charging problem...

2003-09-10 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 10/09/03 14:32, Lewin Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Laurent, some point that the charge was stopped at 4%. My Pismo was still reporting charging the battery, but the battery was apparently not charging. I also noticed that the expected time to reach a full charge went from 1:00 to

Re: Dead Wallstreet

2003-09-10 Thread Robert Benjamin Johnston
On 9/10/03 10:02 AM, Michelle Klein-Hass [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 10 September 2003 12:48 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have an old Wallstreet that I tricked out a while ago, 466 Newertech processor, 512 RAM memory, and it's run like a

Re: Snow base A/C

2003-09-10 Thread Jeff Drummond
w miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Can anyone tell me what the A/C adapter for the Airport Snow base looks like? I'm finally getting around to hooking it up to my Lombard, but apparently didn't put it back in the box, and I have a ton of those things around. The book is pretty adamant about using

Re: OS X 10.2.6 running on wallstreet - great! - I wish this had worked for me :-(

2003-09-10 Thread John Beringer
I'm curious about the guts in your powerbook as well, specifically RAM and HD modifications I, if any. I recently tried, to the point of desperation and finally resignation, to upgrade to 10.2.6 on my wife's bronze Lombard 333Mhz with the minimum of 128MB of RAM and a clean 4.6GB original HD. I

Re: OS X 10.2.6 running on wallstreet - great! - I wish this hadworked for me :-(

2003-09-10 Thread Joe Ellis
- Original Message - From: John Beringer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 3:21 PM Subject: Re: OS X 10.2.6 running on wallstreet - great! - I wish this hadworked for me :-( I'm curious about the guts in your powerbook as well,

Re: Follow-up with Pismo charging problem...

2003-09-10 Thread Richard Orlin
Can you give us some information on how you rebuild the battery? I have a dead one I wouldn't mind renewing. Thanks Richard Orlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web

Re: Follow-up with Pismo charging problem...

2003-09-10 Thread Lewin Edwards
Hi Laurent, Can this be damaging something in the Pismo? Wel the short answer is that you're probably working-out a failsafe device, which is to be avoided. Merely the fact of tripping it is inherently undesirable. The worst-case scenario is that you will push it in and out quickly

Re: Follow-up with Pismo charging problem...

2003-09-10 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 10/09/03 17:07, Lewin Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Laurent, Can this be damaging something in the Pismo? Wel the short answer is that you're probably working-out a failsafe device, which is to be avoided. Merely the fact of tripping it is inherently undesirable.

Re: Follow-up with Pismo charging problem...

2003-09-10 Thread Lewin Edwards
The 2nd step is to find those cells at a price where it would make sense to rebuild. There are 9 cells in an Apple battery, so you need 5 pairs of 2. Me and Tom Ethen were able to get 12 pairs, I think, for $90, which bring the cost so far at around $45. If I can rebuild one, then that would be

Re: Follow-up with Pismo charging problem...

2003-09-10 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 10/09/03 17:37, Lewin Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The 2nd step is to find those cells at a price where it would make sense to rebuild. There are 9 cells in an Apple battery, so you need 5 pairs of 2. Me and Tom Ethen were able to get 12 pairs, I think, for $90, which bring the cost

Re: Follow-up with Pismo charging problem...

2003-09-10 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 10/09/03 17:37, Lewin Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The 2nd step is to find those cells at a price where it would make sense to rebuild. There are 9 cells in an Apple battery, so you need 5 pairs of 2. Me and Tom Ethen were able to get 12 pairs, I think, for $90, which bring the cost

Re: Follow-up with Pismo charging problem...

2003-09-10 Thread Lewin Edwards
Ah! A spotwelder? I've never seen a spotwelder before but I know that this is what they used. Can I find this in any hardware store? Like I said, The kind you're looking at in the hardware store is intended for big sheetmetal work and is electric. A battery spotwelder is normally ultrasonic;

Re: Dead Wallstreet

2003-09-10 Thread Michelle Klein-Hass
On Wednesday 10 September 2003 08:35 am, Ken wrote: Hmmm. When I had my Wallstreet stripped to its bones, I could have sworn that the magnetic reed switch was located on the left side of the case while the HD is located on the right side of the case. A VERY powerful magnet? I have never seen

Which Wallstreet?

2003-09-10 Thread Bill Miller
I recently inherited a wallstreet. How can I tell which model it is? Thanks. -- 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

Re: Dead Wallstreet

2003-09-10 Thread Ken
My Reply follows quote. On 10/09/2003 16:01 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Wednesday 10 September 2003 08:35 am, Ken wrote: Hmmm. When I had my Wallstreet stripped to its bones, I could have sworn that the magnetic reed switch was located on the left side of the case while the HD is located on

Re: Which Wallstreet?

2003-09-10 Thread Ken
My Reply follows quote. On 10/09/2003 16:26 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I recently inherited a wallstreet. How can I tell which model it is? Thanks. Run Apple System Profiler. See what processor/cache combo it reports. Or, check the serial numbers of the logic board (inside the PC

Re: Follow-up with Pismo charging problem...

2003-09-10 Thread Richard Orlin
Wouldn't it be easier t buy a new battery from Battery Technologies for $120? How much is your time worth? On Wednesday, September 10, 2003, at 06:20 PM, Lewin Edwards wrote: Ah! A spotwelder? I've never seen a spotwelder before but I know that this is what they used. Can I find this in any