Re: Too much memory?

2003-11-15 Thread Eugene Lee
On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 10:12:59PM -0800, Ely Zimmerman wrote: : : Got a Lombard recently and put in two 256MB, a low and a high profile. : Machine gets real hot, then crashes and won't reboot even when cooled : off. When I take out the top chip it works fine. : : Is there something wrong

Re: Last iBook/PowerBook that starts up on OS9?

2003-11-15 Thread Steve Kidd
On 14-Nov-03, at 10:47 PM, Geoffrey Loeffler wrote: Is there any drawback using OS 9 programs under X start up machines only Does performance lag under Classic mode The benefit I see in OS 9 bootable would be 2 different system folders, but does this cause the machine to be slower and or

Re: Too much memory?

2003-11-15 Thread Clark Martin
At 1:35 AM -0600 11/15/03, Eugene Lee wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 10:12:59PM -0800, Ely Zimmerman wrote: : : Got a Lombard recently and put in two 256MB, a low and a high profile. : Machine gets real hot, then crashes and won't reboot even when cooled : off. When I take out the top chip it

Re: Pismo rubber feet

2003-11-15 Thread Dwight Hines
Yes, hie thee down to your local WalMart or Dollar General and tell them you want the little round stickum pads they put under furniture. They are called Grippers and they are made by FloorKing. They will have them in black or white and in packages of 6 or 8 or 12. The sizes will vary from a

Re: Stuffit Deluxe

2003-11-15 Thread Bob
A while ago, like a year, I purchased the delux. While it had more features, I only use the light version. I can't even remember what those added features were. I would look the the specifications and evaluate whether or not you would use those added features. A lot of it depends on how much

Re: Too much memory?

2003-11-15 Thread Alan C. Magnus
On Saturday, November 15, 2003, at 01:12 am, Ely Zimmerman wrote: Is there something wrong with the chips or can't the Lombard handle the 512? I have been using 2 x 256 in my Lombard for over six months without a problem. Alan -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: Last iBook/PowerBook that starts up on OS9?

2003-11-15 Thread Scott Crick
On 11/15/03 12:47 AM, Geoffrey Loeffler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any drawback using OS 9 programs under X start up machines only Does performance lag under Classic mode For the most part, no. In fact, there have been many reports of some applications working FASTER in Classic than

Re: Stuffit Deluxe

2003-11-15 Thread Scott Crick
On 11/14/03 1:22 PM, tivo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've only used the free download of Stuffit since I've used a computer, and it's always worked for my purposes, which are few. Any particular reasons for a light user like myself to use the Deluxe version? If all you ever do is decompress

Re: Pismo rubber feet

2003-11-15 Thread Shayne Croy
On Saturday, November 15, 2003, at 01:24 AM, Dwight Hines wrote: Does anyone else have a suggestion for a reasonably priced source of black powerbook feet? Try a framing shop. The frame/wall bumpers I use for my photography my are just about perfect. I think my cost is about $0.06 per bump...

Re: Combo drives for WallStreet

2003-11-15 Thread Dan K
Christine [EMAIL PROTECTED] asks: I was wondering if anyone would know where one could obtain an expansion bay combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW) for a WallStreet G3. There seems to be no shortage of such drives for Lombards and Pismos (I'm guessing the similar drive bay design helps), but I haven't

Re: Need help with Booting problem

2003-11-15 Thread Gary E Davis
Hi I've done that.. The system reboots and starts to load OS9 but halts after the smiling Mac and reboots back to OSX. I thought it might be the permissions settings for the second partition but not sure. Gary Go ahead and boot to OSX. . after it boots up, go to your sys. preferences and

Re: Reasonable turnaround time to replace DVD-ROM module?

2003-11-15 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 11/15/03 1:18 AM, Geoffrey Loeffler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Apple wanting to take away your cd rom is wrong and stupid, you use it for cds until the new one arrives. What's the problem with swapping the old drive when the new one when it arrives? How in any way

Re: Reasonable turnaround time to replace DVD-ROM module?

2003-11-15 Thread David Ensteness
Nice to know the reason why behind all that. I figured it was reasonable but I never understood the logic behind. David Here are a couple of reasons why. When a replacement is shipped and the customer gets a new one, the old/damaged optical drive has to be sent back to Apple as a dead core,

Re: Virtual PC Update

2003-11-15 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Friday, November 14, 2003, at 11:07 PM, James Rohde wrote: On 11/14/03 5:41 AM, Bruce Johnson enlightened us by writing: Softwindows was written by Insignia under license from Microsoft. Insignia got the deep access to Windows source code. In return Microsoft got significant rights to

Re: video capture

2003-11-15 Thread nick
i am using a wallstreet 266 with a firewire pc card, a analog to digital converter, an old sony handcam(without dv out), and imovie 3it is kinda low qualitybut that might just be that my macs video prossesor cant play te high quality..other than that it works fine ^-^ n On

Re: Reasonable turnaround time to replace DVD-ROM module?

2003-11-15 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 15/11/03 18:55, Kyle Hansen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip!] See what I mean? There are many scenarios and I have seen them all. HE is really lucky that he hasn't had to leave the whole laptop there during the repair. And actually, the next day, I called MicroCenter back and pleaded

Re: Need help with Booting problem

2003-11-15 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 15/11/03 17:50, Gary E Davis at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've done that.. The system reboots and starts to load OS9 but halts after the smiling Mac and reboots back to OSX. I thought it might be the permissions settings for the second partition but not sure. It's certainly not a permission

Rubber feet...Lombard...etc.

2003-11-15 Thread Gordon Bruce Lawson
At 9:48 PM -0500 11/15/03, G-Books wrote: Hi. Please share with me what is the racket going on with replacing the powerbook rubber feet for a Pismo? I've visited at least three websites where they are trying to sell replacement stick-on rubber feet for close to $20. The lowest price at one