Re: AirPort problem

2004-02-27 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 27/02/04 01:44, Bruce Alsobrook at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 26, 2004, at 11:59 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: I've been having problems with my graphite AirPort Base Station. I had to replace the 2 blown capacitors to make it work again. I'm not using it much since it is much

Re: AirPort problem

2004-02-27 Thread Thomas Ethen
Since you already seem to have an extra WaveLAN card, why don't you install it in the PCMCIA port in your Pismo and see if that helps, which will either pinpoint the problem with your internal antenna, or eliminate it? Tom -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: AirPort problem

2004-02-27 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 27/02/04 09:10, Thomas Ethen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since you already seem to have an extra WaveLAN card, why don't you install it in the PCMCIA port in your Pismo and see if that helps, which will either pinpoint the problem with your internal antenna, or eliminate it? Tom I tried

Re: AirPort problem

2004-02-27 Thread John Slavin
Laurent Is there any adjustment in the card software to adjust the transmit power? On my cisco card's software I can adjust the transmit power from 1mW to 100 mW, which I would assume dramatically effects the signal strength. On Friday, February 27, 2004, at 12:44 AM, Bruce Alsobrook wrote:

Re: AirPort problem

2004-02-27 Thread Thomas Ethen
I thought that since the WaveLAN card comes in the ABS that you didn't need any additional software to use it. I put a Compac PCMCIA card in a friends Pismo and it worked just fine without any extra software. Tom I tried it in OS X but forgot that I needed drivers and I also forgot I could

Re: AirPort problem

2004-02-27 Thread Laurent Daudelin
Well, I've got no reaction from the system when I tried it in my Pismo. The PCMCIA card menu did appear in the menu bar but the only option was to power down the card, or something like that. In any case, if anybody is interested, I just confirmed that my internal AirPort card and its internal

Re: AirPort problem

2004-02-27 Thread Mike McGinnis
The WaveLAN cards will work with OS 9 Airport software, however you need outside drivers for OSX. Mike On Friday, February 27, 2004, at 07:38 AM, Thomas Ethen wrote: I thought that since the WaveLAN card comes in the ABS that you didn't need any additional software to use it. I put a Compac

AirPort wireless PCMCIA card compatibility. . .

2004-02-27 Thread Stanton Mitrany
Where does one obtain outside drivers for OSX? I'm asking both for those who may wish to use WaveLAN cards, or any others which aren't Airport. Also, are g cards backward compatible with b cards? Thanks! stanton - Original Message - From: Mike McGinnis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books

Anyone got an extra Pismo processor?

2004-02-27 Thread Michael Breslin
Looking to buy a replacement as I fried my current. Thanks, MB! -- 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

Blown bridgeboard/chipset

2004-02-27 Thread chueewowee
Hi I have blown a chipset on my external firewire enclosure. Do you know where I ca get a replacement? regards, John -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks

[OT] Problem accessing email behind firewall

2004-02-27 Thread Laurent Daudelin
The security folks here again have strike: I can no longer use mail2web to read my personal email form behind the firewall. I can not even get my mail using the Verizon web site, so they're not only blocking some specific sites (although it could still be possible), but I think they're blocking

Re - Spam volume

2004-02-27 Thread Seeker
people. Another thing that has been a real treat is that with earthlink I was inundated with BAD spam (you know what I mean) to the tune of 20 to 30 a day. With Verizon I get none, absolutely none. I hope I don't jinx it by saying that out loud on a list. Go for it. Been with

Re: Blown bridgeboard/chipset

2004-02-27 Thread Jim
John, can you be a bit more specific about the model of this firewire enclosure? When you say blown, what does the damage look like? chueewowee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I have blown a chipset on my external firewire enclosure. Do you know where I ca get a replacement? regards, John --

Re: Re - Spam volume

2004-02-27 Thread Harry D . Corsover
On Feb 27, 2004, at 11:25 AM, Seeker wrote: Been with Earthlink for several years and get two or three pieces of spam a day. Check my Earthlink filter (online, every 10 days or so) and there are usually about 10 to 20 emails there to delete. I get that much spam every ten or twenty

Re: Re - Spam volume

2004-02-27 Thread Phil Burk
Try the top-level address. It'll forward you on. http://www.mailinator.com/ On Feb 27, 2004, at 2:01 PM, Harry D. Corsover wrote: On Feb 27, 2004, at 11:25 AM, Seeker wrote: Been with Earthlink for several years and get two or three pieces of spam a day. Check my Earthlink filter

Re: AirPort wireless PCMCIA card compatibility. . .

2004-02-27 Thread Jeff Hubatka
From: Stanton Mitrany [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AirPort wireless PCMCIA card compatibility. . . Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 11:51:20 -0500 Where does one obtain outside drivers for OSX? I'm asking both for those who may wish to use WaveLAN cards, or any others which aren't Airport. Also, are g

Re: Anyone got an extra Pismo processor?

2004-02-27 Thread Thomas Ethen
Here is one on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2790692849category=14908 Tom on 2/27/04 11:03, Michael Breslin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looking to buy a replacement as I fried my current. Thanks, MB! -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...

Re: [OT] Problem accessing email behind firewall

2004-02-27 Thread Thomas Ethen
you should work at a High School where you are not allowed to type in any portion of any banned word while accessing the internet. That makes it pretty entertaining, considering the name of the school is one of those words. Tom on 2/27/04 12:09, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The

[OT] Web-based email service?

2004-02-27 Thread Laurent Daudelin
Following my previous email regarding the blockage of web sites that let you check your personal email, I've just realized that both 'mail2web' and 'http://netmail.verizon.net/WRP' both have mail in their URL. I'm wondering if the network admin guys here could be stupid enough to filter only if

Re: [OT] Web-based email service?

2004-02-27 Thread Harry D . Corsover
On Feb 27, 2004, at 1:06 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: Following my previous email regarding the blockage of web sites that let you check your personal email, I've just realized that both 'mail2web' and 'http://netmail.verizon.net/WRP' both have mail in their URL. I'm wondering if the network

Re: [OT] Problem accessing email behind firewall

2004-02-27 Thread Gavin Tiplady
Laurent, If you have a Unix account on any box outside your firewall that CAN get to the mail server, and to which to you can make an ssh connection, then you could set up a secure tunnel from your Mac to that box, and read your mail as if it was served on your Mac. Once you have the

Re: keycaps

2004-02-27 Thread Dan K
The bronze keycaps are the same physical design as iBook/TiBook keycaps (though the KBs themselves are different.) Just use a keycap from any of these serie interchangably. Heh heh, well as long as one didn't mind the color differences. G My actual contribution to this (oldish) thread is the

Re: Ebay G5 query

2004-02-27 Thread Dan K
LOL, having now read through this thread from its start I've noticed no-one here has offered up an explanation of how this (obvious) scam actually works. Can it be no lister has popped for one of these 'deals'?? Or is it possibly the case that any lister niave enough to have popped for one is

Re: [OT] Problem accessing email behind firewall

2004-02-27 Thread Laurent Daudelin
Gavin, Thanks very much for this thorough explanation. I appreciate your time. However, I don't think it will work because they're also blocking all outside ports. Port 80 and the port used for ftp are opened, but I doubt they let any outgoing traffic on any other port. We really feel like in a

Battery Reset for Pismo

2004-02-27 Thread Dan K
[EMAIL PROTECTED] laments: I've looked and looked all over Apple's Web Site for a and have never found one that'll work on a Pismo. Can you tell me exactly where to find it? Whoa dude, yer outa luck! For reasons that escape us all Apple has seen fit to _NOT_ support the Pismo with this utility

Airport Problem

2004-02-27 Thread Frank Cornew
Laurent: Chill. Check your solder joints on that ABS. The caps may have degraded or there may be a short between the terminals. Suspect that they are used to condition the input power for the ABS, so any shorts will be reducing the power available for running the circuits. I've replaced my

Re: Ebay G5 query

2004-02-27 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 27, 2004, at 1:54 PM, Dan K wrote: LOL, having now read through this thread from its start I've noticed no-one here has offered up an explanation of how this (obvious) scam actually works. Can it be no lister has popped for one of these 'deals'?? Last year there was a lister who lost $1200

Re: Airport Problem

2004-02-27 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 27/02/04 16:17, Frank Cornew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Laurent: Chill. Check your solder joints on that ABS. The caps may have degraded or there may be a short between the terminals. Suspect that they are used to condition the input power for the ABS, so any shorts will be reducing

Re: Ebay G5 query

2004-02-27 Thread Pat Heidingsfelder
I have also been following this thread. since it has now been brought back up, this is how I 'believe' it goes: You pay for a *spot in a pyramid type scheme. You get access to what they call ebooks. You try to get as many people as possible to go to the site and also buy into the pyramid

Re: dvd/cd/cdr replacement f/Pismo

2004-02-27 Thread Dan K
Old thread I know, just catching up . . . On 2/22/04 3:30 PM Dennis Reeder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The dvd/cd drive in my Pismo is dying (it's a slow death apparently) and I am getting tired of the death throes. Several months ago somebody recommended a Lite-On LSC 24801 or a Sony CRX820 as

Re: [OT] Problem accessing email behind firewall

2004-02-27 Thread Gavin Tiplady
mmm... certainly makes it a bit more of a challenge :-) Have you tried to make an outgoing ssh connection anyway? You might be pleasantly surprised. Try this in Terminal: ssh permanentmailbox.com That will try to go to my home network here: if you get a login prompt - or something showing

Re: [OT] Problem accessing email behind firewall

2004-02-27 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 27/02/04 17:22, Gavin Tiplady [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: mmm... certainly makes it a bit more of a challenge :-) Have you tried to make an outgoing ssh connection anyway? You might be pleasantly surprised. Try this in Terminal: ssh permanentmailbox.com That will try to go to my

Re: OT: ISPs

2004-02-27 Thread Greg Gilmore
I like Earthlink because of . . . . . . As for dropped connections, I think this is a problem with my Wall Street's modem. It doesn't happen with my Amigas using the same phone jack, same account, and an external modem for the Amigas. In my case, the instances of not getting bumped off