Re: Blue Screen Pismo death

2004-03-14 Thread Mikael Byström
John, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I then remembered the reset switch, held it in for 10 seconds and then restarted. This time the HD cycled through a normal bootup, but both screens remain black. I'm guess the video section has fried, but don't know much about it--like is it separate from the

Can't boot from CD

2004-03-14 Thread Don P.
on Startup of my Lombard I get a black screen with this message: /etc/master.passwd: Not a directory /etc/master.passwd: Not a directory -sh: /etc/profle: Not a directory -sh-2.05b# ADB present : 8c I cannot do an alternate Startup with any key combination despite having a eDrive Partition

Wallstreet max ram?

2004-03-14 Thread Rad Craig
What is the max amount of ram you can put in a Wallstreet? Rad... -- 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

Pismo startup Issue

2004-03-14 Thread steve
Greetings I am having a problem with a much loved stock 400 Pismo, running Panther, that hopefully someone can offer some advice. The unit will not turn on, no lights, no beeps nothing, DEAD. I reseat the CPU, it will start up, I can shut it down and restart it, it will go into sleep mode and

VPC on a g4 12inch..

2004-03-14 Thread Jason R
Im thinking of trading in my PC box for VPC, and using it on a g4 12in powerbook DVI, does anyone here have any experience with the speed of VPC on this platform for basic things? (I only need it for a few Programs that dont run on Mac, mostly simple things, and the occasional webpage that

Re: VPC on a g4 12inch..

2004-03-14 Thread Gladys Pérez-Almiroty
jason: if you don't mean games, cads, or the like, but just basic software, it will be ok. slow, but you can live with it. i am more familiar with vps 5 running windows 98. i have been told not to do xp, and i have taken it by faith. hope it helps, gladys On Mar 15, 2004, at 12:11 AM, Jason R

Re: VPC on a g4 12inch..

2004-03-14 Thread Andrew
I have VPC 6.1 on my 12 1GHz with Windows 2000 installed. It is a bit slow at times, but I've only got 384MB on my Mac (until my 512MB module arrives from Crucial tomorrow). I use it for Internet Explorer 6, which is required by one website I use for school, and to install music on my Sony

Re: VPC on a g4 12inch..

2004-03-14 Thread Jason R
Well, that is the sort of use i am going to have, I need to use some programs that I cannot find for mac, like the one the Air Force uses to fill out forms, and other government types of things. I was thinking win2k is good, since that is all they have at my worksite, but since i dont plan on

Re: VPC on a g4 12inch..

2004-03-14 Thread Andrew
I haven't tried XP on VPC yet, but I have used it on low-powered PC laptops. On a Pentium II 300MHz, XP was acceptable, but only if all of the eye candy is turned off. Still, it was noticeably slower than 2000 on that machine. For example, I could play a DVD (PowerDVD 2.5 - a software

Re: VPC on a g4 12inch..

2004-03-14 Thread Jason R
Sounds sensible, as i really only want to use it for the few things i cant get around using that are windows only. gotta love that the only people I know who use windows only programs are the US Air Force, and they are sposed to be high tech... On Mar 14, 2004, at 22:19, Andrew wrote: I

Re: VPC on a g4 12inch..

2004-03-14 Thread Hal
I concur. I run VPC with windows 2000 on an iBook 900mHz G3 without problems. I only use for a couple windows-specific apps that I need. No games. I've been using VPC since version 3 on Powerbooks since the Wallstreet G3s. It's been a great solution. On Mar 14, 2004, at 10:31 PM, Jason R

Re: VPC on a g4 12inch..

2004-03-14 Thread Jason R
so it seems like im pretty much going to go with the VPC, as soon as I can cough up the cash, thanks for the info, everyone:-) On Mar 14, 2004, at 22:52, Hal wrote: I concur. I run VPC with windows 2000 on an iBook 900mHz G3 without problems. I only use for a couple windows-specific apps that I

Re: Wallstreet max ram?

2004-03-14 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 14/03/04 22:17, Rad Craig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the max amount of ram you can put in a Wallstreet? Rad... I think it's 512MB... -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin