Re: New PowerBook question.

2004-06-10 Thread Timothy Luoma
On 6/9/04 9:14 PM, Andrew F. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can replace both in the 15 and 17 inchers, only the 12 has the on-board memory soldered on (256MB). duuude really? Excellent. I can't remember the last time I was this happy to be wrong :-) TjL Sent using the Microsoft Entourage

Airport Parabol

2004-06-10 Thread Mikael Byström
I need to reach my network from 200 meters and with walls in between. Someone said a 2-way parabol could work. Anyone know what kind of procuct to look for and what factors to take into account? I assume such a device won't interact with my existing Apple airport card, so I need a complete

Re: Value of tiBook

2004-06-10 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 09/06/04 20:08, Mikael Byström at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: mac, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: http://www.everymac.com Look up your system and it will give you the current pricing. Way off, if you ask me. I usually feel those prices are more like one year old rather than current, when I look

Re: New PowerBook question.

2004-06-10 Thread Marcin Wichary
Thanks to all of you for quick and extensive replies. The comments on insurance and memory were especially enlightening. I still have to think about exactly which setup I want, but now it's only a question of staying within budget limits. Thank you! Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL

Re: pismo for recording

2004-06-10 Thread lily
thanks to all of you who have thoughtfully responded to my question. Lots of good information. lily on 6/9/04 11:00 AM, Seth Austen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 6/8/04 3:01 PM, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject: Re: pismo for recording From: lily [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID:

Re: Printer Sharing?

2004-06-10 Thread Timothy Luoma
On 6/9/04 11:45 PM, Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First of all, the printer is *not* a network printer. It will have to be used connected to one of the PowerBooks on the network. Secondly, I'd like to be able to do this from various Operating Systems (primarily 8.6 9.2.2, but eventually

Re: CardBus SCSI Card?

2004-06-10 Thread Jeff Hubatka
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 00:52:49 -0400 From: Dante McLean [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CardBus SCSI Card? Hello All: Here is a stupid one for you: I am suddenly finding myself wanting SCSI on the Pismo, so that I can plug in (and with luck use via OneScanner Dispatcher) an old OneScanner 600/27. I

Airport Parabol

2004-06-10 Thread Stuart Saunders
With a bit of luck you might only need one parabola (or other directional antenna) as it should amplify both the transmitted and received signals. This is based on exactly zero experience with either, though. On 11 Jun 2004, at 12:08 AM, G-Books wrote: Subject: Airport Parabol Date: Thu, 10 Jun

Re: Airport Parabol

2004-06-10 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 10, 2004, at 2:57 AM, Mikael Byström wrote: I need to reach my network from 200 meters and with walls in between. Someone said a 2-way parabol could work. Anyone know what kind of procuct to look for and what factors to take into account? I assume such a device won't interact with my

Powerbook overheating badly

2004-06-10 Thread AKR
Hi, Just wondering if anybody has had this problem with their PB. I have a 6 month old 15 AL PB. Recently, I came home and found that the PB was extremely hot to the touch. It had been in sleep mode. When I lifted it up, it had actually left two burn/char marks in the table as well as a

Re: Powerbook overheating badly

2004-06-10 Thread larry Zasitko
I don't think it should be getting that hot! Maybe the fans are not working. Mine definitely gets warm and I have seen temps at 58 or 59c but not higher than that. In sleep mode it should stay cold as nothing will be running. Time to get Apple to look at it On Jun 10, 2004, at 12:43 PM,

Re: Powerbook overheating badly

2004-06-10 Thread Larry le Mac
From: AKR [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just wondering if anybody has had this problem with their PB. I also have a 15 1GHz AlBook which gets hot, but not THAT hot! If I just run it the surface below the screen gets hot, very hot to the touch, but I have the Mac placed on a couple rubber pieces picked from

540 and 7300

2004-06-10 Thread illovox
on 6/10/04 9:08 AM, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can the PB 540c do wireless? What about the PM 7300? I know the iBook G4 can do wireless. I didn't get the airport card or Bluetooth though. I know that I will regret not getting bluetooth!! 540 can with a card cage module in the left

Re: 540 and 7300

2004-06-10 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 10, 2004, at 1:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 6/10/04 9:08 AM, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can the PB 540c do wireless? What about the PM 7300? I know the iBook G4 can do wireless. I didn't get the airport card or Bluetooth though. I know that I will regret not getting

PowerBook Wallstreet Broken Glass Sound @ Startup

2004-06-10 Thread Christopher Kolp
Does anyone have the specifics on the broken glass sound at startup? This is on a Wallstreet II. The most I've found off google.com is speculation and that it's caused by a hardware problem. Is there a more specific problem that causes this? Like bad memory? -Chris -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: PowerBook Wallstreet Broken Glass Sound @ Startup

2004-06-10 Thread Ken
My Reply follows quote. On 10/06/2004 14:33 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Does anyone have the specifics on the broken glass sound at startup? This is on a Wallstreet II. The most I've found off google.com is speculation and that it's caused by a hardware problem. Is there a more specific problem

Re: Powerbook overheating badly

2004-06-10 Thread michael_shaw
I suspect that my laptop computer never overheats. The fan has never come on. I wrote a short piece for the Double Click newsletter (either the April or May issuedownload from Files menu on the www.mause.ca website) about active and passive coolers for laptop computers. I am using the

Re: PowerBook overheating badly

2004-06-10 Thread Bob
The National Enquirer reports at 6:54 PM -0400 6/10/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I suspect that my laptop computer never overheats. The fan has never come on. I wrote a short piece for the Double Click newsletter (either the April or May issuedownload from Files menu on the www.mause.ca

Re: Printer Sharing?

2004-06-10 Thread Bob
The National Enquirer reports at 12:16 PM -0400 6/10/04, Timothy Luoma wrote: On 6/9/04 11:45 PM, Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First of all, the printer is *not* a network printer. It will have to be used connected to one of the PowerBooks on the network. Secondly, I'd like to be able to

Re: Powerbook overheating badly

2004-06-10 Thread Hugo Trottier
Take it from a Tech. Not normal. Send it in it is still under warantee. Do not hesitate. Kind Regards Hugo Trottier The Digital Dispatch On 10-Jun-04, at 2:43 PM, AKR wrote: Hi, Just wondering if anybody has had this problem with their PB. I have a 6 month old 15 AL PB. Recently, I came home

wireless usb

2004-06-10 Thread Kurt Appling
Hi all, is there yet a wireless method to use my usb printer with a TI8oo -- 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

Re: wireless usb

2004-06-10 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 10/06/04 21:31, Kurt Appling at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, is there yet a wireless method to use my usb printer with a TI8oo Through an AirPort Base Station that supports printer sharing? -Laurent. --

Re: 540 and 7300

2004-06-10 Thread Andrew Kershaw
7300 can do with an ethernet bridge ($100!). Those things (the D-Link DW-810+'s) work pretty reliably in our experience, We've used them to add some systems where there were no more jacks. Hi Bruce! Have you guys tried the ORiNOCO PCI/PC Card bridge adapters? You stick a PCMCIA card in the

Subject: Re: Powerbook overheating badly

2004-06-10 Thread Stuart Saunders
Agreed. Very not normal. Send it with pictures of burn marks - suspect no argument will be heard! On 11 Jun 2004, at 11:40 AM, G-Books wrote: Subject: Re: Powerbook overheating badly Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 21:04:24 -0400 Take it from a Tech. Not normal. Send it in it is still under warantee. Do

Re: 540 and 7300

2004-06-10 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 10/06/04 23:49, Andrew Kershaw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip!] So I'm looking for success stories about these PCI cards. Anybody got 'em? [snip!] You might get more stories from the PowerMac list... -Laurent. --

Re: 540 and 7300

2004-06-10 Thread Andrew Kershaw
You might get more stories from the PowerMac list... -Laurent. Yeah, I know it's OT here. Sadly, they were no help. Only one other lister had tried the card (same model as mine), and he had no success either. Peace, Drew -- Author of ClassicStumbler email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: