Re: Wireless Condo. . .

2004-06-18 Thread Paul Kurtz
Let's see... You will likely need to set up the router to send the DSL modem your name and password to log onto the network, and your router may, or may not do this, even with an upgrade. Most do, but I'm not sure about some older ones. I would suggest keeping the router, since it's setup,

Pismo Boot CD, wireless, etc.

2004-06-18 Thread Dan Colwell
A few things: I use BootCD (v0.6) for OS X. Up until recently there was no OS X version, but I just tried it again and although it took some time (6+ minutes), it worked. (another reason for me not to partition...) I have an airport card and a Belkin wireless router with an iMac and my son's

Re: Using Apple DVD-Rom ATA/IDE drive/Wallstreet II?

2004-06-18 Thread Mikael Byström
Jeff, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: the 400mhz (Lombard) model has a decoder chip on the motherboard. Doesn't that apply to Pipsmo as well? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for

Re: More wireless questions - Pismo Bronze

2004-06-18 Thread Tim Hodgson
On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 7:58 pm -0700, Jeff Hubatka wrote: Routers are generally set up through a web browser, and don't need specific drivers. Just to set this thread off on yet another tangent :), it's worth bearing in mind when shopping for routers that although router admin is normally

Re: Another Wireless Question

2004-06-18 Thread Peter DeAth
On 18 Jun, 2004, at 02:31, G-Books wrote: A Pismo has only an internal regular AirPort card slot. AirPort (the 1st generation) only supports 802.11b. If you want to use 802.11g, then you will need to buy a 3rd party card and make sure they provide a driver for the OS you want to use it with.

Re: More wireless questions - Pismo Bronze

2004-06-18 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 18/06/04 07:58, Tim Hodgson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 7:58 pm -0700, Jeff Hubatka wrote: Routers are generally set up through a web browser, and don't need specific drivers. Just to set this thread off on yet another tangent :), it's worth bearing in mind

Re: Another Wireless Question

2004-06-18 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 18/06/04 08:16, Peter DeAth at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Laurent and all, I hesitate to contribute further to this long thread, BUT, I have spoken to Buffalo (UK) this a.m. and their Tech guys say that a Buffalo WLI-CB-G54A Airstation PCMCIA Card (802.11g and backwards compatible to

Re: More wireless questions - Pismo Bronze

2004-06-18 Thread Peter Chastain
I use a D-Link DWL-122 USB adapter for wireless; it requires software (included of course) which it installs as a pref. pane. It looks like a USB keydrive, but comes with a USB extension cord, so one can hang it from on high if necessary, for better reception. I use it when I'm on the road

Re: Using Apple DVD-Rom ATA/IDE drive/Wallstreet II?

2004-06-18 Thread Jeff Hubatka
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mikael=20Bystr=F6m?= [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Using Apple DVD-Rom ATA/IDE drive/Wallstreet II? Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 13:57:29 +0200 Jeff, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: the 400mhz (Lombard) model has a decoder chip on the motherboard. Doesn't that apply to Pipsmo as well? All

Re: Another Wireless Question

2004-06-18 Thread Alan C . Magnus
On Jun 18, 2004, at 8:14 am, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 18/06/04 08:16, Peter DeAth at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Laurent and all, I hesitate to contribute further to this long thread, BUT, I have spoken to Buffalo (UK) this a.m. and their Tech guys say that a Buffalo WLI-CB-G54A Airstation

Re: Pismo question - Boot from CD?

2004-06-18 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 17, 2004, at 5:55 PM, Imal Tornapart wrote: This is a really cool, well-integrated machine. It picked up my digicam right off the bat with OS's own drivers, which is more than Widnows 2000 could do. You will find, again and again, that this is the prime virtue of the Mac Way; things

Re: Pismo question - Boot from CD?

2004-06-18 Thread Roger Shufflebottom
At 9:39 am -0700 18/6/04, Bruce Johnson wrote: Then a dialog pops up saying What do you want to happen when you plug in this card and offers a list of options: start Windows Media Player, do this, do that. Which it never seems to remember . . . -- With best wishes, Roger Shufflebottom -- G-Books

Re: Pismo question - Boot from CD?

2004-06-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 6/18/04 12:39 PM, Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You will find, again and again, that this is the prime virtue of the Mac Way; things that work, just work no fuss, no muss, no unneeded user intervention required. An example. We use our sandisk 256 meg USB sticks *constantly*

Powerlogix Pismo upgrade

2004-06-18 Thread Leslie Burkholder
Powerlogix has a new upgrade available for the Pismo CPU. The new upgrade is a G3 750gx running at 900mhz with 1mb internal L2 cache. An old upgrade available from Powerlogix was a G3 750fx running at 800 or 900mhz with .512mb internal L2 cache No performance benchmarks comparing these are

Powersupply for my TiBook 550mhz

2004-06-18 Thread Gabriel Diamond
Hello List, I am looking for an economical replacement for Apple part 611-0304 Powersupply for my TiBook 550mhz.. I'm also interested in doubling the ram to a Gigabyte, adding an airport card, and maybe adding bluetooth... I love the idea of using my cell phone and PowerBook in tandem. Thanks

G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com

2004-06-18 Thread Andrew in Ann Arbor
[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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! |

Re: G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com

2004-06-18 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 18/06/04 21:16, Andrew in Ann Arbor at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? I don't know... -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin

powerbook/ibook reccomendation?

2004-06-18 Thread Andrew King
Hello list I've been commissioned to find a MAC powerbook or ibook for my sister. She's an artist and needs a little more power than the 520 powerbook for word processing, spread sheets, photo editing and e-mail/web browsing. I had been thinking an ibook might provide more horsepower per

Re: powerbook/ibook reccomendation?

2004-06-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 6/18/04 10:19 PM, Andrew King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello list I've been commissioned to find a MAC powerbook or ibook for my sister. So, I'm guessing you use WINDOWS? Most of us on this list use Macs. All modern computers have a MAC. She's an artist and needs a little more power than

Re: powerbook/ibook reccomendation?

2004-06-18 Thread William Wiseman
I've been commissioned to find a MAC powerbook or ibook for my sister. She's an artist and needs a little more power than the 520 powerbook for word processing, spread sheets, photo editing and e-mail/web browsing. I had been thinking an ibook might provide more horsepower per doller. She's

An internal CDRW for Wallstreet powerbook

2004-06-18 Thread Matt Patoray
Hi all, I have been wondering if it is possible to install a PC type CDRW drive in the case for the 20x CD-ROM drive in a wallstreet G3 powerbook? And if so what models do you recommend. Matt -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com