Re: AirPort

2004-07-02 Thread Clark Martin
At 11:21 PM -0500 7/1/04, Mark Rath, LSW, Coordinator wrote: I tried this once and got no response so - here goes again: I know very little about airport but I am slowly learning - I have a second generation iBook (indigo, firewire) and want to put an aiport card in it. I know I can't use airport

Re: AirPort

2004-07-02 Thread Zoltan Batiz
On Jul 1, 2004, at 9:21 PM, Mark Rath, LSW, Coordinator wrote: I tried this once and got no response so - here goes again: I know very little about airport but I am slowly learning - I have a second generation iBook (indigo, firewire) and want to put an aiport card in it. I know I can't use

Re: AirPort

2004-07-02 Thread Tim Hodgson
On Thu, Jul 1, 2004 at 11:21 pm -0500, Mark Rath, LSW, Coordinator wrote: I tried this once and got no response so - here goes again: I know very little about airport but I am slowly learning - I have a second generation iBook (indigo, firewire) and want to put an aiport card in it. I know I

Re: Windoze Explorer style file browser for OS X ???

2004-07-02 Thread Mikael Byström
Larry, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: especially the way the column width is restricted. guess what? In Panther, columns views column width aren't restricted. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check

Re: New Mac(s) for Work

2004-07-02 Thread Wayne
Thanks to everyone for their insightful thoughts. I have decided to go the pro route and get the G5's instead of more lower performance models. Even if the performance gap is not that dramatic or we could get by on non-pro models, in the near future the dual processors and 64 bit processing the

Re: AirPort

2004-07-02 Thread Bob
The National Enquirer reports at 1:42 AM -0700 7/2/04, Zoltan Batiz wrote: On Jul 1, 2004, at 9:21 PM, Mark Rath, LSW, Coordinator wrote: I tried this once and got no response so - here goes again: I know very little about airport but I am slowly learning - I have a second generation

Re: AirPort

2004-07-02 Thread lilyplant
Is this what I need for my pismo? Lily You'll need an Airport (non-Extreme) card, and if you want to buy one new, note that Apple have just discontinued them, so move quickly! TimH -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Pismo battery?

2004-07-02 Thread lilyplant
Anyone know where I can get one and what is a good price? An Apple tech said using my Pismo without a working battery was not good for the computer. Don't know why. The battery hasn't been working for so long don't know. I use the adaptor constantly. Thanks, Lily -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: AirPort

2004-07-02 Thread Tim Hodgson
On Fri, Jul 2, 2004 at 7:44 am -0700, lilyplant wrote: Is this what I need for my pismo? Lily You'll need an Airport (non-Extreme) card, and if you want to buy one new, note that Apple have just discontinued them, so move quickly! TimH If you want to use the internal Airport slot, yes.

Updating LInksys Firmware

2004-07-02 Thread Bob Gir.
My iBook, router and base station are described below. I found the latest update for this router's firmware but, knowing nothing about PCs, I haven't a clue as to how to go about updating the Linksys firmware. I went to the Linksys site where someone told me that there was Mac help

Re: Updating LInksys Firmware

2004-07-02 Thread Bob Salsburg
Anyone out there with a similar Linksys that can offer a little guidance, please? Bob: Versiontracker gives this link: http://www.mactechnologies.com/pages/tftpinst.html#linksys I updated mine from my Mac. Went well, but it later started dropping Earthlink connections. When I tested using the

Re: Windoze Explorer style file browser for OS X ???

2004-07-02 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jul 1, 2004, at 11:58 PM, Larry le Mac wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oh dear lord, I promise I'm not going to make any comments about your preference for Explorer. Really, I'm not. Buddha help me, my head is exploding! Thanks for the suggestion of Path Finder, I will try it.

WTB: iBook 12 Display or Bezel Brace w/Clutch

2004-07-02 Thread Jim Scott
I've got a 700 MHz G3 iBook (dual USB) with 12 display. The previous owner didn't take very good care of it, and the U-shaped titanium bezel brace inside the display is broken on either side of the clutch cover attaching screws. The previous owner tried to fix things with SuperGlue. Enough said.

Re: AirPort

2004-07-02 Thread Zoltan Batiz
On Jul 2, 2004, at 7:44 AM, lilyplant wrote: Is this what I need for my pismo? Lily You'll need an Airport (non-Extreme) card, and if you want to buy one new, note that Apple have just discontinued them, so move quickly! TimH Too Late! Just checked Apple website, and it's gone! (the 802.11b

Re: Windoze Explorer style file browser for OS X ???

2004-07-02 Thread Larry le Mac
From: Mikael Byström [EMAIL PROTECTED] especially the way the column width is restricted. guess what? In Panther, columns views column width aren't restricted. I am running X.3.4 and yes, I can alter the first columns width but not the next levels... My main gripe is that you cannot retain a deep

Re: Windoze Explorer style file browser for OS X ???

2004-07-02 Thread Larry le Mac
From: Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apple still doesn't sell two-button mice Doesn't matter who makes them. Plug one in and it's fully supported. Thus, they have copied the concept. --- in OS 9 there used to be a wonderful utility called FinderPop that would pop up the control-click menu if you

Dual Boot MDD ??? (was:Apple Still Sells OS 9 Bootable G4s ( was: Can OS 9

2004-07-02 Thread Larry le Mac
Seeing the discussion about dual boot G4s... I have an MDD G4 2x1GHz (FW 400 only) which I bought second hand without the original install CDs (where does everyone's CD disappear to ? I have never got original CDs with any second hand Mac), sorry I digress... Can this Mac boot into OS 9 ? Larry

Re: Dual Boot MDD ??? (was:Apple Still Sells OS 9 Bootable G4s ( was: Can OS 9

2004-07-02 Thread Aaron Willems
I believe it can boot OS 9, but you have to install OS 9 from the original Restore CD that came with the computer. I don't believe you can install OS 9 from an OS 9 install CD. That's a shame they lost the CD. -- Aaron Willems Can this Mac boot into OS 9 ? Larry -- G-Books is

Installing OS X on Walstreet 300MHz

2004-07-02 Thread Larry le Mac
I have just bought a Wallstreet (PDQ) 300MHz with 192MB of RAM which I am now attempting to install OS X.2 onto, however, when it has booted of the CD, as soon as the OS X screen appears (with the progress bar) the backlight switches off and cannot be revived with key-presses or

Panther on Walstreet 300MHz ???

2004-07-02 Thread Larry le Mac
I know Panther doesn't support non-USB Macs, but as always there are ways round this limitation (sometimes)... Are there ways of installing Panther on a Wallstreet ? Is it worth it from a performance point of view ? Larry _ MSN 8

Got my PowerBook!

2004-07-02 Thread Marcin Wichary
Well, at least sort of. I picked it up -- love the box, the packaging, the manuals, the design... but I ordered the British model and it came with British AC plug, which is incompatible with Dutch sockets. The battery's drained, so I can't use it yet. :I I completely forgot about this issue,

Re: Installing OS X on Walstreet 300MHz

2004-07-02 Thread Clark Martin
At 10:33 PM +0200 7/2/04, Larry le Mac wrote: I have just bought a Wallstreet (PDQ) 300MHz with 192MB of RAM which I am now attempting to install OS X.2 onto, however, when it has booted of the CD, as soon as the OS X screen appears (with the progress bar) the backlight switches off and cannot be

Re: Panther on Walstreet 300MHz ???

2004-07-02 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jul 2, 2004, at 1:34 PM, Larry le Mac wrote: I know Panther doesn't support non-USB Macs, but as always there are ways round this limitation (sometimes)... Are there ways of installing Panther on a Wallstreet ? Is it worth it from a performance point of view ? I think XPostFacto supports the

Re: Panther on Walstreet 300MHz ???

2004-07-02 Thread Bruce Johnson
Forgot to add this... It runs well on a 300 MhzG3 with the caveat that you really don't want to starve it for RAM...then it runs really poorly. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Phar macy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- G-Books is

Re: Panther on Walstreet 300MHz ???

2004-07-02 Thread John A
On Jul 2, 2004, at 3:34 PM, Larry le Mac wrote: I know Panther doesn't support non-USB Macs, but as always there are ways round this limitation (sometimes)... Are there ways of installing Panther on a Wallstreet ? Is it worth it from a performance point of view ? Larry It can be done using

Re: Got my PowerBook!

2004-07-02 Thread Bruce Mitchell
All you need is a plug adapter. The Mac adapts itself. on 7/2/04 1:42 PM, Marcin Wichary at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, at least sort of. I picked it up -- love the box, the packaging, the manuals, the design... but I ordered the British model and it came with British AC plug, which is

Re: Got my PowerBook!

2004-07-02 Thread Marcin Wichary
: All you need is a plug adapter. The Mac adapts itself. You mean a regular one from an electronic store that converts one plug/110 to another/240? Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/GUIdebook Graphical User Interface

Re: Windoze Explorer style file browser for OS X ???

2004-07-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 7/2/04 2:37 PM, Larry le Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Contextual menus predate Windows by quite a bit... Doesn't matter who did it first, fact is Windows had it as part of the OS before the Mac OS, and saying oh, but they copied it first kinda blows the Windoze stole the Mac OS

Re: Got my PowerBook!

2004-07-02 Thread Bruce Mitchell
on 7/2/04 2:16 PM, Marcin Wichary at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : All you need is a plug adapter. The Mac adapts itself. You mean a regular one from an electronic store that converts one plug/110 to another/240? No. Just a regular plug adapter, not a converter. The Mac has an internal auto

Re: My request for Digest #1806

2004-07-02 Thread Al Poulin
Does that include the listmom address at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ? Sometimes Dan Knight himself has to do something for us. lilyplant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you, Laurent. I had used the addresses at the bottom of these list messages. None worked for me. I tried again to get on

Re: Got my PowerBook!

2004-07-02 Thread Marcin Wichary
: No. Just a regular plug adapter, not a converter. The Mac has an internal : auto converter. I've traveled all over the world and never needed more than : a simple plug adapter. The power supply just plugs in to an adapter to : whatever plug is used by the host country. Ah, thanks, that's

Re: My request for Digest #1806

2004-07-02 Thread lilyplant
No, it did not include the listmom address. Who is Dan Knight. I still haven't heard from anyone from the reg. Address. I did write listmom... Thank you. Will let you know. Lily On 7/2/04 2:35 PM, Al Poulin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does that include the listmom address at: mailto:[EMAIL

Outlook express

2004-07-02 Thread lilyplant
Do any of you know how to fix a corrupt in-box. I am losing everything I open in Outlook Express. I threw the preferences folder out. Is that all I need to do. An Apple tech said something about removing mail folders and mail setting. I can't find mail folders. This program came on the OS CD. Can

Re: Got my PowerBook!

2004-07-02 Thread Bruce Mitchell
on 7/2/04 2:44 PM, Marcin Wichary at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : No. Just a regular plug adapter, not a converter. The Mac has an internal : auto converter. I've traveled all over the world and never needed more than : a simple plug adapter. The power supply just plugs in to an adapter to :

Re: Installing OS X on Walstreet 300MHz

2004-07-02 Thread B Gardner
I also had this happen. I was able to get around it by: Erase the hard drive-twice. Repartition if needed for the 8 GB exception. (Unnecessary on a HD with less than or equal to 8 GB) Run Disk Repair on the newly erased HD. (You would be surprised) Install OS X on the newly erased HD. (Install OS

Re: AirPort

2004-07-02 Thread Bob
The National Enquirer reports at 11:22 AM -0700 7/2/04, Zoltan Batiz wrote: On Jul 2, 2004, at 7:44 AM, lilyplant wrote: Is this what I need for my pismo? Lily You'll need an Airport (non-Extreme) card, and if you want to buy one new, note that Apple have just discontinued them, so

Re: Outlook express

2004-07-02 Thread michael Vogt
If you don't need your old mail or address go to http://www.microsoft.com/mac/ and Download the a new outlook express some times if you do custom install you can find just outlook express Michael Sharon Vogt On Jul 2, 2004, at 4:51 PM, lilyplant wrote: Do any of you know how to fix a corrupt

Eudora Question, from OS 9 to OS X

2004-07-02 Thread macnifico
Hi, Listers! I've been using Eudora in several computers and several versions, and I always could move my massive amount of mail (around 35 Mb) from computer to computer and from several OSes, up to OS 9.2.2. Of course I have it backed up in CD, but I like to have it on hand. Now I have a Pismo

iCab Offline Browsing ?

2004-07-02 Thread MacAddictvja
I've been trying to download websites for offline surfing, using iCab 2.9.8, on my G4 1Ghz iBook, OS X 10.3.4, 768MB RAM. I've tried downloading websites as both Web cache and Web archive (using iCab 2.9.8), but neither method is working. When I try to surf the websites offline, error messages

2 512 sticks vs. 1 1-GB stick

2004-07-02 Thread Claire Hart
I'm ordering a 17 powerbook. Should I get 2 sticks of 512 RAM, or 1 stick of 1GB RAM? Is there an advantage to spreading the 1 GB over the two slots? I'm thinking that if I do the 1GB stick in one slot, then I can add another one later and not have to mess with the one already there.

2 512 sticks vs. 1 1-GB stick

2004-07-02 Thread Claire Hart
One more question on the RAM issue. What if I get the minimum ram, a 512 stick, then order another 512 stick from Crucial later on? Will they be compatible? I don't know why I seem to have stuck in my head the idea that your RAM sticks need to match. Any advice? Again, if you are going to