Re: My wallstreet and its booting

2004-09-26 Thread Mikael Byström
Dan Palka said: Brand new hard drive. Didn't fix the problem. OK , a PMU reset, How do I do this on the Wallstreet? From PowerBook and iBook: Resetting Power Manager: PowerBook G3 Series (M4753) 1. If the computer is on, turn it off. 2. Simultaneously press Shift-Fn (function)-Ctrl

Re: My wallstreet and its booting

2004-09-26 Thread Mikael Byström
Andrew Kershaw said: I suspect replacing the PRAM battery will solve the problem, but I haven't bothered. I don't think this is the reason, but I suppose it could if boot settings in NVRAM is needed and the backup battery is totally dead. Hmm, I had an upgrade card that wouldn't work before I

ibook burning DVD's

2004-09-26 Thread Polkadoter
Hi have a 900mhz ibook (white) with OSX (panther). It has an internal CD-RW. I just bought ilife'04 and want to burn DVD's. I'm sure I have to/and probably want to go the external firewire enclosure route. Can someone please tell me how I would go about this. TIA Linda -- G-Books is

Re: My wallstreet and its booting

2004-09-26 Thread Dan Palka
On Sep 26, 2004, at 6:25 AM, Mikael Byström wrote: The key your refer to as Flower is called Command. Yes I know thank you. Just bad habit picked up from the people who originally got me to switch to Macintosh many many years ago. More people say flower than you might expect. -- G-Books is

Re: My wallstreet and its booting

2004-09-26 Thread Dan Palka
Come to think of it, wasn't that listed in a Mac addict recently as one of the like six different names that people have given the Command key in the last 20 years? On Sep 26, 2004, at 9:48 AM, Dan Palka wrote: The key your refer to as Flower is called Command. Yes I know thank you. Just bad

Re: Command key

2004-09-26 Thread Travis Martin
Really? Do you remember any of he other five? I've called it cloverleaf for years to tell non-Mac people how to do something...was that on the list? I'd like to see the whole list On Sunday, September 26, 2004, at 10:02 AM, Dan Palka wrote: Come to think of it, wasn't that listed in a Mac

Re: Command key

2004-09-26 Thread Dan Palka
I'll have to find that list. I STILL tell people flower, since command doesn't connect with any image on the keyboard, though usually just my friends who don't have Macs and probably won't, who happen to be typing a paper at my house cause their 3 year old Dell doesn't work right, and they need

Re: Command key

2004-09-26 Thread Dan Palka
Heres a link to a low end mac article that's kindof intersting, although I can't find the Macaddict one. The Macaddict one wasn't even an article really, just a blurb 'Some alternative names with the names listed. http://lowendmac.com/lab/02/0718.html On Sep 26, 2004, at 10:17 AM, Dan Palka

OSX opening OS 9

2004-09-26 Thread goodidea
Hello, Being a low-end user I have just installed an english OSX on my G3 iBook which already had a Dutch version of OS 9.2.2 installed. When I try to open a program that needs OS9 to operate I get the error message: os 9 does not have translated versions of the files it needs to update

Re: My wallstreet and its booting

2004-09-26 Thread Clark Martin
At 4:46 PM -0600 9/25/04, Andrew Kershaw wrote: Alright, some clarity and things I have tried that have not solved this issue. It's NOT the memory test - I've got that disabled on all my Macs. One of my Wallstreets (originally 233/512k) has been upgraded to a PowerLogix 466 w/ 384 MB of RAM.

Re: ibook burning DVD's

2004-09-26 Thread Steve Fuller
Hi have a 900mhz ibook (white) with OSX (panther). It has an internal CD-RW. I just bought ilife'04 and want to burn DVD's. I'm sure I have to/and probably want to go the external firewire enclosure route. Can someone please tell me how I would go about this. Here's what *I* did. A)

Re: OSX opening OS 9

2004-09-26 Thread Steve Fuller
Being a low-end user I have just installed an english OSX on my G3 iBook which already had a Dutch version of OS 9.2.2 installed. When I try to open a program that needs OS9 to operate I get the error message: os 9 does not have translated versions of the files it needs to update system-map

Re: My wallstreet and its booting

2004-09-26 Thread macdaniel3400c
Try setting the Startup Disk. If it's not set in the PRAM then the computer has to search for it. And IIRC that means waiting for a floppy and then each of seven possible SCSI drives before it tries the IDE drive. Note that if their is no drive it takes longer as it has to wait for a

Re: Powered firewire PCMCIA card

2004-09-26 Thread illovox
But Brian, if your FW port is dead, how can you attach your hub to it? Also, why would a hub prevent a Motherboard port from dying? Respectfully I ask, Run Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 01:51:51 -0400 From: Brian Scott Oplinger [EMAIL

Re: Powered firewire PCMCIA card

2004-09-26 Thread Brian Scott Oplinger
But Brian, if your FW port is dead, how can you attach your hub to it? Also, why would a hub prevent a Motherboard port from dying? Respectfully I ask, You seemed to misunderstand a few things. 1) A FW hub will protect a *good* FW port, not a dead port like the user who started this thread was

Re: ibook burning DVD's

2004-09-26 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 26/09/04 12:24, Steve Fuller at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi have a 900mhz ibook (white) with OSX (panther). It has an internal CD-RW. I just bought ilife'04 and want to burn DVD's. I'm sure I have to/and probably want to go the external firewire enclosure route. Can someone please

Re: My wallstreet and its booting

2004-09-26 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 26/09/04 14:52, macdaniel3400c at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try setting the Startup Disk. If it's not set in the PRAM then the computer has to search for it. And IIRC that means waiting for a floppy and then each of seven possible SCSI drives before it tries the IDE drive. Note that if

VGA adapter for iBook

2004-09-26 Thread CJ
Hi, I to mirror the output from my iceBook/500 onto a LCD projector. I cannot find the adapter for the iBook's prapritary RGB out port on eBay. Does anyone have the part # or maybe one to sell to me? Also, I tried to plug a 3-RCA Cable from a SONY camcorder into the iBook's A/V out slot, only to