Re: TiBook display crisis

2004-09-30 Thread gianfranco sciacca
The briefly flashing screen, hissing sound, and uneven illumination suggests that your problem is with the inverter circuitry that drives the LCD backlight. If the other suggestions don't work out, replacing the inverter board might work ($84.50 at http://www.wegenermedia.com/titp.htm).

Re: Wallstreet LCD backlight not turning on after wake from sleep / installing OS9

2004-09-30 Thread Bob
The National Enquirer reports at 7:28 PM -0600 9/29/04, Bob wrote: The National Enquirer reports at 4:07 PM +0200 9/29/04, Mikael Byström wrote: Bob said: Somebody help me out here, I don't want to give bad advice. Will Dave be able to **boot* into OS 9 is he didn't install the OS 9

Re: Rebuilding OS X Desktop

2004-09-30 Thread K
Exactly what do these scripts do and are they absolutely necessary? I usually have the iMac on overnite...usually sleeping but never leave the Pismo on o/n...Both running 10.3.5.Is it absolutely necessary to have these things run? I usually run the Disk Repair and Repair Permissions from

Re: Rebuilding OS X Desktop

2004-09-30 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 30/09/04 08:54, K [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Exactly what do these scripts do and are they absolutely necessary? I usually have the iMac on overnite...usually sleeping but never leave the Pismo on o/n...Both running 10.3.5.Is it absolutely necessary to have these things run? I usually

Re: Rebuilding OS X Desktop

2004-09-30 Thread Tim Hodgson
On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 8:54 am -0400, K wrote: Exactly what do these scripts do and are they absolutely necessary? I usually have the iMac on overnite...usually sleeping but never leave the Pismo on o/n...Both running 10.3.5.Is it absolutely necessary to have these things run? I can't

Re: Wallstreet LCD backlight not turning on after wake from sleep / installing OS9

2004-09-30 Thread George Mogiljansky
My two cents' worth: it depends if during the OSX install you checked install OS9 drivers. But I've been told to format drives intended for OSX using the OS 9 version of Disk Drive Set-up. Best George --- Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If a person already has his drive partitioned into 2

Re: Another strange problem...

2004-09-30 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 29/09/04 21:34, Mikael Byström [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marcin Wichary said: By the way, for all the bad things you can say about Windows, you can navigate it perfectly using just the keyboard... How do you like mouse keys? You'll find it at System Preferences - Universal Access -

Re: Another strange problem...

2004-09-30 Thread Marcin Wichary
How do you like mouse keys? You'll find it at System Preferences - Universal Access - Mouse - Mouse Keys I know it, it is useful at times at both Windows and Mac machines, but it is essentially a big and ugly workaround. Nothing beats being able to Tab between dialog elements, use Alt shortcuts

Re: Another strange problem...

2004-09-30 Thread Marcin Wichary
Did you also try Full Keyboard Access? It's in Keyboard and Mouse system pref pane. It works well except for the dumb, 2nd citizen class Carbon ports (IOW, it works for Cocoa apps)... I have it on all the time. But maybe I'm missing something crucial? Let me give you an example. In Photoshop

Wireless Driver Needed

2004-09-30 Thread Sam Strong
Hi All - We ordered two of the Roamabout Wireless cards from Wegener Media and now my wife can't locate the install CD that we used to install the drivers on her PISMO and I'm trying to put a card into a Wallstreet here in my classroom. Of course her Pismo is running OS X and the Wallstreet OS 9

Blue screen

2004-09-30 Thread erikness
My dual-USB book (running 10.3.5; 600 MHz; 384 MB RAM) is starting to act a little strange. Twice now, when doing a restart, the screen has just gone to blue (and only blue) and stayed there. I've had to do a hard-restart (power button down for 5 seconds to turn off, power button to stop). Any

Re: Another strange problem...

2004-09-30 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 30/09/04 11:33, Marcin Wichary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you also try Full Keyboard Access? It's in Keyboard and Mouse system pref pane. It works well except for the dumb, 2nd citizen class Carbon ports (IOW, it works for Cocoa apps)... I have it on all the time. But maybe I'm

Re: Another strange problem...

2004-09-30 Thread Tim Hodgson
On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 5:33 pm +0200, Marcin Wichary wrote: Let me give you an example. In Photoshop there's an option called Image Size... in Image menu. It does not have a keyboard shortcut. On Windows, I can press Alt-I and then I to chose it. It's quick and efficient. On Mac OS, the best

Automation... (Was: Another strange problem...)

2004-09-30 Thread erikness
Is there an utility that'd let me do the Windows trick on Mac OS? iKey can do a huge amount of automation. I used it for a little while, but in 10.3.x Applescript can emulate menu items; Applescripts can be launched from many venerable aps such as iKey or DragThing. (Latter is how I do

Re: adding RAM

2004-09-30 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Sep 29, 2004, at 4:08 PM, Clark Martin wrote: At 3:29 PM -0500 9/29/04, Alan C.Magnus wrote: Can you believe this? MacCenter is an Authorised Apple dealer. I have a client who needed a windoze laptop and they bought a Gateway (on my recommendation yet). They couldn't ship it configured with a

Re: Airport setup

2004-09-30 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Sep 29, 2004, at 7:24 PM, Bob wrote: It can be run via Ethernet but I'm not sure if the software can be installed under 8.6... I'm not sure what you mean by airport base station control, Bruce. Do you mean configuring or changing the ABS settings? Or do you mean turning the ABS modem on off?

WS LCD backlight prob - fixed; no OS9 boot, though

2004-09-30 Thread Dave NovaK
You know what, I'm not sure I asked this very clearly in the first=20 place. Let me elucidate. The answer may still be the same, but=20 question is slightly different. :-) If a person already has his drive partitioned into 2 partitions. If=20 he has already installed OS X, but didn't install the

Re: Command key

2004-09-30 Thread Claire Hart
I had to get out of the habit of saying open apple or closed apple (for those from the Apple II days). :) I was a Commodore user and my wife had Apples in school...Always did and still do call it Open Apple.. Same here. What was the Closed-Apple became Option. There is an actual name for the

Re: adding RAM

2004-09-30 Thread Claire Hart
I've bought a 1GB chip from NewEgg.com for $202.50 USD (shipping included), btw. I put it in and it has been working fine since then. Crucial should be fine as well. I don't know what is wrong with their chips, though. They should work if they are really the specs that you mention above. One

Re: adding RAM

2004-09-30 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 30/09/04 14:36, Claire Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip!] Also, I've never heard of Kingmax memory. Again, I'm not a techie. Four years ago everyone was saying how great Crucial was, so I ordered from them, popped the RAM into my iMac, and never ever had a problem. But I don't see the

Re: Rebuilding OS X Desktop

2004-09-30 Thread MMB
Hi: Thanks all who have been so reassuring re the repairing permissions on OSX. For those with lingering doubts, look up MacJanitor, read up on it and then download it. I did that and ran it. What a neat seamless operation. Love it. Praise to the developer who offers it for free to folk like

FW: Re: iSync and .Mac account problem...

2004-09-30 Thread simon goslin
G'day, My iSync and .Mac problem is no more... Check out: www.mac.com and you'll see why. Thanks for warning in advance us Apple! 250mb (125mb email, 125mb iDisk) storage limit and 10mb email attachment is way over due. It just goes to show what people power can do as this forum has been going

Lombard Processor or Processor Upgrade

2004-09-30 Thread Lynn Kendall
The cache memory has gone on my Lombard, so I need to (A) replace the processor card, (B) get an upgrade card that can replace the processor card, or (C) part it out and hope to find a better laptop for a reasonable price. (C) is unlikely, since I'm unemployed and don't have any spare money. So:

ORiNOCO Gold 802.11b/a

2004-09-30 Thread Mikael Byström
Any warnings for using the ORiNOCO Gold Wireless 802.11b/a Combo LAN Card http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi? PAGE=PROFRAMEPROD_ID=737852 in the titanium powerbooks? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished

Re: Rebuilding OS X Desktop

2004-09-30 Thread Mikael Byström
MMB said: Thanks all who have been so reassuring re the repairing permissions on OSX. It should be noted that while important, repairing permissions in OS X does not perform a similar task as rebuilding the desktop does in OS 9. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...

Re: Blue screen

2004-09-30 Thread Mikael Byström
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Any ideas about what's going on Sound like you may need to reinstall the OS actually. But try first with another user and see if the problem goes away. If they do, run Prefscheck on your problem users prefs folder to find the culprits. If none found, remove the

Substitute for a Airport card (!)

2004-09-30 Thread Bruce Johnson
Ran across a reference at http://www.accelerateyourmac.com/archives/sep04/091704.html#S18083 to using a Sony Vaio wireless card as a substitute for an Airport card. Don't know how available those Vaio cards are, though... -- Bruce Johnson This is the sig who says 'Ni!' -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re Wireless Driver

2004-09-30 Thread Kenneth Vann
For all you wireless driver needs go to my FAQ page at http://home.earthlink.net/~kjvann/ Your cards work with the Orinoco 7.2 driver under OS 8.6 to 9.2.2 and the SourgeForce driver under OS X. Earler drivers are available if needed. Both drivers are free. Ken Vann Hi All - We ordered two

Re: Substitute for a Airport card (!)

2004-09-30 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 30/09/04 20:03, Bruce Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ran across a reference at http://www.accelerateyourmac.com/archives/sep04/091704.html#S18083 to using a Sony Vaio wireless card as a substitute for an Airport card. Don't know how available those Vaio cards are, though... --

Re: adding RAM

2004-09-30 Thread Claire Hart
Trust me, Claire! -Laurent. O.k.If you say so. Claire -- 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 Mac

Re: Substitute for a Airport card (!)

2004-09-30 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Ran across a reference at http://www.accelerateyourmac.com/archives/sep04/091704.html#S18083 to using a Sony Vaio wireless card as a substitute for an Airport card. Don't know how available those Vaio cards are, though... Bruce, That story is nothing new. In fact, it's been known for a very

Re: OSX and re-building desktop?

2004-09-30 Thread Bob
The National Enquirer reports at 8:50 AM +1000 9/29/04, MMB wrote: Hi: I am a long-time Mac owner and have kept my previous machines happy by regular desktop re-building. I have been using my Powerbook G4 867 for three months now and I am concerned. SOme cleaning up and tidying must be needed

Re: Airport setup

2004-09-30 Thread Bob
The National Enquirer reports at 9:53 AM -0700 9/30/04, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Sep 29, 2004, at 7:24 PM, Bob wrote: It can be run via Ethernet but I'm not sure if the software can be installed under 8.6... I'm not sure what you mean by airport base station control, Bruce. Do you mean

Re: OSX and re-building desktop?

2004-09-30 Thread Kathryn Odell
What a bummer! Thanks for the info. Kate On Sep 28, 2004, at 9:45 PM, Bob wrote: Do these daily maintenance tasks run if the computer is sleeping? No, it needs to up and running. That's why some people prefer to either perform them manually, or have another utility do them at a more convenient

Re: WS LCD backlight prob - fixed; no OS9 boot, though

2004-09-30 Thread Bob
The National Enquirer reports at 5:18 PM + 9/30/04, Dave NovaK wrote: You know what, I'm not sure I asked this very clearly in the first=20 place. Let me elucidate. The answer may still be the same, but=20 question is slightly different. :-) If a person already has his drive partitioned

Re: Wallstreet LCD backlight not turning on after wake from sleep / installing OS9

2004-09-30 Thread Bob
The National Enquirer reports at 6:55 AM -0700 9/30/04, George Mogiljansky wrote: But I've been told to format drives intended for OSX using the OS 9 version of Disk Drive Set-up. Noo. OS X gives you the option of installing OS 9 drivers at the beginning of the format stage. Bob -- If

Re: Rebuilding OS X Desktop

2004-09-30 Thread Harry D . Corsover
On Sep 30, 2004, at 6:54 AM, K wrote: I usually run the Disk Repair and Repair Permissions from the original Panther disk in addition to Disk Warrior 3.2 about once a month. A note about the above. Repair Permissions should be run from the copy of Disk Utility on the hard drive, NOT the

Re: Rebuilding OS X Desktop

2004-09-30 Thread Bob
The National Enquirer reports at 8:54 AM -0400 9/30/04, K wrote: Exactly what do these scripts do and are they absolutely necessary? I usually have the iMac on overnite...usually sleeping but never leave the Pismo on o/n...Both running 10.3.5.Is it absolutely necessary to have these things

Re: Rebuilding OS X Desktop

2004-09-30 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 30/09/04 23:58, Harry D. Corsover at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 30, 2004, at 6:54 AM, K wrote: I usually run the Disk Repair and Repair Permissions from the original Panther disk in addition to Disk Warrior 3.2 about once a month. A note about the above. Repair Permissions

Re: Substitute for a Airport card (!)

2004-09-30 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 30/09/04 21:49, Andrew Kershaw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ran across a reference at http://www.accelerateyourmac.com/archives/sep04/091704.html#S18083 to using a Sony Vaio wireless card as a substitute for an Airport card. Don't know how available those Vaio cards are, though...

Re: Substitute for a Airport card (!)

2004-09-30 Thread Andrew Kershaw
I think that the card Bruce was talking about was thought to replace an AirPort Extreme card, not the older regular AirPort card... -Laurent Lots of people have made that same assumption. It is incorrect. The PCWA-C150(S) is an 802.11b WaveLAN Gold-based PC Card. Actually, it's the internal