PB G4 667 DVI backup battery only with PMU-card

2004-10-10 Thread Mikael Byström
I seem to lack the proper manual, but isn't it odd that a place like Wegenermedia only want to sell the backup battery for the Powerbook G4 667 DVI only with the PMU board? Are they fused as one item physically or it just an Apple repair/spare part thing? Would it be feasible to get just the

Re: Anyone here use virtual PC?

2004-10-10 Thread Darkwolf45
Thanks, that did the trick- I'm now running Win 2K pro on my ibook, and it seems to be running great. One thing though, I wouldn't really call it a problem, since I'm sure that VPC wasn't designed with this in mind, but I'd like to know what I can do jsut the same: I'd like to run an older

Re: Anyone here use virtual PC?

2004-10-10 Thread Steve Fuller
jsut the same: I'd like to run an older game, five years old to be exact, and the VPC software doesn't seem to be recognizing my vid card as a 3D card. I'm quite aware that VPC wasn't intedned as a gaming platform, but I had hoped to also use it to run my very old copy of Starfleet Command.

Re: 'New' Pismo probs.

2004-10-10 Thread Stuart Saunders
Thanks for your suggestions Laurent. Swapping bits between the old and new Pismos, I have isolated two separate problems; the interminable boot seems to be a HD cable problem, so will try to fix or get a new cable. But the PMU needs to be reset every time I restart otherwise I don't get any

Re: Anyone here use virtual PC?

2004-10-10 Thread Timothy Luoma
On Oct 10, 2004, at 7:19 PM, Steve Fuller wrote: jsut the same: I'd like to run an older game, five years old to be exact, and the VPC software doesn't seem to be recognizing my vid card as a 3D card. I'm quite aware that VPC wasn't intedned as a gaming platform, but I had hoped to also use

Re: Anyone here use virtual PC?

2004-10-10 Thread Steve Fuller
Make sure you install the VPC extensions into your Windows virtual machine. However, it won't help any. I think all VPC emulates non-accelerated video card. Games are going to suck performance wise. Pre-release hype was that VPC7 was going to make this better, but I don't think it'll ever be

Re: 'New' Pismo probs.

2004-10-10 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 10/10/04 20:52, Stuart Saunders at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for your suggestions Laurent. Swapping bits between the old and new Pismos, I have isolated two separate problems; the interminable boot seems to be a HD cable problem, so will try to fix or get a new cable. But the PMU