On Dec 12, 2004, at 8:05 PM, gladys pérez-almiroty wrote:
i must be dumb as can be, but i did that and erased everything on the
drive! how do i do it so that it doesn't erase x and just installs 9?
g
On Dec 12, 2004, at 11:03 AM, Tim wrote:
Are you installing it as Classic on OS X? If so, just
I have a G4 AlBook 1GHz and I am getting a 19 monitor
in order to sit correctly, looking straight forward at the
screen instead of 30 degrees downwards.
Is it possible to use the AlBook with an external screen only
and the built in screen closed, obviously with an external
keyboard and mouse ?
Are
i used the generic, but i didn't look for that option. see, dumb ;-)
On Dec 13, 2004, at 9:35 AM, John McGibney wrote:
On the OS9 install CD there should be an option to reformat the drive,
make
sure it isn't checked. Just update the drivers, this should leave your
drive
intact. Same goes for
isince i could not install it w/out booting, i installed it booting
from the os 9 cd.
On Dec 13, 2004, at 6:30 AM, Tim wrote:
On Dec 12, 2004, at 8:05 PM, gladys pérez-almiroty wrote:
i must be dumb as can be, but i did that and erased everything on the
drive! how do i do it so that it doesn't
What are the differences between a Lombard and a Pismo for running OSX
if both have a 400mhz processor?
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is there a way o install os 9 into a drive that already has x installed
w/out erasing the content of the drive? my pismo doesn't have classic i
and i would like to install it there in the off chance that i might
need it sometime.
g
On Dec 13, 2004, at 4:42 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
on
Larry,
I've got an AL15 at 1.5Ghz and routinely use it with an external monitor.
It will work either with the PowerBook lid open or closed. As to Energy
management, simply open Energy Saver from System Preferences and move all
settings to Never. However, if you are using a LCD monitor, I'd
What are the differences between a Lombard and a Pismo for running OSX?
I mean if both have a 400mhz processor.
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At 8:37 AM -0600 12/13/04, Rad Craig wrote:
What are the differences between a Lombard and a Pismo for running
OSX? I mean if both have a 400mhz processor.
SCSI vs Firewire, no Airport vs Airport slot. I don't know about the
video card. Otherwise they are the same.
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The Pismo is better, hands down. It has the faster bus speed, and a
properly supported video card (mostly, it has a couple OpenGL glitches
with large textures, but those are from fairly new apps that are written
to ignore older cards like the Rage 128). Those two alone make it
worthwhile to
Larry:
I have a 15 ALbook 1.25GHz that I routinely use as a laptop /
desktop. Presently, as a desktop, it is jacked into a 22 LCD Cinema
display (via Apple's DVI to ADC adapter) and a USB keyboard / mouse.
The following will go for an external VGA as well.
Some thoughts on this configuration:
Has anyone got any suggestions for getting my Lombard to print over my
wireless network to a Canon bubblejet printer?
I had a infowave powerprint server working but it has stopped working
and I'm trying to find other options.
The wireless network is served by a Linksys BEFW11SF wireless AP and
On Dec 13, 2004, at 9:04 AM, Larry le Mac wrote:
I have a G4 AlBook 1GHz and I am getting a 19 monitor
in order to sit correctly, looking straight forward at the
screen instead of 30 degrees downwards.
A much cheaper option would have been to get an iCurve or similar,
although I wish I had
From: Bill Gau [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- I then plug in the monitor via the DVI adapter, along with the USB
connector (the keyboard and mouse are plugged into the USB on the
Cinema Display)
-- Then I plug in any firewire devices
-- Then the audio connector
-- And lastly the power connector.
The
I bought my 17 1.5 GHz PowerBook last summer, and then installed 2 GB
of RAM a few months ago. While I am not running anything high-powered
right now, I have not noticed any improvement in going from the 512 RAM
to the 2 GB RAM. Not only that, but things are beginning to slow down,
as if my
I installed the printer drivers, installed the usb
card plus drivers, went to chooser and clicked on the
HP DeskJet 350 icon. On the right screen of the
chooser the only statement that appeared read 'select
a HP DeskJet:' this appeared above the dialog
box.Nothing appeared inside the box. (e.g.
On 13/12/04 16:16, Claire Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I bought my 17 1.5 GHz PowerBook last summer, and then installed 2 GB
of RAM a few months ago. While I am not running anything high-powered
right now, I have not noticed any improvement in going from the 512 RAM
to the 2 GB RAM. Not
However, if you are using a LCD monitor, I'd recommend
against never sleeping the monitor as you will accelerate degradation
of the
illumination lamp. I've worn out several across the past couple of
years.
This is new to me, I always assumed that the LCDs should be put to
sleep as often as
In my experience which granted, does not include 'AL'Books nor the new
keyboards that don't have a power key, is that just hook the PowerBook
up to everything with the lid closed and then use the power key on the
keyboard.
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From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcin
Wichary
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 17:57
To: G-Books
Subject: Re: G4 AlBook as a desktop ???
However, if you are using a LCD monitor, I'd recommend
against never sleeping the monitor as you will
This is new to me, I always assumed that the LCDs should be put to
sleep as often as possible in order *not* to accelerate degradation
of the illumination lamp. Could you elaborate some more?
In a tortured double-negative, what he said was he recommends against
leaving the monitor on all the
At 11:59 PM -0500 12/13/04, Gregory Cortelyou wrote:
I am probably moving up from my beloved Pismo to a Powerbook G4 or
new iBook early next year. They now come with Airport Extreme built
in and I was wondering if I can still use my software base station
setup. I have been using my G4 desktop
At 07:00 AM 12/12/2004, you wrote:
Also, as long as I am on the Pismo topic, I want to get a floppy drive
for it. I found an Apple Tech Note that says the Pismo can use the
Lombard drive modules (but not always the other way around). I was under
the impression the Lombard has a floppy drive
On Friday, December 10, 2004, at 11:34 PM, Herbert Goodfriend wrote:
I installed the MK4026-GAX and partitioned it using a full-retail
install disk of OS 10.3, but when I went to install the OS I could
not. The screen which shows available volumes had all three volumes
prohibited and showed a
To all:
I have run out of time to deliver on a Christmas Present and am in
need of an old DVD Decoder card (PCMCIA) for a Wallstreet (Apple model
M5163).
If anyone has one they want to part with, please email me off-line.
Regards,
Bill
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I was advised to leave the lid of the Powerbook open, all the way to use
the second screen for palettes and toolbars, or at least partially (about
halfway) to allow the heat to disipate (from the CPU) not the monitor. With
the lid closed the heat will rise right
I bought my 17 1.5 GHz PowerBook last summer, and then installed 2 GB
of RAM a few months ago. While I am not running anything high-powered
right now, I have not noticed any improvement in going from the 512 RAM
to the 2 GB RAM. Not only that, but things are beginning to slow down,
as if my hard
Hi all. I'm noticing the lombard I recently acquired is having quite a bit
of trouble playing diablo II in that there are frequent and significant
pauses in the game, esp when the action gets more intense. Since my machine
is well above the stated hardware requirements for the game I am
I had this game for a while and played it on my iBook
466SE with 320Mb ram. It played pretty well, a few
pauses here and there which I put down to the 66MHz
bus and the slower HDD that spins at 4200rpm.
I think this because I also had it loaded on an iMac
450MHz with a 100MHz bus and 5400 rpm
Hi,
I want to buy a USB wireless G (wifi) that plugs into a usb port on an older
(clamshell) ibook that is running OS 9.2.2 and wanted to know if anyone knows
of such product that will work with this OS.
I have found one that works with OS 10.2.8 and above (but none that i can
find seem to
On Dec 14, 2004, at 6:14 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I want to buy a USB wireless G (wifi) that plugs into a usb port on an
older
(clamshell) ibook that is running OS 9.2.2 and wanted to know if
anyone knows
of such product that will work with this OS.
I have found one that works with OS
On 13/12/04 17:29, gladys pérez-almiroty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
ok, this is the update:
the information on the drive was not erased. for some reason i could
not see it. when i tried to install os 9 again, sure enough, the hd
shoed up with all its contents. the only problem was that i could
At 6:35 AM -0800 12/14/04, Zoltan Batiz wrote:
On Dec 14, 2004, at 6:14 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I want to buy a USB wireless G (wifi) that plugs into a usb port on an older
(clamshell) ibook that is running OS 9.2.2 and wanted to know if anyone knows
of such product that will work with
On 14/12/04 09:21, Jeff Drummond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Dec 13, 2004, at 10:30 pm, Gregory Cortelyou
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am probably moving up from my beloved Pismo to a Powerbook G4 or new
iBook early next year. They now come with Airport Extreme built in and
I was wondering
I subscribe to several Lists like this one and, following the advice of more
experienced users, here's what I have come up with for my weekly maintenance
routine for my:
Dual-USB, 500MHz G3 12 iBook
640MB of RAM
10Gb IDE Hard Drive
OS 10.3.5
AirPort Card 8.2011
1. Do a Safe Boot. (Shift key)
2.
OK, thank you, but once again, I DON'T have any PROBLEMS!
Tim
On Dec 12, 2004, at 10:46 PM, Clark Martin wrote:
Exterminate all rational thought.
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On the OS9 install CD there should be an option to reformat the drive, make
sure it isn't checked. Just update the drivers, this should leave your drive
intact. Same goes for the X install CD, don't reformat.
Did you use a generic OS9 CD or did you use a CD to restore your machine?
The restore
Pismo is more upgradeable (more processor choices),
and most importantly, it has an airport slot (and
built-in antenna) and a faster system bus (100 v
66MHz).
Otherwise they are about the same. They weigh the
same, have the same form factor and share drives and
batteries, getting similar battery
I think the original OS X installation had to have OS 9 drivers
installed. Without the drivers, OS 9 can't be installed.
Turtle-Bear
On Dec 13, 2004, at 7:19 AM, gladys pérez-almiroty wrote:
is there a way o install os 9 into a drive that already has x
installed w/out erasing the content of the
I am considering an internal HD repalcement for my Pismo. Any experince
with the IBM/Hitachi 7200 rpm models?
Thanks,
Dave
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At 11:12 AM -0700 12/13/04, Bill Gau wrote:
Larry:
I have a 15 ALbook 1.25GHz that I routinely use as a laptop /
desktop. Presently, as a desktop, it is jacked into a 22 LCD Cinema
display (via Apple's DVI to ADC adapter) and a USB keyboard / mouse.
The following will go for an external VGA as
On Dec 13, 2004, at 3:56 PM, Marcin Wichary wrote:
However, if you are using a LCD monitor, I'd recommend
against never sleeping the monitor as you will accelerate degradation
of the
illumination lamp. I've worn out several across the past couple of
years.
This is new to me, I always assumed
At 3:16 PM -0600 12/13/04, Claire Hart wrote:
I bought my 17 1.5 GHz PowerBook last summer, and then installed 2
GB of RAM a few months ago. While I am not running anything
high-powered right now, I have not noticed any improvement in going
from the 512 RAM to the 2 GB RAM. Not only that, but
I really like my Hitachi 40gb 7200rpm drive. I have a Pismo 400 and my
only complaint is that I should've gotten a 60 gb. It did make a
peculiar whirring sound after about a month of use but I figured that
perhaps the whole sled had gotten jarred--I carry it on a bike quite
often--and so I
ok, this is the update:
the information on the drive was not erased. for some reason i could
not see it. when i tried to install os 9 again, sure enough, the hd
shoed up with all its contents. the only problem was that i could not
change the startup disk. the option key at startup was
One thing that comes to mind is the Airport Extreme base station as
well as the Airport Express, both have a port for a USB printer that
can be accessed by any computer on the network.
Works well for me.
Tim
On Dec 13, 2004, at 1:44 PM, Andrew in Ann Arbor wrote:
Has anyone got any suggestions
Thanks to everyone who shared their knowledge. Installation on my Lombard
started out rocky, crashing (garbled video) midway through CD1, until I
remembered all the talk about RAM here and removed my upper 256MB module.
With just the lower 256MB installed Panther went right on, and continues to
Larry:
I used first a Pismo with external keyboard, mouse and monitor (20)
with the Pismo elevated. Then moved to a TiBook same config.
I was advised to leave the lid of the Powerbook open, all the way to
use the second screen for palettes and toolbars, or at least partially
(about halfway) to
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