Re: Wallstreet

2005-01-02 Thread Bob
The National Enquirer reports at 11:16 PM -0800 1/1/05, Ken wrote: My Reply follows quote. On 01/01/2005 18:54 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Just checked the User Manual. No mention of turning off for Printers. Shut down of sleep for modems. WARNING When connecting SCSI equipment, always turn

Re: Video problems on WS I

2005-01-02 Thread James Sanderson
Forgot about this issue with the 13 WSI. I should have specified that the computer in question is a 12.1. On 1 Jan 2005, at 23:58, Mikael Byström wrote: If it's a 13 and the problem kind of phases in, then it's most likely the display cable that needs replacing (or at least being reinserted).

Greetings

2005-01-02 Thread mlh/home
Good morning, New list member here, just saying hello. I'm located in Reading, which is in the south east of England. I'm pretty new to my iBook too - its a 12 G4 800 MHz machine fitted with an airport extreme card installed with the latest version of Mac Office but otherwise is standard. As

Re: Less is more or Bigger is better (off-topic)

2005-01-02 Thread Marcin Wichary
What I'm waiting for is wearables to happen with floating 20 images in glasses. We've all been there with the Virtual Reality Craze of last decade... I still remember 16-page booklets containing just disclaimers of how these kind of glasses can damage your eyes/make you vomit/turn you into a

WS I and sleep

2005-01-02 Thread James Sanderson
Here is something I have discovered and would never have thought to do so! I have, as I have mentioned, a WS I/ 233/288. I had a couple of familiar problems with it: not waking from sleep and the random but annoying video white out. I assumed that the issue was a PMU that needed replacing

iBook vs. PB etc.

2005-01-02 Thread Aase Marit Waage
Hi all, I am new on this list... Just what I needed right now... :) I have had different Power Books since my very first one back in 1992. Right now I have a Pismo, one of the few ones with a bronze keyboard and FireWire, it is a 400Mhz G3, running sys 9.2. It is getting on my nerves now

Re: Less is more or Bigger is better

2005-01-02 Thread Greg Wallace
I have an old MAC-SE. I'm going to put a handle on it and I already have a cover I can cut a hole in it so the handle comes through. Does anyone have any ideas on where I could find a battery for it? Claire Hart wrote: Personally, I bought my 12 to use as a true portable, a decision I have

Re: Greetings

2005-01-02 Thread michael Vogt
I would put in as much Ram as you can I think its PC2100 DDR ram that goes in it go to www.ramseeker.com Michael Sharon Vogt On Jan 2, 2005, at 3:21 AM, mlh/home wrote: I'm pretty new to my iBook too - its a 12 G4 800 MHz machine fitted with an airport extreme card installed with the latest

Re: Less is more or Bigger is better

2005-01-02 Thread Fabian Fang
On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 09:17:25 -0500, Greg Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an old MAC-SE. I'm going to put a handle on it and I already have a cover I can cut a hole in it so the handle comes through. Does anyone have any ideas on where I could find a battery for it? A post about

Re: iBook vs. PB etc.

2005-01-02 Thread MTH
On Jan 2, 2005, at 8:13 AM, Aase Marit Waage wrote: Hi all, I am new on this list... Just what I needed right now... :) I have had different Power Books since my very first one back in 1992. Right now I have a Pismo, one of the few ones with a bronze keyboard and FireWire, it is a 400Mhz G3,

Re: iBook vs. PB etc.

2005-01-02 Thread Marcin Wichary
One more thing. This one has a Danish keyboard, which might be slightly different from the Norwegian one. It has the exact same characters, but a couple of them is placed differently. Can you change such things? By defining the keyboard differently and maybe switching around the key's? I'd

Re: RAM for G4 iBook ( was: Greetings )

2005-01-02 Thread Al Poulin
Here's one idea on how to be very specific about RAM versions. Go to the Crucial.com web site. Enter you specific model iBook. Then match up the specs given by Crucial with the details on your SODIMM. Other web sites such as OWC (Other World Computing) and vendors advertising at

Re: Less is more or Bigger is better

2005-01-02 Thread Al Poulin
Is this also true after the first year warrantee expires, while the machine is under AppleCare? Thanks, Kyle Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/1/05 9:29 AM, Andrew F. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Bigger hard drive is always easy, and 1.33 vs 1.22GHz should be unnooticeable.

Re: iBook vs. PB etc.

2005-01-02 Thread Aase Marit Waage
One more thing. This one has a Danish keyboard, which might be slightly different from the Norwegian one. It has the exact same characters, but a couple of them is placed differently. Can you change such things? By defining the keyboard differently and maybe switching around the key's? I'd

Re: Wallstreet

2005-01-02 Thread Ken
My Reply follows quote. On 02/01/2005 00:20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: The bottom line is no, you don't have to shut down (or even put to sleep) your Wallstreet when adding or removing ADB mice or keyboards or expansion-bay modules. HOWEVER, if the ADB devices have 3rd-party drivers, they may

An internal error has occured

2005-01-02 Thread PETE
I have adobe reader 5.0 im my wallstreet running 9.2.2. I have pdf. files in my hard drive that it loads and reads with no problems. However, when I attempt to download any pdf files off the net I keep getting the above mentioned error message, 'an internal error has occured'. Any suggestions.

Re: RAM for G4 iBook ( was: Greetings )

2005-01-02 Thread mlh/home
Al Poulin wrote: Here's one idea on how to be very specific about RAM versions. Go to the Crucial.com web site. [snip] Thanks Al, I actually did that to determine what RAM the iBook needed that's how I knew it would take SODIMM at all. I just hoped someone would advise me if adding 512Mb

Re: Greetings

2005-01-02 Thread mlh/home
michael Vogt wrote: I would put in as much Ram as you can I think I shall. Thanks! Cheers -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...a state of suspended disaster... things go round looking for me to happen to -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com |

Re: Greetings

2005-01-02 Thread mlh/home
larry Zasitko wrote: Most of the time you can always add more ram than Apple says is max. Excellent - thanks for your advice. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...a state of suspended disaster... things go round looking for me to happen to -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: WS I and sleep

2005-01-02 Thread Clark Martin
At 8:13 AM -0600 1/2/05, James Sanderson wrote: Here is something I have discovered and would never have thought to do so! I have, as I have mentioned, a WS I/ 233/288. I had a couple of familiar problems with it: not waking from sleep and the random but annoying video white out. I assumed

Follow-up on 3rd-party Wireless cards (was: X on Wallstreet)

2005-01-02 Thread Bob
On 11/9/04, I responded to the following Luis Sequeira quote by saying: Many(802.11g) cards just work right out of the box with the drivers built into the (Apple) OS. Luis, Just to clarify your point a little bit. I'm not sure I would say many work right out of the box with the drivers

Re: Less is more or Bigger is better

2005-01-02 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 1/2/05 8:25 AM, Al Poulin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Is this also true after the first year warrantee expires, while the machine is under AppleCare? Yes. Kyle Hansen -- The best way out is always through. -- Robert Frost -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: Ram in a Wallstreet

2005-01-02 Thread CR
Right, Apple System Profiler, tells me my built in memory, but it doesn't tell me what slots or size of each chip. I guess one has to open it up. Cliff -PETE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: apple system profiler under apple menu, top left corner on your desktop. --- CR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I

Re: WS I and sleep

2005-01-02 Thread James Sanderson
On 2 Jan 2005, at 13:59, Clark Martin wrote: At 8:13 AM -0600 1/2/05, James Sanderson wrote: Here is something I have discovered and would never have thought to do so! I have, as I have mentioned, a WS I/ 233/288. I had a couple of familiar problems with it: not waking from sleep and the

Re: USB wireless adaptors

2005-01-02 Thread Mark D. Chapman
I am planning to by a USB wireless adaptor for my=20 iBook (500 Mhz, dual USB, 10.2.8). Will any=20 adaptor work or do I have to get one that=20 specifically works for the Mac? I was in the store and they had I have the dlink one for my G3 Bronze p-book. Works fine!! I got a rebate on it when I

naming of the second-to-last G3 PowerBooks?

2005-01-02 Thread dano
Question about the proper naming - or general naming convention - of the G3 PowerBook generation that was next to last. That is, not the final generation of 400MHz and 500MHz with batteries that have a 3/8 protrusion for the contacts (battery model number M7318), but the generation before that

Re: Ram in a Wallstreet

2005-01-02 Thread James Sanderson
On 2 Jan 2005, at 15:14, CR wrote: Right, Apple System Profiler, tells me my built in memory, but it doesn't tell me what slots or size of each chip. I guess one has to open it up. Cliff Which OS are you running? If it's Panther, you go to the apple menuabout this Mac. When the little window

iBook question again

2005-01-02 Thread Aase Marit Waage
Hi all, I am looking around again, as I lost the other one. I got a bit p*, as the seller had said it would go to the first, and I was the first and had committed to buy, then he suddenly went on and sold it to another, mailing me afterwards to tell me... That is not how I do business...

Re: naming of the second-to-last G3 PowerBooks?

2005-01-02 Thread Fabian Fang
On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 13:27:50 -0800, dano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Question about the proper naming - or general naming convention - of the G3 PowerBook generation that was next to last. That is, not the final generation of 400MHz and 500MHz with batteries that have a 3/8 protrusion for the

Re: iBook question again

2005-01-02 Thread larry Zasitko
Aase, On Jan 2, 2005, at 2:53 PM, Aase Marit Waage wrote: Hi all, I am looking around again, as I lost the other one. I got a bit p*, as the seller had said it would go to the first, and I was the first and had committed to buy, then he suddenly went on and sold it to another, mailing me

Re: iBook question again

2005-01-02 Thread asiafish
At that price I would also say to go new. I don't know about European prices, but our current entry level iBook is a fast 1.2GHz that is more than 50% faster than the 800MHz on account of the faster system bus and double the level 2 cache, making it faster than even the 1GHz PowerBook I

Re: Ram in a Wallstreet

2005-01-02 Thread Clark Martin
At 1:14 PM -0800 1/2/05, CR wrote: Right, Apple System Profiler, tells me my built in memory, but it doesn't tell me what slots or size of each chip. I guess one has to open it up. Cliff Unless you are running an old version of the OS then System Profiler will tell you what each slot has. Look

Wireless Card for Wallstreet?

2005-01-02 Thread Jason Long
Hey All, I'm wondering what kind of wireless card I should get for my 233MHz Wallstreet which I should be getting in the mail soon.. I already have a wireless network, the wireless router is a DI-514 D-link thanks for the ideas in advance... Jason -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: Ram in a Wallstreet

2005-01-02 Thread PETE
I have a wallstreet/300 running OS 9.2.2 and system profiler does tells me the slots and sizes of the installed ram. But then as others have already mentioned your system profiler depends on which OS you're running but all the OS's that run in a wallstreet should give you both the slot position,

Re: naming of the second-to-last G3 PowerBooks?

2005-01-02 Thread Dennis B. Swaney
At 1:27 PM -0800 1/2/05, dano wrote: Question about the proper naming - or general naming convention - of the G3 PowerBook generation that was next to last. That is, not the final generation of 400MHz and 500MHz with batteries that have a 3/8 protrusion for the contacts (battery model number

Re: naming of the second-to-last G3 PowerBooks?

2005-01-02 Thread Shawn Harley
Without looking at my batteries, here goes... I think it was Mainstreet/Wallstreet(233, 250, 292), PDQ(233, 266, 300), Lombard(333,400), and lastly, Pismo(400, 500). From your battery descriptions, I think you are looking for the Wallstreet name (kind of encompasses Mainstreet/Wallstreet/PDQ).

Re: naming of the second-to-last G3 PowerBooks?

2005-01-02 Thread Clark Martin
At 6:17 PM -0800 1/2/05, Dennis B. Swaney wrote: At 1:27 PM -0800 1/2/05, dano wrote: Question about the proper naming - or general naming convention - of the G3 PowerBook generation that was next to last. That is, not the final generation of 400MHz and 500MHz with batteries that have a 3/8

Re: iBook question again

2005-01-02 Thread Matt Halter
Aase, My advice is to buy one with the faster processor. My G4 800 is a dog compared to my wife's 1 gig mhz. The 30 gig HD is too small. You'll run out of space fast especially if you have lots of music or photos. Built in bluetooth is nice but I would trade it off to get a faster

Re: WS I and sleep

2005-01-02 Thread Mikael Byström
James Sanderson said: ... it could simply be a fluke. Now that is a positive thought! But it is strange how an unsupported Mac would have a number of 'small' issues fixed by an OS upgrade. Kyle, what do you think? Hey, it's XPostFacto that fixes those things (You can't install Panther on a

Re: Wireless Card for Wallstreet?

2005-01-02 Thread Mikael Byström
Jason Long said: Hey All, I'm wondering what kind of wireless card I should get for my 233MHz Wallstreet which I should be getting in the mail soon.. I already have a wireless network, the wireless router is a DI-514 D-link thanks for the ideas in advance... Orinoco Gold with Airport

Dim display: inverter or backlight?

2005-01-02 Thread Matthew Surles
I posted this to the iBooks list last week and got no reply, so I apologize to those who have seen this twice. Is there anything diagnostic about an LCD's backlight behavior that would indicate whether the inverter is going bad or the bulb is dying? I'm too lazy to fix both... I have a

Re: iBook vs. PB etc.

2005-01-02 Thread Mikael Byström
Aase Marit Waage said: One I can get, at a price that seems real OK (at least compared to the prices here in Norway) is a 12 iBook. The add says: G4, 1Ghz, new April 04, 768 MB RAM, 60 GB HD, Airport Extreme, OSX 10.3.6 (incl. Garageband and naturally all the others -- doesn't mean a thing to

Re: Dim display: inverter or backlight?

2005-01-02 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 1/2/05 8:59 PM, Matthew Surles [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I posted this to the iBooks list last week and got no reply, so I apologize to those who have seen this twice. Is there anything diagnostic about an LCD's backlight behavior that would indicate whether the