Re: Painting AlBook ???

On Jan 16, 2005, at 2:03 PM, Larry le Mac wrote: My PB vs. iBook decision is nearing it's end and I'm leaning towards the AlBook. However, I am seriously considdering painting it, partly because it's fun but also because it has a dent which needs straightning. Anyone have any good ideas/tips for pa

Re: Even more Pismo Problems!

on 16/01/05 23:14, Dyna at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks James- the PRAM battery shows normal voltage so I haven't > replaced it. > > On Sunday, January 16, 2005, at 09:35 PM, James Sanderson wrote: > >> PRAM battery. It seems that replacing it solves a number of issues, >> though not your

Re: Browser issues

Whenever you use a browser you need a DNS address, DNS stands for Domain Name Server. This is a big computer run by a company or university usually that provides something like a phone book of all domains that allows your browser to find where to go for what you are looking for. My suspicion

Re: Even more Pismo Problems!

Thanks James- the PRAM battery shows normal voltage so I haven't replaced it. On Sunday, January 16, 2005, at 09:35 PM, James Sanderson wrote: PRAM battery. It seems that replacing it solves a number of issues, though not your mysterious crack. j sanderson On 16 Jan 2005, at 21:23, Dyna wrote

Re: Even more Pismo Problems!

PRAM battery. It seems that replacing it solves a number of issues, though not your mysterious crack. j sanderson On 16 Jan 2005, at 21:23, Dyna wrote: Yes, this is the same 2000 vintage Pismo I've been writing about for the last couple months... Initial symptoms were freezes and eventually w

Even more Pismo Problems!

Yes, this is the same 2000 vintage Pismo I've been writing about for the last couple months... Initial symptoms were freezes and eventually wouldn't boot at all. After replacing the hard drive and a fresh install of OSs 9.1 and 10.2 it was working better. In fact at times it would go for a few

Browser issues

Hi listers, I need your help I noticed that my road worrior, powerbook g3/300/384/OS 9.2.2, was running slowly and freezing for periods of about a minute or more - sometimes less. To say the least it was very frustrating.So I had this bright idea (it seemed bright at the time) why not rei

Re: printer recommendations

My Canon S750 has gone kaput, after very little use. It is, however, a few years old. The print head needs to be replaced, which would be My Canon S800 inkjet printer was 4? years old at Christmas. If I need color, I print from it. Otherwise, I print from my HP Laser Printer 1200. I have never

Re: Painting AlBook ???

At 9:03 PM +0100 1/16/05, Larry le Mac wrote: Anyone have any good ideas/tips for painting an AlBook ??? From: Clark Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> One consideration, AFAIK the current iBook is a clear plastic case with white paint on the inside. AlBook... iBook... Uh, nah, I was talking about paint

Re: my mail does get through

On Sunday, January 16, 2005, at 01:26 PM, vicki Duggan wrote: Your message was not delivered within 4 days and 0 hours. Host mail.maclaunch.com is not responding. The following recipients did not receive this message: Please reply to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> if you feel this message to be in error

Re: ADB Hot-Swapping on Wallstreet -- reference

On Jan 16, 2005, at 12:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After paying to have the ADB repaired *TWICE* in our Lombard Wow, wonder what they were really doing for that money? Lombard didn't have ADB - it was the first powerbook with USB (but still had SCSI). Anne -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: mail might be fixed

On Sunday, January 16, 2005, at 01:13 PM, vicki Duggan wrote: It appears that the mail problem that i have been having might be fixed, as they seem to be getting through to the lists that i am sending them too at the moment. so fingers crossed. Usually when messages come in 4 days later it's bec

Re: key not working

On Saturday, January 15, 2005, at 09:35 PM, goodidea wrote: Hello, One of the keys of my flimsy clamshell keyboard has gone completely dead. I can only paste the figure 8. Is there a cure for this occurrence? Usually this means replacing the keyboard, fortunately not an insanely expensive or dif

Re: Painting AlBook ???

On 16 Jan 2005, at 9:26 PM, Clark Martin wrote: AFAIK the current iBook is a clear plastic case with white paint on the inside. Nope the ibook g3 was like that the newer ibooks have the plastic that is actually white. Richard Richard Clark http://rec.homedns.org NPDS: http://mawgadogsnewt.homei

Re: Painting AlBook ???

At 9:03 PM +0100 1/16/05, Larry le Mac wrote: My PB vs. iBook decision is nearing it's end and I'm leaning towards the AlBook. However, I am seriously considdering painting it, partly because it's fun but also because it has a dent which needs straightning. Anyone have any good ideas/tips for paint

Re: Painting AlBook ???

On 1/16/05 3:03 PM, "Larry le Mac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My PB vs. iBook decision is nearing it's end and I'm > leaning towards the AlBook. However, I am seriously > considdering painting it, partly because it's fun but > also because it has a dent which needs straightning. > > Anyone have

Re: White spots on PowerBook screens _IS_ a problem known to Apple!

On 1/16/05 9:01 AM, "Gisela Drayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > About a year ago, there were many complaints about white spots on LCD > screens on the Aluminum 15" Powerbooks. Yes, but the original writer was referring to an *iBook* not a PowerBook. For a look at the iBook white spot situation

Re: my mail does get through

We need to see the entire mailer-demon part of the bounced message, this tells the error encountered. If they're coming back after four days, then the problem is that they're not getting delivered. Your ISP are asses; I'd shop for another one, if possible. That said, ti could be the llist serv

Re: Installing OS X on Lombard

If you get a single stick of PC100 sdram at 128mb and put it in the lower slot 10.3 should load fine. PC 66 and PC133 are no good it must be 100. I do not know why but that was the only way i could get panther on my 400 Lombard when i had it. After the install i just put the ram i had back in

mail might be fixed

It appears that the mail problem that i have been having might be fixed, as they seem to be getting through to the lists that i am sending them too at the moment. so fingers crossed. vicki -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com

Dented AlBook ...

Yes, I know I keep firing these mails, but I feel it's better to keep mails with subjects and topic names seperate as topics seem to stray real easy... Anyway, I have received a photo of the damage to the 12" ABook, but am unsure of how this affects it. Apparently there was a mobo change (with rece

Re: my mail does get through

On 16 Jan 2005, at 19:57, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Sunday, January 16, 2005, at 06:03 AM, vicki Duggan wrote: Every time i send emails to any of the lists they get bounced back to me after about 4 days (that is if i reply to a mail) when i compose a new mail instead of reply some times it gets thr

Painting AlBook ???

My PB vs. iBook decision is nearing it's end and I'm leaning towards the AlBook. However, I am seriously considdering painting it, partly because it's fun but also because it has a dent which needs straightning. Anyone have any good ideas/tips for painting an AlBook ??? Unfortunately it has a US ke

Re: my mail does get through

On Sunday, January 16, 2005, at 06:03 AM, vicki Duggan wrote: Every time i send emails to any of the lists they get bounced back to me after about 4 days (that is if i reply to a mail) when i compose a new mail instead of reply some times it gets through sometimes not. We need to see the entire

Re: Shared printers

On Sunday, January 16, 2005, at 11:27 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: I've never been able to access my wife's Lexmark printer connected to her PC running XP Home Edition. I would suggest you check http://www.macwindows.com/ to see if they have any suggestion... You need to have a suitable print drive

my mail does get through

Hi this is to see if the mail problem i have has been sorted, Every time i send emails to any of the lists they get bounced back to me after about 4 days (that is if i reply to a mail) when i compose a new mail instead of reply some times it gets through sometimes not. Fingers crossed this will!

Re: Installing OS X on Lombard

on 16/01/05 11:51, Dijkwel at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Probably only the 64 MB of RAM that came with the Lombard originally > are Apple or Apple-like: at least they have allowed me to install > 10.0.3. Anything I add (need to add) to get 10.2 or 10.3 installed, > leads to freezes. Then, you wou

Re: Shared printers

on 16/01/05 07:29, mlh/home at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So, on my network is a PC running Windows XP, a G4 iBook and a G3 iMac > (both running OSX 10.3.7 or whatever the latest version is). > > The XP PC has a printer attached to it (a Canon i470D). I have told XP > to share the printer. How d

Re: ADB Hot-Swapping on Wallstreet -- reference

At 01:36 AM -0700 01/16/2005, Bob wrote: Ken ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and I were discussing last week whether ADB peripherals on a Wallstreet PB could be safely hot-swappable. At that time I didn't have any clear-cut references to support my position. I since have run across the following unequivocal no

Re: Installing OS X on Lombard

Rumors go that one should be able to install OS X on a Lombard (400 Mhz). However, in spite of numerous tries with different configurations of RAM ( from 64 to 384), no success yet. During installation the book invariable freezes and it does so irrespective of whether I try to install 10.0, 10.2 or

Re: Installing OS X on Lombard

Probably only the 64 MB of RAM that came with the Lombard originally are Apple or Apple-like: at least they have allowed me to install 10.0.3. Anything I add (need to add) to get 10.2 or 10.3 installed, leads to freezes. Peter Op 16-jan-05 om 17:31 heeft Herbert Goodfriend het volgende geschrev

Re: Dead Pismo

Sorry... Mike When Clinton lied..No one died Alan Miller wrote: PS, folks, please remove the extra text in your replies. -- Alan Miller -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for r

Re: Dead Pismo

On Sunday, January 16, 2005, at 10:22 AM, kochkodin wrote: Get a copy of DiskWarrior as fast as you can and run it... ...It sounds to me like the HD got really corrupted... I would have to agree with this statement, if you can get the machine booted in 9 off the CD then you have a hard drive pro

Re: Installing OS X on Lombard

sorry, mi lombard was a replacement from apple for a wallstreet that burned. since i had upgraded the memory they sent me a 256 mem. module. that machine is the one my aunt has now. g On Jan 16, 2005, at 11:34 AM, Dijkwel wrote: Thanks for the tip. I've tried that strategy, however, the original

Re: Installing OS X on Lombard

Thanks for the tip. I've tried that strategy, however, the original chip is only 64 MB and that turned out not to be enough to get a 10.2 install (10.0.3 does work as I found out a few minutes ago). Peter Op 16-jan-05 om 16:14 heeft gladys pérez-almiroty het volgende geschreven: i recently ins

Re: Dead Pismo

Get a copy of DiskWarrior as fast as you can and run it...It will probably take quite a while to do so but hopefully it will work for you...I had similar problem in July of '03 when my Pismo acted that way...I was able to get it started once in a while in OS9 but X just hung there...When I got

Re: Installing OS X on Lombard

i recently installed os 10.3 in my aunt's lombard and had similar problems. what i did was use the original ram chip only during the installation and then put the other module in. the book is working w/out any problems. i then upgraded to 10.3.7 with both modules and had no problems. g On Jan

Re: Dead Pismo

Good morning all. I used the old paperclip method and opened the CD drive and inserted the Restore CD and hit the power key and the system booted up to OS9. The battery shows one light and so I tried to boot up from the internal HD which has OS 10.3.6 . I get the big apple no spinning wheel

Re: iBook or PowerBook

By and large, yes. The 12" PowerBook doesn't have a PCMCIA slot anyway. Cheers, Ben On 17 Jan 2005, at 00:41, Larry le Mac wrote: From: Jacob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Makes me happy that I saved money buying an iBook instead of a powerbook! Has the PCMCIA interface been made redundant ??? Larry -- G-

Re: White spots on PowerBook screens _IS_ a problem known to Apple!

Whilst wandering apple.com looking for replacement Install and Restore discs for a TiBook I just bought, which the don't seem to offer, (see mini-rant/supplication in ePost Script below) I came across a technical note about white spots on powerbook screens and remembered your complaint and the

Re: iBook or PowerBook

From: Jacob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Makes me happy that I saved money buying an iBook instead of a powerbook! Has the PCMCIA interface been made redundant ??? Larry _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FRE

Re: iBook or PowerBook

> >Key question: Is your 17" TFT's (or any other monitor > >you may eventually want on your iBook) native screen > >resolution higher than your proposed iBook's? You > >can't drive an external monitor of any sort at a > >higher resolution than what the iBook is capable of > >displaying on its own

Shared printers

So, on my network is a PC running Windows XP, a G4 iBook and a G3 iMac (both running OSX 10.3.7 or whatever the latest version is). The XP PC has a printer attached to it (a Canon i470D). I have told XP to share the printer. How do I go about telling the Ibook to use this printer (if it can at

iBook 500 (dual USB) useful links

Enjoy, take-apart, hacks, over-clocking, hinge problems, installing Hard Drives and Optical drives etc. etc. http://apple.weblogsinc.com/entry/8165274427338252/ http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/sidetrack/ http://www.pbzone.com/ http://www.orange-carb.org/SBM/ http://uk.geocities.com/ibookupgr

Re: To iBook or AlBook, that is the question

From: Clark Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I don't know what current PBs can take but this new iBook has 1.25Gb in it. The whole point here is that I am comparing a new iBook 12" with an "older" AlBook 12" but 1GHz as they work out at the same price for me, due to the AlBook requiring a new battery. L

Re: To iBook or AlBook, that is the question

From: Al Poulin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> + SuperDrive (combo in iBook) Do you need to burn DVDs? I have a SuperDrive (DVD-RW) in my current MDD (which would end up selling), but I also have a DVD+RW external FW drive. A choice of format... --- + DVI out (mini-VGA for the iBook) For me this would be the

Re: White spots on PowerBook screens _IS_ a problem known to Apple!

On 1/14/05 7:45 PM, "Brian Rule" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the Cybertrough: > A week ago i sent my iBook in to be repaired since it would no longer power up. I was told the best case scenario was it would have been ...snip... ... well. Checked the status on my iBook, and it has been listed

Re: To iBook or AlBook, that is the question

From: Ben Dyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The GPU may not seem like it's too important, but under Tiger, none of the iBooks (nor the Mac mini, for that matter) will support CoreImage. Very valid point! So this includes the 12" PB G4 1GHz ??? --- The DVI out is another big thing -- if you want to upgrade t

Procedure For Unplugging (Was: Dead Pismo)

If I can isolate a salient point perhaps hidden in this excerpt. I really don't want to hijack the thread, but this is a issue that very few G3 PowerBook owners seem to know. I was told when I first purchased my Wallstreet (was it in the owner's manual??) to always unplug the power cord from th

Installing OS X on Lombard

Rumors go that one should be able to install OS X on a Lombard (400 Mhz). However, in spite of numerous tries with different configurations of RAM ( from 64 to 384), no success yet. During installation the book invariable freezes and it does so irrespective of whether I try to install 10.0, 10.

Re: iBook or PowerBook

From: ShaunOtter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Key question: Is your 17" TFT's (or any other monitor you may eventually want on your iBook) native screen resolution higher than your proposed iBook's? You can't drive an external monitor of any sort at a higher resolution than what the iBook is capable of d

Re: iBook Ice 500 - Damaged Power input ???

From: Alex Santos 100MB Neostrada Mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Here is a list of links if I may. You may!! And it is appreciated!! :o) Larry _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.ms

ADB Hot-Swapping on Wallstreet -- reference

Ken ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and I were discussing last week whether ADB peripherals on a Wallstreet PB could be safely hot-swappable. At that time I didn't have any clear-cut references to support my position. I since have run across the following unequivocal notation. I'm offering it so that those