Re: USB 2 card for Pismo

2005-03-05 Thread Thomas Ethen
Isn't the PCMCIA slot much slower that USB2 which will slow down the card? Tom -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Su

Re: USB 2 card for Pismo

2005-03-05 Thread Chris
On 5 Mar 2005, at 18:12, G-Books wrote: Any recommendations, or will any USB 2 cardbus card work? -- Bruce Johnson I have the Belkin F5U222, works perfectly with my Pismo and 10.3.8. Chris -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com |

Re: My Pismo is dead-nothing??

2005-03-05 Thread themacuser
Lemon Wallstreet seems more appropriate... On 06/03/2005, at 06:16, Tom Ethen wrote: I have had two Pismos for years and have had absolutely no problems with either one, so I don't find the Lemon Pismo to be factual! Tom Another solution is to buy one of the leftover 1 ghz iBooks for $800 and get

Re: My Pismo is dead-nothing??

2005-03-05 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 05/03/05 16:24, John Collins at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > And i agree, if I was not happy with Pismo, I would just sell it and > move on... but can anybody answer my question about the Pram battery? > > snip > "I am looking for suggestions--one possibility that was mentioned in a > previous p

Re: My Pismo is dead-nothing??

2005-03-05 Thread John Collins
And i agree, if I was not happy with Pismo, I would just sell it and move on... but can anybody answer my question about the Pram battery? snip "I am looking for suggestions--one possibility that was mentioned in a previous post was that a bad Pram battery could cause it to go dead. Is this tru

Re: My Pismo is dead-nothing??

2005-03-05 Thread Andrew
That is absurd, the Pismo may not have been perfect, but it was one of the most reliable PowerBooks ever made. Andrew On 5 Mar 2005 at 13:46, Tom Ethen wrote: > I have had two Pismos for years and have had absolutely no problems with > either one, so I don't find the Lemon Pismo to be factual!

Re: My Pismo is dead-nothing??

2005-03-05 Thread Tom Ethen
I have had two Pismos for years and have had absolutely no problems with either one, so I don't find the Lemon Pismo to be factual! Tom > > Another solution is to buy one of the leftover 1 ghz iBooks > for $800 and get Applecare because they're pretty much throwaway > computers. Or do what Apple

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2005-03-05 Thread J . Burnham
Exactly mine is perfectly perpendicular and perfectly straight. It is exactly below the clicker. MaxTek In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: themacuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Powerbook Lombard Plastic Question Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 11:20:54 +1030 What a

Re: Powerbook Lombard Plastic Question

2005-03-05 Thread Stuart Saunders
This crack is on what is called the wedding line - where the plastic joins again after it flows around the hole for the trackpad or the clicker, in the injection mold. It's a line of weakness which has the potential to crack. Not intentional, but pretty well unaviodable. Try not to wor

Re: New nanny on the list

2005-03-05 Thread Amber R.
Cool Welcome Peter - Thanks !! Amber On 4-Mar-05, at 8:17 PM, Peter Webster wrote: Ya-teh-hay, Amber! Con mucho gusto Glad to have you etc etc Skinny Butt During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. -George Orwell, writer (1903-1950) -- G-Books is sponsor

Re: New nanny on the list

2005-03-05 Thread Amber R.
On 4-Mar-05, at 7:49 PM, Andrew Kershaw wrote: Welcome, Amber! Peace, Drew Thank you, Drew :-) -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! |

Re: My Pismo is dead-nothing??

2005-03-05 Thread Dyna
Might be easier for you to just buy another Pismo and swap your processor, ram and HD into it, then keep your dead one for parts. Andrew Problem is, after paying $400-500 for a working Pismo you may find it soon develops the same problems. Thusly I'm in the market for malfunctioning and dead Pis

Re: My Pismo is dead-nothing??

2005-03-05 Thread Alan Miller
On Saturday, March 5, 2005, at 11:39 AM, Andrew F. wrote: Might be easier for you to just buy another Pismo and swap your processor, ram and HD into it, then keep your dead one for parts. I found a lombard bottom for $60, so I was able to fix mine when it died, and I still have parts from the b

Re: My Pismo is dead-nothing??

2005-03-05 Thread Andrew F.
Might be easier for you to just buy another Pismo and swap your processor, ram and HD into it, then keep your dead one for parts. Andrew On 3/5/05 8:33 AM, "John Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mar 5, 2005, at 9:24 AM, Alan Miller wrote: > >> On Saturday, March 5, 2005, at 10:54 A

Re: My Pismo is dead-nothing??

2005-03-05 Thread John Collins
On Mar 5, 2005, at 9:24 AM, Alan Miller wrote: On Saturday, March 5, 2005, at 10:54 AM, John Collins wrote a little more than what I left here..: Now it is my turn to have my Pismo go dead. It is an upgraded G3 to G4/550 with 1 Gb RAM and standard otherwise. It does nothing--no chime no l

Re: My Pismo is dead-nothing??

2005-03-05 Thread Alan Miller
On Saturday, March 5, 2005, at 10:54 AM, John Collins wrote a little more than what I left here..: Now it is my turn to have my Pismo go dead. It is an upgraded G3 to G4/550 with 1 Gb RAM and standard otherwise. It does nothing--no chime no lights. Any thoughts would be appreciated. I had

My Pismo is dead-nothing??

2005-03-05 Thread John Collins
Now it is my turn to have my Pismo go dead. It is an upgraded G3 to G4/550 with 1 Gb RAM and standard otherwise. It does nothing--no chime no lights. I think it is getting power thru the yo-yo since it gets warm on the back side--pretty much as normal. The battery is minimal so i am sure it is