Re: Unix Wallstreet

2005-04-01 Thread themacuser
OpenDarwin will only just run on that I think. You probably won't have much luck with Linux anyway with only 2GBs... On 31/03/2005, at 00:14, lupsyn wrote: Mhhh with 64mb (Ram) and 2gb (hd) ? Il giorno 30/mar/05, alle 12:49, themacuser ha scritto: Why not just OS X 10.2? On 30/03/2005, at

Re: Signal boost for APXT, besides APXP

2005-04-01 Thread themacuser
What is APXT and APXP? On 31/03/2005, at 21:45, Jason wrote: what else works? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low

Re: max ram for Wallstreet?

2005-04-01 Thread themacuser
Just because Apple never fully tested 512 doesn't mean it can't be done. They haven't fully tested 512s so they just say 192 is the maximum because they don't want heaps of people asking for support if their 512 screws up. On 01/04/2005, at 16:58, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 01/04/05 02:21,

Re: max ram for Wallstreet?

2005-04-01 Thread Beniamino Cenci Goga
WS works just fine with 512 meg. In 1997-98 low profile modules had a max size of 64 and the high profile of 128. Now you have to consider this: upper slot can accommodate either low or high profile lower slot can accommodate only low profile modules. Moreover the memory controller chip in the

Re: Firewire not working

2005-04-01 Thread Brian Scott Oplinger
on 01/04/05 08:34, Orlando Mac Geek at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Titanium Powerbook 667. Never really had an opportunity to use the firewire port on it until now. Just got myself a 15Gb iPod The older TiBooks were notorious for having FW ports that were easy to fry. I killed mine (on

Re: Signal boost for APXT, besides APXP

2005-04-01 Thread Dennis B. Swaney
On Apr 1, 2005, at 6:19 AM, Jason wrote: APXP Airport Express APXT Airport Extreme On Apr 1, 2005, at 04:36, themacuser wrote: What is APXT and APXP? On 31/03/2005, at 21:45, Jason wrote: Depends if you are talking HARDWARE or SOFTWARE HARDWARE includes AirPort Base Stations AND the AirPort

Re: Signal boost for APXT, besides APXP

2005-04-01 Thread dan_A
On Apr 1, 2005, at 10:09 AM, Dennis B. Swaney wrote: On Apr 1, 2005, at 6:19 AM, Jason wrote: APXP Airport Express APXT Airport Extreme On Apr 1, 2005, at 04:36, themacuser wrote: What is APXT and APXP? On 31/03/2005, at 21:45, Jason wrote: Depends if you are talking HARDWARE or SOFTWARE HARDWARE

Re: Unix Wallstreet

2005-04-01 Thread Chad Swarthout
What about YDL? On Apr 1, 2005 6:23 AM, themacuser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OpenDarwin will only just run on that I think. You probably won't have much luck with Linux anyway with only 2GBs... On 31/03/2005, at 00:14, lupsyn wrote: Mhhh with 64mb (Ram) and 2gb (hd) ? Il giorno

Re: Unix Wallstreet

2005-04-01 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 01/04/05 11:20, Chad Swarthout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about YDL? People, please, must I remind you to do a little bit of trimming before hitting the Reply button? The usual list footer of the messages sent out by the list was repeated 4 times for a single line of actual content!

Followup Re: generic screen w/no Finder in OS X?

2005-04-01 Thread Beverly Woods
Thanks to everyone who wrote with info and suggestions. Near as I can tell, due to her being on a cable modem connection, after she updated by CD to 10.3.4, the Mac downloaded and installed the 10.3.8 update before my mom really knew what was happening. That or the other update seem to have

Choking on Yahoo Mail, OSX, ADSL, Firefox, adfarm.mediaplex.com ads

2005-04-01 Thread George Mogiljansky
Hi all, Serious choke points and loading 10 sec. or longer and finally no ad is loaded. Using Yahoo Mail, OSX, ADSL, Firefox; adfarm.mediaplex.com ads - these ones do the choking. Mediaplex.com is indeed an internet advertising firm, located worldwide. I wrote to Yahoo but their help is

Re: Choking on Yahoo Mail, OSX, ADSL, Firefox, adfarm.mediaplex.com ads

2005-04-01 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 01/04/05 12:10, George Mogiljansky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Serious choke points and loading 10 sec. or longer and finally no ad is loaded. Using Yahoo Mail, OSX, ADSL, Firefox; adfarm.mediaplex.com ads - these ones do the choking. Mediaplex.com is indeed an internet

Re: Choking on Yahoo Mail, OSX, ADSL, Firefox, adfarm.mediaplex.com ads

2005-04-01 Thread George Mogiljansky
Thanks, Laurent. I just checked e-mailanywhere.com. They claim it works best with Internet Explorer. This means they are windows oriented? Is there a Linux/Unix webmail-based service that will work from any Windows or Mac 'puter anywhere? George George (Canada)

Re: Followup Re: generic screen w/no Finder in OS X?

2005-04-01 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 1, 2005, at 9:50 AM, Beverly Woods wrote: Thanks to everyone who wrote with info and suggestions. Near as I can tell, due to her being on a cable modem connection, after she updated by CD to 10.3.4, the Mac downloaded and installed the 10.3.8 update before my mom really knew what was

Re: Choking on Yahoo Mail, OSX, ADSL, Firefox, adfarm.mediaplex.com ads

2005-04-01 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 01/04/05 12:34, George Mogiljansky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Laurent. I just checked e-mailanywhere.com. They claim it works best with Internet Explorer. This means they are windows oriented? Is there a Linux/Unix webmail-based service that will work from any Windows or Mac

Wallstreet II Battery Suddenly Fails. . .

2005-04-01 Thread Stanton Mitrany
Hi, Folks, I've got a Wallstreet II 233MHz, running OS 9.2.2, which until last night had a battery good for about 2hours 35 minutes. A friend came over with his iBook and needed to go onine for his mail. so I closed the lid of the Wallstreet to put it to sleep, took out the phone cable so he

Re: Wallstreet II Battery Suddenly Fails. . .

2005-04-01 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 01/04/05 12:38, Stanton Mitrany [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried it in the right side expansion/ battery bay, and that didn't get it to charge, either. Any information or suggestions on this? I remember that once upon a time, my PowerBook 1400cs, I believe when it was running OS 8.6, had

Re: Wallstreet memory and ...

2005-04-01 Thread JP
I have what I think is the same model. Without considering anything else (and although it has always provided reliabilty for the 17 mos I've had it) I would not recommend this machine for doing alot of things. Mine came w/192mb ram and 10gig hd. Not bad. However, for me, the screen (being dual

Wallstreet-more confusion

2005-04-01 Thread alienbill
Thanks to those who cleared up my questions about Wallstreet ram. Now I am similarly confused on the size of these units. I had thought to look for a 12.1 screen model reasoning that it would be physically more compact. Again on the Apple site, I see the exact same measurements given for all

Re: Wallstreet-more confusion

2005-04-01 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 01/04/05 15:44, alienbill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks to those who cleared up my questions about Wallstreet ram. Now I am similarly confused on the size of these units. I had thought to look for a 12.1 screen model reasoning that it would be physically more compact. Again on the Apple

Re: Signal boost for APXT, besides APXP

2005-04-01 Thread Timothy J. Luoma
.. Original Message ... On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 22:06:18 +0930 themacuser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is APXT and APXP? airport exteme and express. Please trim your posts. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com |

Re: Signal boost for APXT, besides APXP

2005-04-01 Thread themacuser
I think you know what I mean. You have an AirPort Extreme base station and you want to increase the range but don't want to do a WDS with an Airport Express? An external antenna will probably do your job if your base station supports it. On 02/04/2005, at 01:46, dan_A wrote: On Apr 1, 2005,

Short-term ISP

2005-04-01 Thread Lawrence Sarah Ballew
Dear Listers, I am going to be traveling in the USA for a couple months this summer. Could some of you recommend some ISP options which would provide me with at least dial-up access in most major cities? I saw that I can get 45 days of AOL for free but I'm not real excited about loading AOL's

Re: Firewire not working

2005-04-01 Thread Muddle Man
I recommend trying the cable and iPod on a different Mac. This sounds like a hardware problem and testing like this will be the only way to figure it out. If it turns out it is the firewire port, then consider calling Apple if it's still under warranty. --- Orlando Mac Geek [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: max ram for Wallstreet?

2005-04-01 Thread Muddle Man
There is some truth to this. I've run iMac and Powerbooks with more RAM than will be officially recognized. This is typical of Apple's Spec database site. --- Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 01/04/05 02:21, alienbill at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm considering purchase of a

Re: Short-term ISP

2005-04-01 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 01/04/05 19:37, Lawrence Sarah Ballew at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Listers, I am going to be traveling in the USA for a couple months this summer. Could some of you recommend some ISP options which would provide me with at least dial-up access in most major cities? I saw that I can

Re: Short-term ISP

2005-04-01 Thread Andrea Stansbury
If you call into AOL you can get two months. Secondly, they now have release the Strauss version of 9.0, specifically gears towards AOL members with macintosh OSX. Thirdly, if you call in to cancel before the free trial is over and they cancel the account immediately, you can then reactivate

Re: Followup Re: generic screen w/no Finder in OS X?

2005-04-01 Thread Beverly Woods
Fortunately there was another empty partition on the hard drive, so I had her install a fresh 10.3.4 on that, and after a lot of work changing ownership of her old files (from Unknown and Staff and You Have No Access), we got her mail database and documents moved over and working. So we're up

Re: Followup Re: generic screen w/no Finder in OS X?

2005-04-01 Thread Muddle Man
An archive and install is a great way to get a new, clean system on the Mac (ala Clean install of OS 9 days). However, you will encounter serious problems if you don't update the Mac immediately after doing an archive and install. I did this once and tried to open Mail and some other apps they

Pismo LG DVD Drive

2005-04-01 Thread Chad Swarthout
I think my LG DVD drive is going on my Pismo. Any sources for affordable replacements or something I can do to keep this drive working? -- Chad Swarthout [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com |

Re: PDF bar in Word 2004 ???

2005-04-01 Thread Harry D . Corsover
I asked the same question about Word v.X and Excel v.X and don't recall getting a response. When I close it in Word, documents move appropriately. In Excel, the spreadsheet moves up so the top bar (the only place to grab and move a document) is hidden by the top tool bar. I have to move that