Re: is my iBook screwed

At 2:56 AM +0100 4/14/05, Malcolm Cornelius wrote: > Mine did that. Very un-nerving experience. Find out if your serial number matches the range in this kb article. They all do. It covers all G3s. So the part that says: The program is available for cer

Re: DSL and wireless

Just recently got SBC DSL and was wondering what I will have to do to get my powerbook hooked up to it wirelessly. I had it and my B&W hooked up to my cable modem thru a wireless router, no problem. But after I got DSL and hooked my B&W to it, my wireless now doesnt want to play nice. It is a Netg

Re: web page design

Hi. I want to design a small web site. A few pics, some links, not too much. Can you suggest a helpful book to read first? And a good application to use? Thanks. One other thought. I use 123ehost for web hosting, and I think they are about to roll out another couple of features, including 1000

Re: web page design

Hi. I want to design a small web site. A few pics, some links, not too much. Can you suggest a helpful book to read first? And a good application to use? Thanks. nVU is a free gui web page program, based on the Mozilla engine, and more robust than Composer. Bruce Johnson Last

Re: Apple laserwriter 4/600ps & Pismo? or newer powerbook?

On Apr 13, 2005, at 8:26 PM, G-Books wrote: Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 00:13:23 -0400 From: Laurent Daudelin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Apple laserwriter 4/600ps & Pismo? or newer powerbook? on 14/04/05 00:08, Tom Ethen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Possibly it would be less expensive to purchase a

Re: Mainstreet/Lombard conundrum

On Apr 13, 2005, at 8:52 PM, Malcolm Cornelius wrote: I have a Mainstreet and a Lombard, both in good shape. I want to upgrade one of them for everyday use until I can afford a new laptop. I have 2 uses other than normal stuff: 1. I have an ap that uses a 2nd monitor (or TV) for general use by an a

Re: Apple laserwriter 4/600ps & Pismo? or newer powerbook?

on 14/04/05 00:08, Tom Ethen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Possibly it would be less expensive to purchase an older Mac to run the > printer off of and then network it to your newer Macs. > > Tom > > On 4/13/05 11:23 AM, "Pace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The adapters are pricy, so >> I thi

Re: Apple laserwriter 4/600ps & Pismo? or newer powerbook?

Possibly it would be less expensive to purchase an older Mac to run the printer off of and then network it to your newer Macs. Tom On 4/13/05 11:23 AM, "Pace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The adapters are pricy, so > I think looking for a new printer is the way to go, > But it's just a shame to

Re: web page design

Tom, Dummies books are always a good place to start. Simple, easy to read with plenty of info. Don't be offended by the title. Also, a good site to check out the skinny on the web world is the world wide web consortium.

Re: Tiger Release

> > On Apr 13, 2005, at 9:41 AM, Aaron Willems wrote: > >> If you look at the Upgrade chart from Apple, I don't see the Pismo. You >> might be out of luck. > If you actually look, you'll see the Pismo is right under the > "Powerbook" list. No need to be so blunt. It's been added, it was NOT th

Re: is my iBook screwed

> > > Mine did that. Very un-nerving experience. Find out if > your serial number matches the range in this kb > article. They all do. It covers all G3s. > If so, call Apple and arrange a dispatch. > They will send you a box via DHL overnight. You box

Re: Mainstreet/Lombard conundrum

> I have a Mainstreet and a Lombard, both in good shape. I want to > upgrade one of them for everyday use until I can afford a new laptop. > > I have 2 uses other than normal stuff: > > 1. I have an ap that uses a 2nd monitor (or TV) for general use by an > audience. If you *must* know, it's a ka

Re: Sister's Ibook, Coffe, and fault...

Yeah, I tried to tell her... On Apr 13, 2005, at 16:03, raino wrote: Our nonprofit board member does Macintosh computer board level repairs-he just cleaned a 12" iBook for us that had milk spilled on it. A donor sent it to us because the keyboard didn't work. Here is John's input on spills: Afte

belkin card

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Re: web page design

on 13/04/05 20:55, Bruce Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Apr 12, 2005, at 3:00 PM, Thomas Bridgeland wrote: > >> >> Hi. I want to design a small web site. A few pics, some links, not too >> much. Can you suggest a helpful book to read first? And a good >> application to use? Thanks.

Re: web page design

On Apr 12, 2005, at 3:00 PM, Thomas Bridgeland wrote: Hi. I want to design a small web site. A few pics, some links, not too much. Can you suggest a helpful book to read first? And a good application to use? Thanks. nVU is a free gui web page program, based on the Mozilla engine, and more robu

Re: OS X bootable with iMac CD (was"Re: Ti 1ghz")

I did this on my wife's MDD G4. There was a control strip module causing Classic to crash. I was shocked when I booted off the OS 9 CD and could not see the internal hard drive. No need to panic. It's just because the OS 9 drivers were not installed during the factory format... --- Mikael Byström

Re: DSL and wireless

My Reply follows quote. On 13/04/2005 15:48 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >Hello > >Just recently got SBC DSL and was wondering what I will have to do to >get my powerbook hooked up to it wirelessly. I had it and my B&W hooked >up to my cable modem thru a wireless router, no problem. But after I >

Re: Tiger Release

That only lists the cards, not the extent to which they are implemented. I want to know if my cards will get full or limited support, not just if they are on the list. Andrew On 4/13/05 4:43 PM, "Laurent Daudelin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 13/04/05 19:12, Andrew F. at [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: Tiger Release

on 13/04/05 19:12, Andrew F. at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The Apple site goes into very little detail on which GPUs give full support. > I have a brand-new PowerBook 12" (64MB nVidia 5200) so I'm guessing it is > fully supported, but my friend has an 800MHz iBook G4 and I don't know > whether I s

Re: Tiger Release

The Apple site goes into very little detail on which GPUs give full support. I have a brand-new PowerBook 12" (64MB nVidia 5200) so I'm guessing it is fully supported, but my friend has an 800MHz iBook G4 and I don't know whether I should recommend the update for her or not. Also, my 1GHz Sawtooth

Re: Sister's Ibook, Coffe, and fault...

Our nonprofit board member does Macintosh computer board level repairs-he just cleaned a 12" iBook for us that had milk spilled on it. A donor sent it to us because the keyboard didn't work. Here is John's input on spills: After the offending liquid has touched the 'book: Immediately turn off/unpl

DSL and wireless

Hello Just recently got SBC DSL and was wondering what I will have to do to get my powerbook hooked up to it wirelessly. I had it and my B&W hooked up to my cable modem thru a wireless router, no problem. But after I got DSL and hooked my B&W to it, my wireless now doesnt want to play nice. It

Re: Tiger Release

on 13/04/05 18:38, Tim Hodgson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Now that is *very* good to hear :-) Thanks. > > TimH > > On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 7:20 pm -0500, Bruce Sergeant wrote: > >> Tim, >> >> Yes, it was very responsive, very quick. Some of the Spotlight >> searches took a little longer, o

Re: Tiger Release

Wew! Thanks great! I'm so glad they learned of they're oversight! It def wasn't that way this morning! later, Kim From: Zoltan Batiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you look at the Upgrade chart from Apple, I don't see the Pismo. You might be out of luck. http://www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/requi

Re: Tiger Release

Now that is *very* good to hear :-) Thanks. TimH On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 7:20 pm -0500, Bruce Sergeant wrote: >Tim, > >Yes, it was very responsive, very quick. Some of the Spotlight >searches took a little longer, on the Pismo, than I've seen elsewhere >but overall very fast. All accounts I've

Re: Tiger Release

That's new since this morning! Guess they caught wind. - Original Message - From: "Zoltan Batiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "G-Books" Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 2:35 PM Subject: Re: Tiger Release On Apr 13, 2005, at 9:41 AM, Aaron Willems wrote: If you look at the Upgrade chart from A

Re: Mainstreet/Lombard conundrum

On 13/04/05 17:23, "Keith Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a Mainstreet and a Lombard, both in good shape. I want to > upgrade one of them for everyday use until I can afford a new laptop. > > I have 2 uses other than normal stuff: > > 1. I have an ap that uses a 2nd monitor (or TV)

Re: Tiger Release

On Apr 13, 2005, at 9:41 AM, Aaron Willems wrote: If you look at the Upgrade chart from Apple, I don't see the Pismo. You might be out of luck. http://www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/requirements.html -- Aaron Willems If you actually look, you'll see the Pismo is right under the "Powerbook" list. I

Re: Two questions (sort of OT)

On 4/13/05 2:31 PM, "Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Your iPod whirring is the hard drive and if it were due to a really fragged drive you would probably be hearing a whir and clicking or scratching too. The clicking/scratching would be the heads moving back and forth seeking the next cluster. Y

Mainstreet/Lombard conundrum

I have a Mainstreet and a Lombard, both in good shape. I want to upgrade one of them for everyday use until I can afford a new laptop. I have 2 uses other than normal stuff: 1. I have an ap that uses a 2nd monitor (or TV) for general use by an audience. If you *must* know, it's a karaoke ap. Say

Re: is my iBook screwed

Mine did that. Very un-nerving experience. Find out if your serial number matches the range in this kb article. If so, call Apple and arrange a dispatch. They will send you a box via DHL overnight. You box it up and send it off. It'll be back inside three

Should I Consider Buying G4 Titanium

I have a chance to buy an "earliest model" Titanium. Don't know the specs on it yet. But should I seriously consider it or just hold my nose and ignore it? In other words, are these models running strong? Or finding their way into the bottom of the closet? A good design? Or an Apple mista

Re: Airport Question

Is true that PC card wireless cards are cheaper and easier to find than Airport cards. I too have an Airport in my iBook G3 900. It's important to understand that the protocol used to communicate over a network is TCP/IP and wireless 802.11b/g. These protocols are not platform specific. To give

Response: Two questions (sort of OT)

Brian: I have a jumpdrive (unprotected) ... very handy, convenient ... my OS X PowerBook always mounts it, sometimes XP is iffy about whether it sees it or not (strange). But then all of you guys know of the quirks of Mr. Gates endeavors. There are some USB jump drives that now have a thumbp

Re: Two questions (sort of OT)

there is a product called a secure jump drive, but I dont know if it can be reformatted or not if stolen.. -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRW

Re: Looking for an Airport Card

>> Great. Tks. I want to experiment. I have a Wallstreet running 10.2.8. >> I have a hunch that the Belkin card which works in your Aunt's Lombard >> might work in a Wallstreet. Also I would appreciate what card version >> (located on the bottom of the card e.g. VER.1101) and driver were used >> (

Sister's Ibook, Coffe, and fault...

So my sister buys an Ibook off me that has been with me for three years, with no issues, and two hours later, spills coffee all over it. She says the only problem is a few keys were not working, and a hissing noise.. few days later, it wont charge Is this probly a fried power board, as I as

Re: Two questions (sort of OT)

On 13/04/05 14:31, "Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My first is in regards to my iPod. It has lately acquired a very > audible whirring noise. Not to be read as loud, but it is louder than > when I first bought it last summer. I posted this to the apple forums > but got little help on the i

Canon LIDE 50 Scanner for $50

Somebody posted a question a few days ago about scanners. I just saw on DealMac.com the Canon LIDE 50 scanner for $50 shipped. I think it's a pretty good deal. -Laurent. -- ===

Two questions (sort of OT)

My first is in regards to my iPod. It has lately acquired a very audible whirring noise. Not to be read as loud, but it is louder than when I first bought it last summer. I posted this to the apple forums but got little help on the issue there. One guy assumed i was using a PC, despite the

Re: Tiger Release

Tim, Yes, it was very responsive, very quick. Some of the Spotlight searches took a little longer, on the Pismo, than I've seen elsewhere but overall very fast. All accounts I've heard indicate that Tiger will operate even faster, on most systems, that all previous Xes. I'm psyched... Bruce

Re: Tiger Release

On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 5:36 pm -0500, Bruce Sergeant wrote: >Kim, > >I've, personally, seen Tiger running on a Pismo! The person who did >this is a software developer who had an advance copy of the OS. Bruce, did you get a good enough look to get an impression of its speed? It was quite a pleas

Re: Tiger Release

Yes, unless Apple cripples the final release, it will run on a Pismo. Turtle-Bear On Apr 13, 2005, at 11:06 AM, Malcolm Cornelius wrote: I think it is a mistake on the website as others have pointed out, it will run on a Pismo. -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog E

Re: is my iBook screwed

At 12:46 PM +0800 4/13/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sigh, the day I am off on holidays my faithful G3 iBook seems to have developed terminal symptoms. The screen has developed thin horizontal black lines and there is a ghosting effect going on at the same time. The whole computer is frozen. I noti

Re: Tiger Release

> But they list clamshell iBooks which had 4MB of Video RAM and up to what, > 466MHz processors with a max of what 768MB RAM? > > The Pismo came with 8MB Video RAM, up to 500MHz processors and a max of 1GB > RAM. Doesn't make sense...what could be the limiting factor? The later clamshell iBooks h

Re: Tiger Release

But they list clamshell iBooks which had 4MB of Video RAM and up to what, 466MHz processors with a max of what 768MB RAM? The Pismo came with 8MB Video RAM, up to 500MHz processors and a max of 1GB RAM. Doesn't make sense...what could be the limiting factor? - Original Message - From:

Re: battery power on wifi, G3 clamshell

After some initial problems with batteries we bought a new battery for 466 clamshell ibook and we get somewhere around 4- 4 1/2 hours use with airport. If watching a DVD you get full film plus about an hour. That is running latest version of Panther mind you. Watch out for funny battery problems

Re: Tiger Release

On Apr 13, 2005, at 12:21 PM, Matthew Faulds wrote: I've managed to persuade my brother that he wants Tiger for his birthday so I'm buying a Family pack too Which is perfectly legal as long as he lives in the same house as you :-) Not that I suspect any checks these things. TjL -- G-Books is

Re: Tiger Release

If you look at the Upgrade chart from Apple, I don't see the Pismo. You might be out of luck. http://www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/requirements.html -- Aaron Willems > I heard that Tiger will NOT install on G3/Pismo's > even tho they have the required: G3+, built-in Firewire. > Apple does not lis

Re: Tiger Release

Kim, I've, personally, seen Tiger running on a Pismo! The person who did this is a software developer who had an advance copy of the OS. Bruce Sergeant Lecompton, KS >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/13/05 11:29:41 AM >>> I heard that Tiger will NOT install on G3/Pismo's even tho they have the required:

Re: Tiger Release

I heard that Tiger will NOT install on G3/Pismo's even tho they have the required: G3+, built-in Firewire. Apple does not list the Pismo... The rumor is that it actually henges on what video card is installed, older ATI vs newer AGP. Anyone heard anything more? kim Don't leave our children with the

Re: Apple laserwriter 4/600ps & Pismo? or newer powerbook?

The adapters are pricy, so I think looking for a new printer is the way to go, But it's just a shame to give up this laserprinter that has nothing wrong with it! Thanks to everyone for info on this! Kim Oups! After reading my reply, I realize that you might not even be able to connect the printer t

Re: Tiger Release

I've managed to persuade my brother that he wants Tiger for his birthday so I'm buying a Family pack too I can't resist. I'm just another butterfly drawn by the light Matt Original Message Follows From: Tim Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "G-Books" To: "G-Books" Subject:

Re: Tiger Release

I'm going to order mine with iLife 05 and iWork 05. You get all 3 for $250. A savings of $50 dollars. -- Aaron Willems > I ordered the Family Pack. It'll be here by April 29, hope everybody orders > theirs soon too. > > Tim -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small D

Re: Looking for an Airport card

Chris, Like you the Belkin F5D7001 VER. 1000 PCI worked great in my PMG4. However I haven't been able to get the Belkin F5D7011 VER.1101 NoteBook Network Card to work in either a PBG4al, Pismo or a Wallstreet on OSX. Concur in your statement on chip set. That is why I am interested in what g ex

Orinoco Silver or Gold?

Do I need a Orinoco Gold 802.11b Wireless PC Card instead of Orinoco Silver 802.11b PC Card for my Lombard OS 9.1...because airport won't work and I am running os 9.1 so the Belkin card won't work... >> no. the pismo is the first one that used the internal airport card, i >> fitted my aunt's lombar

Re: Airport Question

yes, they should. i have 2 regulars and 1 extreme working flawlessly with the wifi dsl modem that my provider uses. it is a 2wire brand. my aunt has the same modem with an extreme, a belkin pcmcia card on a lombard and a windoze machine. all work well, no problems so far knock on wood {grin} g

Airport Question

Hi All, I'm looking for a wireless card for my G3 icebook. I know that I'm pretty much limited to the original (and pricey) Apple card and that's okay. But... will the Apple card work with non-apple base stations? I can find like, Linksys and D-Link cheaper than the corresponding Apple Products.

Re: Looking for an Airport card

On 13 Apr 2005, at 15:09, G-Books wrote: Subject: Re: Looking for an Airport Card Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 00:21:35 -0400 i did not install any software. i used the airport software provided with the system g On Apr 13, 2005, at 12:16 AM, Deaner Lawless wrote: g, Great. Tks. I want to experiment. I h

Re: Ethernet cable

Fortunately, modern Macs dont need crossovers any more:-) On Apr 13, 2005, at 01:00, Amanda Ward wrote: Hi Tom, There are guidelines for wiring the connectors. This link (grabbed at random) covers some of it. http://www.ertyu.org/~steven_nikkel/ethernetcables.html The important thing to remember is

Re: Tiger Release

On Apr 13, 2005, at 3:27 AM, Tim Collier wrote: I ordered the Family Pack. It'll be here by April 29, hope everybody orders theirs soon too. For those who need the Family Pack, Amazon has a pre-order deal with $50 rebate:

Re: is my iBook screwed

If moving or squeezing the display corrects or worsens the problem its probably the display ribbon. There is a recall for G3 iBooks, see the Apple site for details. John > Sigh, the day I am off on holidays my faithful G3 iBook seems to have > developed > terminal symptoms. The screen has develo

Tiger Release

I ordered the Family Pack. It'll be here by April 29, hope everybody orders theirs soon too. Tim -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs o

Re: web page design

Thomas Bridgeland said: > I want to design a small web site. A few pics, some links, not too >much. Can you suggest a helpful book to read first? And a good >application to use? Thanks. While a bit dated, the classic "Creating Killer Websites" is still good for inspiration at least. It doesn'

Re: Ethernet cable

Hi Tom, There are guidelines for wiring the connectors. This link (grabbed at random) covers some of it. http://www.ertyu.org/~steven_nikkel/ethernetcables.html The important thing to remember is... for a standard, straight through cable both connectors must be wired in the exact same order. Kee