Use S-video out

2005-04-18 Thread Steen Asmussen
Hi, I have a Lombard using OS 9.2.2 It has a s-video out. Does anyone know how to use it? Hope someone can help me. Best wishes Steen -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site

Re: European Powerbooks _ the last word

2005-04-18 Thread Larry le Mac
From: Beniamino Cenci Goga [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip the free wires (usually 3: the ground, usually yellow and green, and the two phases) Uh, one phase and neutral... --- From: Claire Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip Yikes! What if there are four wires, and they are red and yellow, black and white? Hmm,

Re: Konica Mintolta 1350W

2005-04-18 Thread Tim Collier
You may be out of luck: see here http://printer.konicaminolta.com/support/casebase/index.html . Now I purchased the 2430 DL and it works perfectly. You really ought to research a printer before you buy it. Tim On Apr 18, 2005, at 12:44 AM, Chad Swarthout wrote: Does anyone know how to

Re: Use S-video out

2005-04-18 Thread themacuser
Plug it into a TV/something else with S-Video cable Go into Monitors controlpanel Setup Arrangment/Mirroring as you wish and you can use it. It's just like using an external monitor. On 18/04/2005, at 16:27, Steen Asmussen wrote: Hi, I have a Lombard using OS 9.2.2 It has a s-video out. Does

Re: European Powerbooks _ the last word

2005-04-18 Thread themacuser
2-phase power doesn't exist either, it would make no sense. 3-phase power cables have 5 wires anyway. Ground, neutral and phase 1,2,3... On 18/04/2005, at 16:32, Larry le Mac wrote: From: Beniamino Cenci Goga [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip the free wires (usually 3: the ground, usually yellow and green,

Re: Fax via airport

2005-04-18 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 18/04/05 01:55, Beniamino Cenci Goga at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Last year we speculated over the feasibility of sending fax via airport to a telephone line connected to the Airport base station. is anybody aware if a similar software is now available? AirPort with a phone line is for a

Re: Use S-video out

2005-04-18 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 18/04/05 02:57, Steen Asmussen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have a Lombard using OS 9.2.2 It has a s-video out. Does anyone know how to use it? With the right adapter, you can connect the Lombard to a television set. -Laurent. --

Re: replacing optical drive in G4 iBook?

2005-04-18 Thread satwant.dhanjal
I have successfully replaced dvd combo with DVD-rw in my titanium powerbook without a problem danny -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dennis Reeder Sent: 17 April 2005 13:52 To: G-Books Subject: replacing optical drive in G4 iBook? I have a 14 G4

Many things

2005-04-18 Thread Stuart Saunders
Firstly I have to say thanks Bruce for the advice re getting high quality output from Appleworks. In the print dialogue box, click on copies and pages, third down is Output Options - here you can save as pdf or as ps. Have just printed two large posters from pdfs - 2 sq metres each - and

Re: Many things

2005-04-18 Thread P. H. Adams
On Apr 18, 2005, at 9:23 PM, Stuart Saunders wrote: I am doing a thesis on intellectual property. Around the middle of March, there was a story online about the high number of inventions that don't make it. It had a quote from one of the big wigs at Intel (may have been Gordon Moore) describing

Re: European Powerbooks _ the last word

2005-04-18 Thread Beniamino Cenci Goga
2-phase power doesn't exist either, it would make no sense. 3-phase power cables have 5 wires anyway. Ground, neutral and phase 1,2,3... On 18/04/2005, at 16:32, Larry le Mac wrote: Come on guys! It's jargon: one ground and the phases... BTW. Most powerbooks sold in the EU have the German schuko

Re: Here's a fairly dumb question...

2005-04-18 Thread KxUx
Opps. Did I imply that FAXstf is in the system? That is not the case. Apple delivers fax functionality in the system, but it is quite bare bone - you can send and receive faxes. When receiving, the faxes can be directed to a printer automatically or send to e-mail address. That is about it - check

One bad block

2005-04-18 Thread Mark Kippert
I've had a problem running Software Update on my PowerBook (error encountered...) so I ran TechTool Pro 4. It found one bad block on my hard drive but it doesn't have the capability to repair (map out) the bad block. Does anybody have a suggestion for a utility that can, short of zeroing the

SV: European Powerbooks _ the last word

2005-04-18 Thread Aase Marit Waage
Hi Ben, All my PB's has had the schuko grounded plug (plug with two round pins and grounding on the sides). A lot of other things (like laptops) does not have the grounding though, but all Power Book cables has had it. I don't know how my new iBook's plug is though. It came with the white square

usb ports not working?

2005-04-18 Thread Kristina Rost
Dear List, Why would my USB ports on my G3 beige OS9 fail to recognize my camera, when it did before I reinstalled 8.6. I reloaded 9.0 over the 8.6 but still the camera does not show up. There are USB drivers installed from the camera software...and the camera software loads but does not see

Re: usb ports not working?

2005-04-18 Thread Mark Kippert
Kristina Rost on 4/18/05 9:26 AM wrote: Why would my USB ports on my G3 beige OS9 fail to recognize my camera, when it did before I reinstalled 8.6. I reloaded 9.0 over the 8.6 but still the camera does not show up. If you did a clean install, you probably need to reinstall the USB

Re: One bad block

2005-04-18 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 18/04/05 09:31, Mark Kippert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've had a problem running Software Update on my PowerBook (error encountered...) so I ran TechTool Pro 4. It found one bad block on my hard drive but it doesn't have the capability to repair (map out) the bad block. Does anybody have a

Apple Airport Stuff - MAKE Magazine

2005-04-18 Thread Bob Angell
Folks, Just got the first issue of a magazine called MAKE. Extremely Mac friendly and there is an excellent article on extending the range of your Airport Express while traveling or otherwise. Also, another good article on setting up a wireless MESH network for your home or office. A friend

Re: Auto back-up program recommendations ?

2005-04-18 Thread Chris Jansen
In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: P. H. Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Auto back-up program recommendations ? Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 05:46:21 +0900 Can anybody suggest a reliable auto back-up program or Applescript for OS X apps ? I am regularly adding new

Lexmark 6170 all-in-one on Mac

2005-04-18 Thread Barton Brown
Last year, after reading a couple reviews in Mac publications and Lexmark's promo literature, I got Such A Deal from BJ's that I bought a Lexmark 6170 printer/fax/copier/scanner/Bass-O-Matic... only to find when I got the pig home that there were no Mac drivers -- OS X or otherwise -- and both

Re: Wallstreet DVD

2005-04-18 Thread Emery Stora
On Apr 18, 2005, at 3:54 AM, G-Books wrote: Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 20:47:14 +0100 Subject: DVD RW with Wallstreet From: John.E.Abraham [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Listers As a DVD in a Wallstreet is very rare, I am thinking of obtaining a DVD RW in an external USB case to

Re: Here's a fairly dumb question...

2005-04-18 Thread Barton Brown
H... don't know how they got there, but I have FAXstf for OS 9.x AND FAXstf X in my Applications folder. Another mystery... Bart On Apr 18, 2005, at 8:47 AM, KxUx wrote: Opps. Did I imply that FAXstf is in the system? That is not the case. Apple delivers fax functionality in the system, but

Re: Wallstreet DVD

2005-04-18 Thread Michael Cangelosi
I've got from E-bay what looks to be a wallstreet DVD (not RW or DVD-R obv.) that won't work for my lombard -- bought off e-bay for the dvd decoder that came with. I'll part for 5 plus shipping. -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Emery Stora Sent:

Re: Here's a fairly dumb question...

2005-04-18 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 18, 2005, at 8:45 AM, Barton Brown wrote: H... don't know how they got there, but I have FAXstf for OS 9.x AND FAXstf X in my Applications folder. Another mystery... ISTR Apple did bundle limited editions of those programs at one time with new systems. -- Bruce Johnson -- G-Books is

Re: replacing optical drive in G4 iBook?

2005-04-18 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 18, 2005, at 5:04 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have successfully replaced dvd combo with DVD-rw in my titanium powerbook without a problem danny I have worked on both. There's a *lot* of difference between Powerbooks and iBooks. -- Bruce Johnson -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: Should I Consider Buying G4 Titanium

2005-04-18 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 17, 2005, at 5:49 PM, Brian Stewart wrote: I could have picked up a G3 Powerbook that would run 10.2 and possibly 10.3 a couple of weeks ago for a good price. But will 10.4 or run on it and if it does, how well will it run. From all reports it'll run quite happily; at least on Pismos

Re: Here's a fairly dumb question...

2005-04-18 Thread kcthompson
My PowerBook 17 came with FAXstf. I ordered it in June 2003 from the Apple Education store. kt -- 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

Re: usb ports not working?

2005-04-18 Thread Kristina
Why would my USB ports on my G3 beige OS9 fail to recognize my camera, when it did before I reinstalled 8.6. I reloaded 9.0 over the 8.6 but still the camera does not show up. From: Mark Kippert [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you did a clean install, you probably need to reinstall the USB adapter card

Re: Here's a fairly dumb question...

2005-04-18 Thread Barton Brown
So, as I just found out after about a year-and-a-half, did mine! Doh! Thanks for the heads-up. Has anyone used FAXstf X in a one-line situation? What I'm looking for specifically is this: If the phone rings, and FAXstf picks it up after x rings and there's no modem tone, will it automatically

Re: Intel quote (was 'many things')

2005-04-18 Thread Stuart Saunders
Thanks Patch, I can't be sure that this was the quote - but maybe i remembered it differently, as I only skimmed through the original in my usual panic before traveling. Nevermind, it is so dam close it will serve the purpose very well! Thanks again, Stuart. Actually,

Re: replacing optical drive in G4 iBook?

2005-04-18 Thread Barton Brown
Avail yourself of the best deal in the world for replacing SuperDrives (and lots of other stuff: HDs, LCDs, etc.). Go to PowerBookResQ (part of MacResQ): http://www.powerbookresq.com/ and check out this, and many other, deals: PowerBookResQ 8x Dual-Layer SuperDrive 24 Hour Nationwide Full

Re: Use S-video out

2005-04-18 Thread Cliff Rediger
Steen, My Wallstreet has S-Video out. You need an S-Video cable and an S-Video external appliance such as TV. I found that it was a little fussy about the sync between TV on and booting etc. But, in the end since the S-Video port is hotswappable I found that TV on, computer booted, then plug both

Re: DVD RW with Wallstreet

2005-04-18 Thread John . E . Abraham
Hi Lister Thank you all for the useful info supplied, it has helped my to decide which way to go. Thank's again John Abraham UK Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 20:51:33 +0100 Subject: DVD RW with Wallstreet From: John.E.Abraham [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Listers As a DVD in a

Re: DVD RW with Wallstreet

2005-04-18 Thread John . E . Abraham
Hi Lister Thank you all for the useful info supplied, it has helped my to decide which way to go. Thank's again John Abraham UK Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 20:51:33 +0100 Subject: DVD RW with Wallstreet From: John.E.Abraham [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Listers As a DVD in a

Re: European Powerbooks _ the last word

2005-04-18 Thread Clark Martin
At 8:10 PM +0930 4/18/05, themacuser wrote: 2-phase power doesn't exist either, it would make no sense. 3-phase power cables have 5 wires anyway. Ground, neutral and phase 1,2,3... Or just 4, ground and 3 phases. In the US 208V 3ph is usually wired delta so there is no neutral. 2 phase is used

Re: Lexmark 6170 all-in-one on Mac

2005-04-18 Thread Clark Martin
At 11:41 AM -0400 4/18/05, Barton Brown wrote: Last year, after reading a couple reviews in Mac publications and Lexmark's promo literature, I got Such A Deal from BJ's that I bought a Lexmark 6170 printer/fax/copier/scanner/Bass-O-Matic... only to find when I got the pig home that there were

Re: SV: European Powerbooks _ the last word

2005-04-18 Thread Clark Martin
At 3:57 PM +0200 4/18/05, Aase Marit Waage wrote: Hi Ben, All my PB's has had the schuko grounded plug (plug with two round pins and grounding on the sides). A lot of other things (like laptops) does not have the grounding though, but all Power Book cables has had it. I don't know how my new

Re: European Powerbooks _ the last word

2005-04-18 Thread Hector I . Macedo
Ben, What is a schuko? On Apr 18, 2005, at 7:42 AM, Beniamino Cenci Goga wrote: BTW. Most powerbooks sold in the EU have the German schuko plug with the ground... Ben Hector I. Macedo Lord of the Flies Dallas, TX 75248 Piscaro Itaque dicet mendacium

Re: Konica Mintolta 1350W

2005-04-18 Thread Chad Swarthout
I did research, I got my powerbook after I got the printer (used to use all PCs). On 4/18/05, Tim Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You may be out of luck: see here http://printer.konicaminolta.com/support/casebase/index.html . Now I purchased the 2430 DL and it works perfectly. You

SV: SV: European Powerbooks _ the last word

2005-04-18 Thread Aase Marit Waage
-Opprinnelig melding- Fra: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] På vegne av Clark Martin Sendt: 18. april 2005 19:12 Til: G-Books Emne: Re: SV: European Powerbooks _ the last word At 3:57 PM +0200 4/18/05, Aase Marit Waage wrote: Neat how they now use a standard power cord with the small

Re: European Powerbooks _ the last word

2005-04-18 Thread Larry le Mac
From: themacuser [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2-phase power doesn't exist either, I never said it did... --- 3-phase power cables have 5 wires anyway. Ground, neutral and phase 1,2,3... You don't have to have neutral, many outlets in Sweden and England (and many other countries I've installed machines in)

Re: SV: European Powerbooks _ the last word

2005-04-18 Thread Hector I . Macedo
I have the flying saucer power adapter with my WS and it has only two prongs and they are the same size, so that denies your theory On Apr 18, 2005, at 12:11 PM, Clark Martin wrote: I'm guessing but I suspect the US cord that comes with the white PB power adapter is grounded for code reasons.

Re: SV: European Powerbooks _ the last word

2005-04-18 Thread Clark Martin
At 5:53 PM -0500 4/18/05, Hector I. Macedo wrote: I have the flying saucer power adapter with my WS and it has only two prongs and they are the same size, so that denies your theory On Apr 18, 2005, at 12:11 PM, Clark Martin wrote: I'm guessing but I suspect the US cord that comes with the white

few newbie questions

2005-04-18 Thread Rick McCutcheon
Greetings g-listers, Some of you will know me from the P-book list which I've been on for ages, though mostly lurking for the past year or two. My very trusty PB1400c has been showing signs of strain, all fixable but enough to get in the way of work, so I recently found a Tibook 400 in fabulous

Re: few newbie questions

2005-04-18 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 18/04/05 19:23, Rick McCutcheon at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 5) Can I load OS9.1 straight onto it, then boot from it with a key combination? (It has 10.2.x and 9.2.x but old software might need 9.1 -- I'll see first if the software will run in classic. Anyone using Word 98 with Endnote 4

Re: few newbie questions

2005-04-18 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 18, 2005, at 4:23 PM, Rick McCutcheon wrote: Greetings g-listers, Some of you will know me from the P-book list which I've been on for ages, though mostly lurking for the past year or two. My very trusty PB1400c has been showing signs of strain, all fixable but enough to get in the way

Re: replacing an optical drive in a G4 iBook

2005-04-18 Thread Dennis Reeder
Thanks for the info on MacResQ. I had checked them out earlier. All I want is a new cd/cdr/dvd drive. The drive is available for $89. Paying MacResQ and additional $229 is out of the question. I understand there are a zillion screws and it is a tedious time consuming project but I would

NVRAM reset and dead motherboard

2005-04-18 Thread Daniel Colwell
Hello All, A coworker told me that he was about ready to get a new battery for his daughters Powerbook. He asked if there was any way to get more out of the battery she had before he plunked down $150 or so for a new one. Since I had some luck getting more time out of my Pismo battery, I told

flash drive on WS

2005-04-18 Thread peter webster
I just tried a Gizmo jump drive on my WallStreet II, sys 9.1, a Belkin USB card. No icon for the drive. The system profiler shows mass storage flash card on USB 0. I have a generic USB icon on the desktop, but I can't drop anything into it. Any ideas about what I need to do? -- G-Books is

Re: sync

2005-04-18 Thread Daniel Colwell
Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Kevin Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: sync Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 20:40:36 -0400 Is there a cheap, inexpensive (actually that should read FREE) way of syncing a folder between a laptop and a tower? I would like to be able to take my laptop wherever, do some

Re: flash drive on WS

2005-04-18 Thread Tim
On Apr 18, 2005, at 8:34 PM, peter webster wrote: I just tried a Gizmo jump drive on my WallStreet II, sys 9.1, a Belkin USB card. No icon for the drive. The system profiler shows mass storage flash card on USB 0. I have a generic USB icon on the desktop, but I can't drop anything into it. Any

Re: European Powerbooks _ the last word

2005-04-18 Thread themacuser
What I meant was that 2-phase power is never installed in housing. On 19/04/2005, at 02:30, Clark Martin wrote: At 8:10 PM +0930 4/18/05, themacuser wrote: 2-phase power doesn't exist either, it would make no sense. 3-phase power cables have 5 wires anyway. Ground, neutral and phase 1,2,3... Or

S Video Out 15AL (OS 10.3.9)TV?

2005-04-18 Thread Bob Warner
How do I feed the video from the S video out port on my 15 AL PB running 10.3.9 to a tv set? Many thanks! -- 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

Re: Here's a fairly dumb question...

2005-04-18 Thread Tim Collier
I seem to remember it coming with my first G4 867. It was on the OS 9 partition and I think there was one in OS X too. This was under 10.1...I haven't seen it since on 10.2 or 10.3. Tim On Apr 18, 2005, at 11:45 AM, Barton Brown wrote: H... don't know how they got there, but I have FAXstf

Re: European Powerbooks _ the last word

2005-04-18 Thread Clark Martin
At 11:12 AM +0930 4/19/05, themacuser wrote: What I meant was that 2-phase power is never installed in housing. It's in my house. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- G-Books is sponsored by

Just a heads up...

2005-04-18 Thread Barton Brown
It was announced yesterday that the wienie phrase information superhighway has been dropped from the latest edition of the OED, and NOT before its time. Let us not lament its passing. Bart -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com

Re: few newbie questions

2005-04-18 Thread Rick McCutcheon
Much thanks! Chuckle -- yes, newer is the point. So I guess the question is which numbers came first and which were later... Rick From: Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2) As I understand it, any of the battery numbers for the 15 Tibooks (A1012/M6091/M8244/M8511) will work. Did they

Re: flash drive on WS

2005-04-18 Thread Tim Collier
I believe that you have to format it using the disk drive utility. Tim On Apr 18, 2005, at 8:34 PM, peter webster wrote: I just tried a Gizmo jump drive on my WallStreet II, sys 9.1, a Belkin USB card. No icon for the drive. The system profiler shows mass storage flash card on USB 0. I have a

Re: S Video Out 15AL (OS 10.3.9)TV?

2005-04-18 Thread John McGibney
Use the adapter cable that came with your machine and plug the 2 wires together, one end into the AlBook's S-video port the other into the yellow plug on your TV's aux input. Get a Stereo adapter cable with the stereo mini plug on one end and RCA plugs on the other. Plug the RCA ends into the red

Re: Just a heads up...

2005-04-18 Thread Clark Martin
At 10:51 PM -0400 4/18/05, Barton Brown wrote: It was announced yesterday that the wienie phrase information superhighway has been dropped from the latest edition of the OED, and NOT before its time. Let us not lament its passing. Yes, it's now been replaced by Disinformation Toll Road. :) --

Re: Just a heads up...

2005-04-18 Thread Donald Keenan
On Monday, April 18, 2005, at 10:51 PM, Barton Brown wrote: It was announced yesterday that the wienie phrase information superhighway has been dropped from the latest edition of the OED, and NOT before its time. Let us not lament its passing. Bart I just saw Jennifer Washburn, author of

Re: Network Printer options, Brother MFC 420 CN

2005-04-18 Thread Andrew in Ann Arbor
I purchased the 2430 DL and it works perfectly. You really ought to research a printer before you buy it. This reminded me that I should report back on my printer experience. I had asked about inkjet printers here and on the Thinkpad list and based on several comments I got a Brother MFC 420 CN