Completely Naive Video RAM Question (Pismo)

2005-07-30 Thread Barry Muller
I recnetly got a great deal on a 400 MHz Pismo with a bad battery and as it turns out a bad HD. I've upgraded to a Hitachi 40 GB HD and added an Airport Card and couldn't be happier with this Mac, except for the 8 MB Video limit. Seems that back in the day of the the Performa Macs I read that the

Re: Pismo Temperature Sensor

2005-07-30 Thread Andrew Main
Dylan McDermond wrote: Does the Pismo truly not have a temperature sensor? I find that a little hard to believe, but my wife's Pismo 400 running 10.4.2 says that it doesn't when I try running Temperature Monitor 2.5 and ThermoInDock 0.9. Is this something that Tiger has broken? Will this keep th

Re: Utilities

2005-07-30 Thread Andrew Main
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: Utilities Date: July 30, 2005 3:28:00 PM MDT To: G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com Howard Katz wrote: I'd like to get some disk utilities--I've previously owned TechTools and was going to get the OSX version, and t

Re: Pismo PowerBook display failing

2005-07-30 Thread Andrew Main
Francesco sciacca wrote: I've found the information you have provided (quoted below) invaluable. My problem is the light bulb replacement for a Lombard and I take it the disassembling guides you point to will still be valid (with minor differences). I wonder though about the specific bulb. I kn

Re: Utilities

2005-07-30 Thread Peter Saint James
On 29 Jul 2005, at 6:00 PM, Dan K wrote: If you don't have Tiger installed but like the idea of Dashboard you might try Dashboard's inspiration, Konfabulator. Tons of available widgets for most anything you like. BTW, I saw a note that Yahoo bought Konfabulator and now gives it away fr

Re: Subject: Utilities

2005-07-30 Thread Claire Hart
I'm new to owning a G4 powerbok (been a 5300c owner for years, but it finally died), and am in the process of tweaking my new machine, and Tiger. I'd like to get some disk utilities--I've previously owned TechTools and was going to get the OSX version, and then saw an ad for DiskWarrior. Howard