Re: Yeah! Success! was Re: Help! iCal died!

I teach in a small town and the school sells their old computers to families that can't afford anything else for next to nothing, so we have computers in most homes in town, just not new ones. Tom On 9/7/05 6:37 PM, "david" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's time to take a time out here. I teach

Re: Yeah! Success! was Re: Help! iCal died!

OK, folks, I think we discussed enough about replacing floppies with USB or what percentage of the US population owns a computer. Can we get back to PowerBook-iBook related subjects, please? Thank you. -Laurent. G-Books List nanny -- =

Re: Wallstreet, OS X and Wavelan Gold

On 7 Sep 2005, at 12:44, Ken wrote: I've successfully used the sourceforge driver in a Wallstreet w/ Orinoco Gold. Try installing again with your Wavelan in the slot. Then shut down, and restart with the Wavelan still in the slot. Go to Sys Prefs/Network and check the drop-down menu for Net

Re: Pismo > LCD update.

I finally got the Pismo connected - using an S-Video cable it works well. Not sure what the problem is / was, but I did get it working (pretty poor picture tho') when a tech plugged the VGA cable back in while I was also testing the S-video - RCA adapter that came with the Pismo. I was worried

Re: Yeah! Success! was Re: Help! iCal died!

Also, I was unaware that America's education system has gotten so out of hand that one teacher has to deal with 145 students. I remember a time when the maximum was only about 32. Z Oh, oh, Z . Haven't been to high school lately? 7 different classes, each with about 30 student

Re: Pismo/Lombard wireless?

On Sep 7, 2005, at 4:51 PM, Andrew in Ann Arbor wrote: On Sep 6, 2005, at 1:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all I'lm about to switch my e-mail over to a G4 Cube ans I want to have a powerbook that will share the same mail files. The concept is to store the mail files on a CF card in a

Re: Pismo/Lombard wireless?

On Sep 6, 2005, at 1:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all I'lm about to switch my e-mail over to a G4 Cube ans I want to have a powerbook that will share the same mail files. The concept is to store the mail files on a CF card in a USB reader attached to the Cube. For portable use I'll plug

Re: Yeah! Success! was Re: Help! iCal died!

On Sep 7, 2005, at 2:58 PM, Zoltan Batiz wrote: On Sep 7, 2005, at 11:52 AM, Tom Ethen wrote: Lets see---$20 x 145 students = $2,900 compared to 200 floppies for $20. You bet, I will jump right on that one. Tom Actually, "under $20" was to be vague and wasn't the point. The actual pri

Re: Yeah! Success! was Re: Help! iCal died!

As I said before, many of my students don't have USB on their computers since many of them are using cast off 9500 and 8500 Macs the school let go for almost nothing. That said, a USB flash drive is worth nothing to a student that doesn't have USB to plug it into. It is interesting that you were u

Re: Does AL powerbook read DVD+R disks?

>> I was thinking of getting a Philips DVD Recorder that burns to DVD+R >> and +RW only. Great deal, but only if it works! >> > >I've sold lots of cdrw and some dvdrw drives over the last few years. >If there is one brand I would suggest you stay away from, it is >Phillips. I have seen more f

Re: Yeah! Success! was Re: Help! iCal died!

On Sep 7, 2005, at 2:19 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Sep 7, 2005, at 10:27 AM, david wrote: It was quite easy to appreciate the genius of the iMac design while thinking the lack of a SCSI port was short sighted. Had SCSI been left on it, there wouldn't have been any pressure to adopt USB

Re: Yeah! Success! was Re: Help! iCal died!

On Sep 7, 2005, at 12:10 PM, Tom Ethen wrote: Would it be heaven if I only had one class, but alas, I have six per day and 145 total is on the light end. I can only imagine the quality of 40 128 meg flash drives for $3.00 and some of my students don't have USB on their computers. Tom On 9

Re: Yeah! Success! was Re: Help! iCal died!

Would it be heaven if I only had one class, but alas, I have six per day and 145 total is on the light end. I can only imagine the quality of 40 128 meg flash drives for $3.00 and some of my students don't have USB on their computers. Tom On 9/7/05 1:58 PM, "Zoltan Batiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro

Re: Yeah! Success! was Re: Help! iCal died!

Not just public school students, tho a good chunk of those within the Chicago Metro area here might be hardpressed to come up with $20: I work part-time at a local University. You'd be surprised how many people have computers (mac or peecee) that don't have a USB port--tho they all have floppy dr

Re: Yeah! Success! was Re: Help! iCal died!

Can't do it, public school and some of the students don't have $20 to spend! Tom On 9/7/05 1:49 PM, "Jim Dynes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let the students pay the 20 bucks. > -- > > Jim Manley > Albuquerque, New Mexico -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Do

Re: Yeah! Success! was Re: Help! iCal died!

On Sep 7, 2005, at 11:52 AM, Tom Ethen wrote: Lets see---$20 x 145 students = $2,900 compared to 200 floppies for $20. You bet, I will jump right on that one. Tom Actually, "under $20" was to be vague and wasn't the point. The actual price these days on eBay is cheaper than floppies. I j

Re: Yeah! Success! was Re: Help! iCal died!

Let the students pay the 20 bucks. -- Jim Manley Albuquerque, New Mexico On Sep 7, 2005, at 12:52 PM, Tom Ethen wrote: Lets see---$20 x 145 students = $2,900 compared to 200 floppies for $20. You bet, I will jump right on that one. -- G-Books is sponsored by an

Re: Yeah! Success! was Re: Help! iCal died!

Lets see---$20 x 145 students = $2,900 compared to 200 floppies for $20. You bet, I will jump right on that one. Tom > Tom, > > There's also cheap key chain flash drives to consider. If 80% of your > students have computers, and assuming these computers aren't older than > SCSI, they most lik

Re: Yeah! Success! was Re: Help! iCal died!

On Sep 7, 2005, at 7:19 AM, Michael Cangelosi wrote: Yeah I will never give up my lombard as it's SCSI interface let's me take it to the lab and connect with lab equipment that has no USB (and never will) it's really hard to beat SCSI in a enterprise setup. Let's face it, if any of us have b

Re: Yeah! Success! was Re: Help! iCal died!

On Sep 7, 2005, at 7:16 AM, Thomas Ethen wrote: I don't see having a need for floppy disks as being anti Mac, just being practical using the least expensive way of transporting classroom projects from school to home for my students. I have always used Mac's and would never think of going to

Re: Yeah! Success! was Re: Help! iCal died!

Biomedical Engineering, IR spectrophotometer and FTIR both are SCSI -- easier to buy a SCSI card for my G5 than buying 2$ worth of lab equipment. MJC -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Johnson Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 2:11 PM To:

Re: Wallstreet, OS X and Wavelan Gold

At 8:48 PM -0700 9/6/05, Ken wrote: This message written: Tuesday, 6 September 2005 20:44:45 PDT Have been trying to learn OS X. Installed 10.2.8 on a Wallstreet/300. Seems faster than I expected. The only hangup seems to be that now I can't get the Wavelan Gold working. I installed a Sourceforg

Re: Yeah! Success! was Re: Help! iCal died!

On Sep 7, 2005, at 10:27 AM, david wrote: It was quite easy to appreciate the genius of the iMac design while thinking the lack of a SCSI port was short sighted. Actually, I think that was one of the greatest bits of genius Steve Jobs has exhibited. It forced a immediately wider accep

Re: Yeah! Success! was Re: Help! iCal died!

On Sep 7, 2005, at 7:19 AM, Michael Cangelosi wrote: Yeah I will never give up my lombard as it's SCSI interface let's me take it to the lab and connect with lab equipment that has no USB (and never will) it's really hard to beat SCSI in a enterprise setup. What kind of lab do you work in? I'

Re: Wallstreet, OS X and Wavelan Gold

My Reply follows quote. On 07/09/2005 10:17 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >> Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> Have been trying to learn OS X. Installed 10.2.8 on a Wallstreet/300. >> Seems faster than I expected. The only hangup seems to be that now I >> can't get the Wavelan Gold working. I inst

Re: Yeah! Success! was Re: Help! iCal died!

Dennis - I'm well aware of the phrase SCSI voodoo but there was no voodoo at all. Just people who didn't understand the SCSI chain. In all the years I worked as a consultant I only once came up against a genuine SCSI related problem that was solved when I isolated the the problem to an exte

Re: Does AL powerbook read DVD+R disks?

On Sep 7, 2005, at 8:01 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quick question. I have a G4/1.33 12" with Superdrive. Would it read DVD+R disks with movies burnt using DVD Recorder connected to TV? Apple spec'd its drives before + media became popular, or perhaps even available. After I replaced my

Re: Wallstreet, OS X and Wavelan Gold

Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Have been trying to learn OS X. Installed 10.2.8 on a Wallstreet/300. Seems faster than I expected. The only hangup seems to be that now I can't get the Wavelan Gold working. I installed a Sourceforge drive that is supposed to work, but no go. It shows up in the

Re: Does AL powerbook read DVD+R disks?

I was thinking of getting a Philips DVD Recorder that burns to DVD+R and +RW only. Great deal, but only if it works! Thanks. Chris Chris, I've sold lots of cdrw and some dvdrw drives over the last few years. If there is one brand I would suggest you stay away from, it is Phillips. I have

Re: Does AL powerbook read DVD+R disks?

>Quick question. I have a G4/1.33 12" with Superdrive. Would it read >DVD+R disks with movies burnt using DVD Recorder connected to TV? Apple spec'd its drives before + media became popular, or perhaps even available. After I replaced my OEM DVD-CD-ROM drive with a generic DVD-CD-ROM-R-R/W d

Re: Yeah! Success! was Re: Help! iCal died!

I don't see having a need for floppy disks as being anti Mac, just being practical using the least expensive way of transporting classroom projects from school to home for my students. I have always used Mac's and would never think of going to a PC, but still find the floppy to be far more practi

Re: Yeah! Success! was Re: Help! iCal died!

Yeah I will never give up my lombard as it's SCSI interface let's me take it to the lab and connect with lab equipment that has no USB (and never will) it's really hard to beat SCSI in a enterprise setup. -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Laurent Da

Re: Yeah! Success! was Re: Help! iCal died!

On 07/09/05 09:07, "david" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sep 7, 2005, at 12:06 AM, Dennis B. Swaney wrote: > >> At 5:49 PM -0400 9/6/05, Anne Judge wrote: >>> >>> This is more an iMac issue, but Apple made it tough with the early >>> iMacs (tray-loaders and up through the 350MHz introductory l

Re: Yeah! Success! was Re: Help! iCal died!

At 9:07 AM -0400 9/7/05, david wrote: Dennis, strictly speaking you are correct - when Apple released the first generation of iMacs there was no fast USB. Intel didn't design USB 2 until after FireWire became popular, especially with Camcorder manufactures. However, there is no question tha

Re: Wallstreet, OS X and Wavelan Gold

My Reply follows quote. On 07/09/2005 06:28 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >>This message written: Tuesday, 6 September 2005 20:44:45 PDT >> >>Have been trying to learn OS X. Installed 10.2.8 on a Wallstreet/300. >>Seems faster than I expected. The only hangup seems to be that now I >>can't get the Wav

Re: Wallstreet, OS X and Wavelan Gold

My Reply follows quote. On 07/09/2005 03:44 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >IOXperts. The offer a driver for OS X. Google for it. I don't >remember the address. It's functionality is limited to 30 minutes at >a time unless you buy the driver for $20 (for the Silver card I have). > >J Sanderson

Re: Wallstreet, OS X and Wavelan Gold

This message written: Tuesday, 6 September 2005 20:44:45 PDT Have been trying to learn OS X. Installed 10.2.8 on a Wallstreet/300. Seems faster than I expected. The only hangup seems to be that now I can't get the Wavelan Gold working. I installed a Sourceforge drive that is supposed to work, but

Re: Yeah! Success! was Re: Help! iCal died!

On Sep 7, 2005, at 12:06 AM, Dennis B. Swaney wrote: At 5:49 PM -0400 9/6/05, Anne Judge wrote: This is more an iMac issue, but Apple made it tough with the early iMacs (tray-loaders and up through the 350MHz introductory low-end slot loader) when they provided only slow USB ports. Ann

[swap] FS: PowerBook G3 400mhz PISMO complete.(UPDATE)

Hi all, Yep, it has to go. My best friend, a G3 400 Mhz Powerbook Pismo in very good condition. Original config - 400Mhz/1mb cache/128mb ram/10Gb HD/8mb video/DVD combo drive. Case in good condition, shows some wear but nothing major. IR port window missing (of course). Power supply (YoYo), Scr

Re: Yeah! Success! was Re: Help! iCal died!

On Sep 7, 2005, at 12:06 AM, Dennis B. Swaney wrote: Anne, when the iMacs were introduced there WEREN'T any "slow" USB ports; just the ones Apple used. These USB ports were faster than serial and about equivalent to SCSI. After pooh-poohing Apple's USB route, the PC drones decided to jum

Does AL powerbook read DVD+R disks?

Quick question. I have a G4/1.33 12" with Superdrive. Would it read DVD+R disks with movies burnt using DVD Recorder connected to TV? I've checked the specs online and all it says is "reads DVDs at up to 8x". Only the recent PBs mention "reads DVD+R". I was thinking of getting a Philips DVD R

Re: Wallstreet, OS X and Wavelan Gold

IOXperts. The offer a driver for OS X. Google for it. I don't remember the address. It's functionality is limited to 30 minutes at a time unless you buy the driver for $20 (for the Silver card I have). J Sanderson On 6 Sep 2005, at 22:48, Ken wrote: This message written: Tuesday, 6 Sep

Re: Airport range with Pismo (internal vs external)?

At 8:59 PM + 9/6/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all I'lm about to switch my e-mail over to a G4 Cube ans I want to have a powerbook that will share the same mail files. The concept is to store the mail files on a CF card in a USB reader attached to the Cube. For portable use I'll plug t