Re: Pink hue on Pismo display

2005-12-08 Thread Barry Muller
Your Pismo's lighting for the display is getting old. Mine has done that since I got the Pismo in June of this year. From what I understand from previous threads on this list, it is a replaceable item that you may wish to have someone else do. IIR, the cost is about $60-$70 for the job TM. I'm

OS X print to PDF issue

2005-12-08 Thread Brian McEwen
I'm printing to a pdf using OS X built-in print feature, and have an issue. I have to have a section break in the document, I want the first couple pages to have a different margin than the last few pages (is there another way to do that in Word 2004 without a section break? the page

Re: OS X print to PDF issue

2005-12-08 Thread john slavin
You can combine separate pdfs with Combinepdf: http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/Freeware/CombinePDFs.shtml On Dec 8, 2005, at 5:46 AM, Brian McEwen wrote: I'm printing to a pdf using OS X built-in print feature, and have an issue. I have to have a section break in the document, I want

Re: Wallstreet hinge repair

2005-12-08 Thread Sionnach Aisling
--- Andrew in Ann Arbor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1 travel seems a bit much but it might work that way for a while yet. Again, I'll restate here becasue I think it's important... If your hinges are loose, DO NOT just continue to use them and see how long it will last. How long will it last

Re: Real computers

2005-12-08 Thread Sionnach Aisling
--- shawn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not recommend Microsoft Anti Spyware since it is a hog of the software world, and it caused problems on my home machine and our work servers. If you are going to donload things download Lavasoft Adaware, Shawn, I've got to disagee with you on a

Re: Real computers

2005-12-08 Thread Tim Collier
Is this a Mac discussion list? I thought it was... What does all of this have to do with G-Books? Guys, why not take this discussion off-list. Tim On Dec 8, 2005, at 10:17 AM, Sionnach Aisling wrote: --- shawn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not recommend Microsoft Anti Spyware

Airport Card Fun Games

2005-12-08 Thread NormanS
..comming out of lurkerhood for this one OK, I have been noticing that this is a fairly common mystery, and here is my twist: With my original 6gb drive in my Pismo, I put an Airport card in it and it was working perfectly, using either System 9.2.2 or OSX10.3 which I set up in

Re: Life of PBG4 Battery

2005-12-08 Thread Francesco sciacca
Once teh battery is fully discharged, plug the machine in and let it sit until the battery indicator shows a full charge. Now, unlock the battery and take it out of the notebook. Hold it in your hand for about 30 seconds, and then put it back in the notebook and let the charging

G4 iBook HD Problem

2005-12-08 Thread Mike Vlasman
Hi Listers, I have enjoyed lurking for the past few weeks and following the informed discussion that goes on here. I have a problem with my G4 iBook that I haven't seen discussed yet. This October the hard-drive started to make a sound that makes me think that the head has gone into an

Re: G4 iBook HD Problem

2005-12-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 8, 2005, at 10:23 AM, Mike Vlasman wrote: Hi Listers, I have enjoyed lurking for the past few weeks and following the informed discussion that goes on here. I have a problem with my G4 iBook that I haven't seen discussed yet. My question: does anyone know what is going on? And, if

Re: G4 iBook HD Problem

2005-12-08 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 08/12/05 13:03, Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 8, 2005, at 10:23 AM, Mike Vlasman wrote: Hi Listers, I have enjoyed lurking for the past few weeks and following the informed discussion that goes on here. I have a problem with my G4 iBook that I haven't seen discussed

Re: Life of PBG4 Battery

2005-12-08 Thread Sionnach Aisling
--- Francesco sciacca [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ok, tried that: exhausted the battery until the PB shut itself off. Recharged to full. Taken out for about a minute, back in, same 99% level of charge. Left the battery out overnight, then back in, still 99%. Then ignore what it shows for a

Re: Airport Card Fun Games

2005-12-08 Thread Clark Martin
At 11:21 AM -0500 12/8/05, NormanS wrote: ..comming out of lurkerhood for this one OK, I have been noticing that this is a fairly common mystery, and here is my twist: With my original 6gb drive in my Pismo, I put an Airport card in it and it was working perfectly, using either

Re: Pismo DVD/CD-RW drive

2005-12-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 8, 2005, at 2:03 PM, chris wrote: Has anyone done this? Bought a drive and swapped the internals into the shell for the Pismo? Does it work? Do you lose the ability to play DVDs when you do that? My Pismo has a slot-loading drive from a newer TiBook in it (I happened upon the

Re: Pismo DVD/CD-RW drive

2005-12-08 Thread Robert Alcorn
Chris, I bought an external case (firewire,usb) 50 bucks or less and then bought a standard internal IDE/ATA cd-r 52x16x24 at compusa or staples for about 40 or 50 bucks, look for sales. Put them together, plug it into your pismo and there you have an external burner. It works great. I even

Setting up Netgear DG834G problem

2005-12-08 Thread Michel Treisman
I have replaced my Speedtouch router with a Netgear DG834G Wireless ADSL Firewall Router, in order that I can get online wirelessly with my PowerBook. And it works. But it works only when the Security Option I choose is 'Disable'. The problem seems to be that the Netgear interface,

Wallstreet hinge repair

2005-12-08 Thread Garry Hamblin
Thanks to all to answered my previous post regarding loose hinges. I contact PB parts who make/install the steel replacement hinges that everyone seems to be recommending. This is their response. We don't recommend doing the screen support repair until the hinges have actually failed. The

Re: G4 iBook HD Problem

2005-12-08 Thread Mike Vlasman
Thanks for this, Bruce: Back up your data; what it sounds like is the drive is going into thermal recalibration endlessly, meaning it's on the verge of failing. Having to wait a couple hours for it to cool off to work is the key symptom. I have one new thought. Occassionally the Temperature

Ti parts interchangability

2005-12-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
I have an original 400Mhz Tibook with a dimming screen and a cracked upper case. I have the display and case from an otherwise dead and stripped DVI TiBook, will they work on the older one? -- Bruce Johnson This is the sig who says 'Ni!' -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/

Re: Pismo DVD/CD-RW drive

2005-12-08 Thread Dylan McDermond
On Dec 8, 2005, at 1:03 PM, chris wrote: Has anyone done this? Bought a drive and swapped the internals into the shell for the Pismo? Does it work? Do you lose the ability to play DVDs when you do that? I replaced the dying DVD-ROM in my wife's Pismo with a Samsung combo drive from a

Re: Pismo DVD/CD-RW drive

2005-12-08 Thread Seth Austen
On Dec 8, 2005, at 4:03 PM, chris wrote: Has anyone done this? Bought a drive and swapped the internals into the shell for the Pismo? Does it work? Yes, when the original LG CD drive died I replaced it with a Sony DVD/ CD-RW drive, works fine. I never got the faceplate to fit, so it

Re: Real computers

2005-12-08 Thread Dylan McDermond
On Dec 7, 2005, at 7:49 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote: Plus, they think the PowerMac 5200 is an accurate representation of Macs in general... Ding! Ding! Ding! Yes, I get this attitude from people that scoff at Macintosh all the time. I politely tell them to have a look at OS X since it's

Re: Real computers

2005-12-08 Thread James Sanderson
Worse yet, in my school district Macs are remembered by either the still working but unused Apple ][ e (there is one still in the Library) or one working LCIII. On 8 Dec 2005, at 21:09, Dylan McDermond wrote: On Dec 7, 2005, at 7:49 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote: Plus, they think the PowerMac

Re: Pismo DVD/CD-RW drive

2005-12-08 Thread chris
I replaced the dying DVD-ROM in my wife's Pismo with a Samsung combo drive from a Dell laptop. I swapped the internals in the caddy and used Patchburn to fully support burning. A little fine sanding and superglue on the bezel and you can hardly tell it's not the original. Can you still play

Re: Real computers

2005-12-08 Thread Clark Martin
At 7:09 PM -0800 12/8/05, Dylan McDermond wrote: On Dec 7, 2005, at 7:49 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote: Plus, they think the PowerMac 5200 is an accurate representation of Macs in general... Ding! Ding! Ding! Yes, I get this attitude from people that scoff at Macintosh all the time. I politely

Re: Real computers

2005-12-08 Thread Clark Martin
At 9:43 PM -0600 12/8/05, James Sanderson wrote: Worse yet, in my school district Macs are remembered by either the still working but unused Apple ][ e (there is one still in the Library) or one working LCIII. In our school district it's all Mac except for some servers at the District

Re: Pismo DVD/CD-RW drive

2005-12-08 Thread Dylan McDermond
On Dec 8, 2005, at 8:40 PM, chris wrote: Can you still play DVD movies with it? I know Patchburn lets you make non Apple burners work with Apple tools, but I wasn't sure if you lost the ability to play DVDs by going with a 3rd party drive. DVD movies are fine on this one. Retail and