Re: Airport Question

2005-12-23 Thread John Siple
On Dec 22, 2005, at 10:49 PM, Clem Bacani wrote: Generally routers works fine for both PC and Mac but manufacturers had the habit of putting in their box that product works ok with Windows -- XP etc and no mention that it works ok with Mac. Perhaps they are not targeting Mac users as

Linksys wpc11 v4 OS 9

2005-12-23 Thread Mike Kauspedas
Has anyone gotten the Linksys WPC11 version 4 to work with OS 9? Long hot, but never hurts to ask :) 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 |

Re: Airport Question

2005-12-23 Thread Caleb Cupples
I do agree with you, there. I know that I use Linux and OS X for most of what I do, but it's really a pain to have to jump through hoops to configure a router. Now, I agree with your condescending outlook on such things, but there are some things that I'd like to be able to see a picture of my

DVD drive problem in 12inch PB

2005-12-23 Thread MJT
Hello Has anyone had any trouble with the superdrive not writing to DVD-r discs. If I write more than 3.6 gig to the disc it will fail. If it does write it is very slow half an hour. The discs I am using are 8x Verbatim. I can use the discs in my Pismo ( a dual layer DVD writer in it ) and

Re: Airport Question

2005-12-23 Thread Tim Collier
Plain simple truth of the matter is that Apple designed their Airport base stations and the Airport Express to work with your Mac. The Airport Setup software is designed to set it up in just a few simple steps that rarely even require referring to the enclosed documentation. Whether you

Re: Airport Question

2005-12-23 Thread Alan Miller
On Dec 23, 2005, at 7:59 AM, Tim Collier wrote: I called customer support and got a very unhelpful person at the other end who told me that you shouldn't be using this with a Mac in the first place. So they really don't want Mac users buying their product. -- Alan Miller Underwater

Re: Airport Question

2005-12-23 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
Hi all if that is so then why does mac format give it 4.5 out of 5 as a mac router and it only dropped the .5 % because of the price even thought they are, roughly 30% cheaper that the airport base stations. I think That it is each to there own on the router side and what works for some may

No wakeup problem

2005-12-23 Thread Jim Katz
What can I try here: After a trip to the shop for these same symptoms, my machine still does this: 1. No wakeup of the screen from sleep most of the time - have to 3-finger-salute restart, sometimes twice. 2. Ethernet connection either slow or no go, but the airport connection does work.

Re: iPod repair

2005-12-23 Thread Anne Judge
On Dec 23, 2005, at 12:05 AM, Fabian Fang wrote: On Dec 22, 2005, at 8:06 PM, Kristina wrote: Sigh so putting in a battery is not so easy. The motherboard plug did not come un done for my well meaning husband...and...well the ribbon came loose from dear daughters's iPod's motherboard plug.

Re: Airport Question

2005-12-23 Thread Caleb Cupples
Ouch. Sounds like a bad business strategy, as far as I'm concerned. Even Microsoft admits that Mac users make up a large chunk of their profits... Caleb On Friday, Dec 23, 2005, at 07:12 America/Chicago, Alan Miller wrote: On Dec 23, 2005, at 7:59 AM, Tim Collier wrote: I called customer

Re: Airport Question

2005-12-23 Thread bobgir2004
FYI, Over the period of two years, I had 2 Linksys cable/dsl routers. Both stopped functioning without any apparent reasons. Right after the warranty ended up. I decided to go with D-Link and so far, after a little bit over a year, it's still running fine. They were all Ethernet routers, not

Sudden loss of battery power

2005-12-23 Thread Herbert Goodfriend
My PB Pismo suffers a sudden drop in battery power from about 70% to 0% and goes to sleep. It takes about half an hour to go from 100% to 70%. This started about a month ago, prior to which the battery drained normally (lasted about two hours). There is no problem when it is connected to AC

Dead Airport Base Station

2005-12-23 Thread Alan Miller
Sorry for the cross post, but it could go to either. But my airport (I use with this laptop) has stopped giving me green lights and now will cycle through the start up of Red and Amber but no green light. I saw one once for a split second when I was messing with it but it went red before I

Re: Dead Airport Base Station

2005-12-23 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
Hi ~Alan I had the same with a graphite base station so i changed the card with a dell true mobile card and it now works fine just is seen as a different network name (but that could be changed if i wanted to very easy.) it is sat in my friends house serving his win 2k and ibook without

Re: Linksys wpc11 v4 OS 9

2005-12-23 Thread Andrew Blackburn
I used to really like Linksys' gear. I've owned/worked with a BEFSR41 (the original cable/DSL router), a BEFVP41 (the IPSEC VPN end-point version), and a BEFW11S4 (802.11b wireless router). All were solid pieces of equipment, quite reliable, every one is still in operation. So when the company I

Re: iPod repair

2005-12-23 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MicroDoc is fab. http://www.microdocusa.com Their techs are truly amazing-they fix things the Apple store can't! raino On 12/22/05 8:06 PM, Kristina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sigh so putting in a battery is not so easy. The motherboard plug did not come un done for my well meaning

dial up service

2005-12-23 Thread Mike Kauspedas
I was wondering if anyone knew of a walk through or could get me started on setting up dial up service in OS 9? I was just going to grab the local ISP numbers, uid, and pwd and set it up. Is there some sort of dial up agent or what not for OS 9? I basically want to enter in a phone number,

Re: No wakeup problem

2005-12-23 Thread David Rodriguez
Jim, I've noticed similar behavior with my airport connection after I let the machine 'fall asleep' on its own. But if I 'put' it to sleep, no such problem. In fact, if after it falls asleep and I wake it up resulting in lost connection, I can 'put' it back to sleep, wake it up, and

Re: Pismo DVD RW drive query?

2005-12-23 Thread Dan K
Can anyone please confirm if either of these drives will work in a Pismo? a Pioneer DVR-K05? or a Panasonic UJ-835-B? Either would work great. You may however need to mod the expansion bay's interface board to force the new drive to 'bus Master' status. See my page for a detailed explanation:

Re: dial up service

2005-12-23 Thread darm0k
At 9:39 AM + 12/24/2005, Mike Kauspedas wrote: I was wondering if anyone knew of a walk through or could get me started on setting up dial up service in OS 9? I was just going to grab the local ISP numbers, uid, and pwd and set it up. Is there some sort of dial up agent or what not for OS 9?

Re: QuickTime update

2005-12-23 Thread darm0k
At 7:54 PM -0600 12/22/2005, Kristina wrote: I received my new mini iPod battery with the installation kit and a go to website for instruction video which needs QuickTime to run it...hopefully a QuickTime movie for my OS Only my QuickTime needs updated...I am on OS9.2 NOT OSX... help me quick

Re: iPod repair

2005-12-23 Thread Kristina
on 12/22/05 11:05 PM, Fabian Fang at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 22, 2005, at 8:06 PM, Kristina wrote: Sigh so putting in a battery is not so easy. The motherboard plug did not come un done for my well meaning husband...and...well the ribbon came loose from dear daughters's

Re: iPod repair

2005-12-23 Thread Ron Kent
Not cheap, but not a bad source.. http://www.pdasmart.com/ipodpartscenter.htm On Friday, December 23, 2005, at 05:05AM, Kristina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sigh so putting in a battery is not so easy. The motherboard plug did not come un done for my well meaning husband...and...well the

Re: dial up service

2005-12-23 Thread Caleb Cupples
I believe there's an internet connect wizard for 9, but it's been a while since I've actually used OS 9 for anything except watching DVDs on my Lombard. In fact, I remember, because I was browsing in 9 on my dialup connection, not too long ago. (I was running the battery reset utility and

Wallstreet hinge replacement by PBParts

2005-12-23 Thread Frisco Del Rosario
I went for the $69 hinge replacement service (plus $27 shipping) from PB Parts in Scottsdale, Ariz. My Wallstreet G3 returned today, and it's like a new, usable 'puter. The screen won't flop forward or back anymore, which means it's a traveling companion again. Plus, the PBParts people fixed

Re: Wallstreet hinge replacement by PBParts

2005-12-23 Thread Garry Hamblin
Thanks for the info. I was just contemplating doing the same thing myself for the same reason. Thanks. Garry Hamblin On 23-Dec-05, at 1:19 PM, Frisco Del Rosario wrote: I went for the $69 hinge replacement service (plus $27 shipping) from PB Parts in Scottsdale, Ariz. My Wallstreet G3

Re: Transfer to new Powerbook and more

2005-12-23 Thread Howard Katz
FYI, I picked up today a copy of the UK edition of MacWorld at my local bookstore. There's an article in there about how they've discovered that not all firewire drives can be used as boot devices--seems they've discovered a few, the Kanguru 80gig Quicksilver and an 80 gig DiskGo! for example,

Re: connect Pro Speakers to powerbook G4?

2005-12-23 Thread Mark Kippert
kp on 12/21/05 8:23 PM wrote: Does anyone know what adapter is needed to connect the pro speakers #M8756G/A to a new 15 powerbook G4? The box of the speakers says this is required: Macintosh computer with Apple speaker minijack. The speaker connector doesn't fit into the audio in or out on

Re: Airport Question

2005-12-23 Thread Tim Collier
Oh, I've been told that before. Like with BellSouth DSL, after one of their outages and my modem appeared fully connected yet wouldn't allow mail or safari to connect, they blamed the Mac and said it wasn't compatible with their system and it was my fault. If I would only use Internet

Re: QuickTime update

2005-12-23 Thread Kristina
Thanks for answering...I couldn't find an 6.02 version just the latest for OS X. Our listmate sent me the quick link and that did the trick...but not in time to save our iPod's ribbon seperating from the connector on the case. best holidays Kristina on 12/23/05 11:40 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at

Re: Dead Airport Base Station

2005-12-23 Thread Dylan McDermond
On Dec 23, 2005, at 8:00 AM, Alan Miller wrote: But my airport (I use with this laptop) has stopped giving me green lights and now will cycle through the start up of Red and Amber but no green light. I saw one once for a split second when I was messing with it but it went red before I