Re: Battery Care

2005-12-28 Thread Udo Huth
finally, what's the final word on whether or not it's a good idea to fully discharge your battery once a month or so? It is a VERY good idea to always discharge a LiIon battery fully. A LiIon battery like in the PowerBook Wallstreet is good for about 1,000 charge cycles. Even if you discharge

Firewall

2005-12-28 Thread Michael Levin
Last week, we installed a wireless router for our Power Book (OS 10.4) and Windows XP. We would like to put in a firewall. Is there software that is recommended or should be avoided? Is there anything to keep in mind or to watch for when setting up the firewall? Michael -- G-Books is

Re: screwed, or unscrewed

2005-12-28 Thread Ken
My Reply follows quote. On 28/12/2005 10:07 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I just bought a good wallstreet off ebay but cannot get loose the small screw which holds down the edge of the heatsink. Short of attacking it with my dremel, anyone have any ideas? -- Thanks, I think it needs a

screwed, or unscrewed

2005-12-28 Thread Paul Stamsen
I just bought a good wallstreet off ebay but cannot get loose the small screw which holds down the edge of the heatsink. Short of attacking it with my dremel, anyone have any ideas? -- Thanks, Paul pjspop @ bresnan.net -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: Firewall

2005-12-28 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
Hi Why don't you just go to the system prefs click on sharing and turn the firewall on that is built in to X. for the powerbook. For the windows just install the router software on it, 9 out of 10 times the router will come with fire wall software then you can configure the router via the

Re: Firewall

2005-12-28 Thread Bill Williams
The person identified as Michael Levin, [EMAIL PROTECTED] thoughtfully said: Last week, we installed a wireless router for our Power Book (OS 10.4) and Windows XP. We would like to put in a firewall. Is there software that is recommended or should be avoided? Is there anything to keep in

Re: Battery Care

2005-12-28 Thread Andrew in Ann Arbor
finally, what's the final word on whether or not it's a good idea to fully discharge your battery once a month or so? PC magazine recently ran an article on batteries. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-2375-5-55-185739-286961-0-0-0-1 They say 500 charge/discharge cycles is about what you

wallstreet questions

2005-12-28 Thread l s
Greetings, I have a couple of simple (I hope) questions regarding Powerbook G3 Wallstreet. First, was a CDRW ever made for this machine? Second, can the lower RAM chip be replace, if so how is this done? Thanks, Lee __ Yahoo! DSL –

FTP client

2005-12-28 Thread Howard Katz
A while back I asked about different ftp clients I could use with my 'book. I tried out a few suggestions, but couldn't find one I really liked - matter of fact, I used the unix ftp command from terminal more often than not. I recently came across a FireFox extension called FireFTP that I gave a

Re: Wallstreet 13.3 screen

2005-12-28 Thread themacuser
There isn't a fix. It's supposed to be a free repair from Apple as the part is defective. On 28/12/2005, at 1:10 PM, Tom and Lisa Peters wrote: Has anyone found a fix for the wallstreet 13.3 screen problems ? Everytime I think I have it fixed, the lines come back. Mad Dog -- G-Books is

Re: Wallstreet 13.3 screen

2005-12-28 Thread Tom and Lisa Peters
There isn't a fix. It's supposed to be a free repair from Apple as the part is defective. On 28/12/2005, at 1:10 PM, Tom and Lisa Peters wrote: A free repair ? Is this listed on the apple site anywhere ? Mad Dog -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Wallstreet 13.3 screen

2005-12-28 Thread themacuser
Not that I know of, but you could try googling it. I only remember back from when that model was new, as well as it saying in my Apple Service Source manuals. - something like Screen flickers intermittently or displays a series of lines: If the display is a 13.3 model and squeezing the

Re: wallstreet questions

2005-12-28 Thread Caleb Cupples
First, I have no idea on whether a CD-RW was made for the Wallstreet. I know the later Lombard and Pismo have aftermarket Superdrives available, but I don't know about the WS or WSII. Second, if I remember correctly, the Lombard and Wallstreet take the same RAM, with the lower slot being

Re: wallstreet questions

2005-12-28 Thread Tom and Lisa Peters
First, I have no idea on whether a CD-RW was made for the Wallstreet. I know the later Lombard and Pismo have aftermarket Superdrives available, but I don't know about the WS or WSII. Second, if I remember correctly, the Lombard and Wallstreet take the same RAM, with the lower slot being

Re: Firewall

2005-12-28 Thread Jan Musil
Michael, before you buy anything think about where you want to put the firewall (could be multiple places). I have small network and have firewall on the DSL modem, WiFi router and then on each machine. Now that may be a little too paranoid (but that is what keeps me sleeping in the night). You

Re: wallstreet questions

2005-12-28 Thread Caleb Cupples
IMHO, I'd upgrade the processor in any Wallstreet before going after RAM, as long as you have 128 MB or more. CD-R and RW drives are, no offence, extraneous gadgets that are a little farther down the list. However, that's only my opinion, but I'm used to a Lombard 400 with 192 MB of RAM and

Internet on Virtual PC

2005-12-28 Thread Jared Noska
Hello Listers, Yesterday I had the chance to put Virtual PC on my system for the first time [which is a new iBook 1.33]. Overall, I really like the program and look forward to using and working with it. I installed Windows XP Pro Service Pack 1 on it. I've had to do some updates and