Kanga won't start

2006-01-09 Thread Mark
Greetings listers, I've got a PowerBook G3 (original Kanga) that I can't get up and running. I've tried asking at the Apple support site, but haven't gotten much help yet so thought I'd try here. For those of you regulars at the Apple site, sorry for putting you through this again. Here goes:

any significance to Pismo screen cable color?

2006-01-09 Thread kaldav
Hello, On a Pismo screen, could anyone please tell me if there is any significance to the color of the cable that comes out of the screen to the inverter board. I have seen blue or pink. Got to wondering if there were certain brands of screens that matched certain inverter boards better than

Re: Battery not charging properly.

2006-01-09 Thread Udo Huth
I don't know what battery reset utility does, because it won't work with my Pismo, but I do know that when I first got the battery from OWC it did not charge at all for quite a while and then only a little bit even though the Well, Battery Reset does just this -- resets the battery. I got a

Re: Lombard OS X Install Crash

2006-01-09 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 8, 2006, at 9:29 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote: The DVD-ROM drive may be at fault. I know that my Lombard has a really flaky drive that tends to quit working randomly, so that may be a part of it. I second that...the only time I've had a really bad install on a supported system was

Google Earth Beta - please reply off-list

2006-01-09 Thread Amber R.
Hello, Just wondering if anybody has the Beta version of Google Earth for OS X ? If so, could you please contact me off list. I just want to know how well it works on your Mac, etc etc.. I am aware that this Beta version was recently pulled but a number of people were able to download

Re: Google Earth Beta - please reply off-list

2006-01-09 Thread Peter Apockotos
On Jan 9, 2006, at 12:44 PM, Amber R. wrote: Hello, Just wondering if anybody has the Beta version of Google Earth for OS X ? If so, could you please contact me off list. I just want to know how well it works on your Mac, etc etc.. I am aware that this Beta version was recently pulled

Re: Kanga won't start

2006-01-09 Thread Tom and Lisa Peters
Greetings listers, I've got a PowerBook G3 (original Kanga) that I can't get up and running. I've tried asking at the Apple support site, but haven't gotten much help yet so thought I'd try here. For those of you regulars at the Apple site, sorry for putting you through this again. Here goes:

Re: Any experience with USB to SCSI adaptors in OSX?

2006-01-09 Thread Zoltan Batiz
On Jan 8, 2006, at 1:31 PM, Andrew in Ann Arbor wrote: Hello All I'm shifting from a Lombard to a Pismo and want to be able to connect to SCSI devices, specifically older powerbooks (520, 1400, Wallstreet) using the SCSI dock connector. To do this I've recently got a Belkin F5U015-TPW USB

bluetooth, AL-book, and Clie...

2006-01-09 Thread Brian McEwen
I have the 10.4 12 G4 aluminum, a Clie UX-50, and Missing Sync. I wish to connect the PDA and Missing Sync with Bluetooth. The PDA and the PB can do the initial discovery/trusted device thing fine. when I go to actually sync, the PDA gives me a unable to initiate HotSync connection,

Re: bluetooth, AL-book, and Clie...

2006-01-09 Thread Harry Corsover
My best guess is that this is a software/firmware problem with the Clie, not the PB. I had a similar recurring problem in the past with a Kyocera smart phone using a cable (it did not have Bluetooth). Can you hot sync using the cable or cradle? If so, do that, and as an experiment, soft

Re: bluetooth, AL-book, and Clie...

2006-01-09 Thread Brian McEwen
On Jan 9, 2006, at 9:04 PM, Harry Corsover wrote: My best guess is that this is a software/firmware problem with the Clie, not the PB. I had a similar recurring problem in the past with a Kyocera smart phone using a cable (it did not have Bluetooth). Can you hot sync using the cable or

Having trouble with Lucent Silver wireless card

2006-01-09 Thread Tom W.
I have a Lucent silver wireless card which I was using in a Wallstreet. I had airport 2.04 installed and it recognized it. But I just got a lombard and formatted the HD and put a fresh install of 9.22 on. It has airport 2.04 but it doesn't detect a wireless card. Does it need a firmware update or

Re: Google Earth Beta - please reply off-list

2006-01-09 Thread Dylan McDermond
On Jan 9, 2006, at 11:34 AM, Peter Apockotos wrote: Maybe Google Talk will follow soon as well. Google Talk already works with iChat via Jabber. Google's help page shows you how to do it step-by-step. -Dylan -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: Google Earth Beta - please reply off-list

2006-01-09 Thread Dylan McDermond
It worked a whole lot better after I turned it down from some of the high-end video settings which seemed to be more in line with a G5 desktop system's capabilities. Turned down to the medium-type settings, it runs nicely on my 1.25ghz Powerbook/1gb RAM/64mb Radeon 9600 and also pretty

Funny Vista Video

2006-01-09 Thread Clyde Kahrl
This is a really funny video of the Gates CES vista presentation with the vista screen shots replaced by OSX screen shots. Be patient. http://maclive.net/sid/134 -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives |

Re: Funny Vista Video

2006-01-09 Thread themacuser
Seen it, it's awesome! On 10/01/2006, at 2:17 PM, Clyde Kahrl wrote: This is a really funny video of the Gates CES vista presentation with the vista screen shots replaced by OSX screen shots. Be patient. http://maclive.net/sid/134 -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...

G4 upgrade for Lombard?

2006-01-09 Thread Caleb Cupples
Hi, I seem to remember someone offering a G4/500 or 550 upgrade for the Lombard series, but I can't seem to remember which company. I know the WS I and II have available upgrades from Sonnet, but I'd like to bump the Lombard up. Also, are there any heat issues with Lombard/Pismo systems

Re: any significance to Pismo screen cable color?

2006-01-09 Thread Jeff Hubatka
On Jan 9, 2006, at 12:30 PM, G-Books wrote: Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 01:23:52 +1100 From: kaldav [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: any significance to Pismo screen cable color? Hello, On a Pismo screen, could anyone please tell me if there is any significance to the color of the cable that comes out of

Hot Lombard...

2006-01-09 Thread Caleb Cupples
Dear listers, and, more specifically, fellow Lombard users, I've got my Lombard in my lap, as it virtually lives in my recliner. However, I was watching some video in VLC when I felt things getting hot. I then fired up TemperatureX and saw that my Lombard was running a smokin' 183 degrees

Re: G4 upgrade for Lombard?

2006-01-09 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 09/01/06 23:12, Caleb Cupples at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I seem to remember someone offering a G4/500 or 550 upgrade for the Lombard series, but I can't seem to remember which company. I know the WS I and II have available upgrades from Sonnet, but I'd like to bump the Lombard up.