Has anyone had a problem with their screen flickering like there's a
candle behind it? It's just annoying enough to bother me when I use
my iBook and just disconcerting enough I wonder if it isn't a sign
the screen's dying...
??
Ruffin Bailey
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Stardate 060204.10:01 -0500. A subspace message from Ruffin Bailey reads:
Has anyone had a problem with their screen flickering like there's a candle
behind it?
Either the EL element itself is dying, or the board that generates
the necessary high voltages is failing. You're on last legs
In G-Books Digest #2675, the person identified as Tim Collier
[EMAIL PROTECTED] thoughtfully said:
Please don't attribute the first statement to me. I did not make
it. Fine, I give in! I'll 'attempt' to bottom post out of courtesy
to the rest of you. I don't like it, but I like this
Hello,
I just sent an email to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I got the following error:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Remote host said: 550
[EMAIL PROTECTED] unknown user
account
Does anyone know if this is an obsolete address (Got
it from Low End Mac just few minutes ago). or a
temporary server problem.
TIA,
In the last week I have received 3-4 automated messages a day from
list manager saying that messages sent to my address have bounced.
Since I am now receiving spam also on the .mac account I was
wondering if the two things are linked.
I had never received spam on the .mac (I have it since
I've noticed that too on mine--actually I think the sensor (sensors?)
in the speaker grill area see the light off the display and think
there's plenty of light to see by. I've placed some paper over the
grills to keep the keys lit on occasion--sounds kludgy but it's worked
so far.
On the other
On 2/4/06, Barry Muller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] unknown user
account
Does anyone know if this is an obsolete address (Got
it from Low End Mac just few minutes ago). or a
temporary server problem.
try replacing listname with the name of the list. For example:
For
On Feb 4, 2006, at 10:57 AM, Beniamino Cenci Goga wrote:
In the last week I have received 3-4 automated messages a day from
list manager saying that messages sent to my address have bounced.
Since I am now receiving spam also on the .mac account I was
wondering if the two things are
On 4-Feb-06, at 7:57 AM, Beniamino Cenci Goga wrote:
In the last week I have received 3-4 automated messages a day from
list manager saying that messages sent to my address have bounced.
Hello Ben,
Could you send me a sample of one of these messages off-list,
please ? (Include the
On Saturday, February 4, 2006, at 11:15 AM, Amber Robey wrote:
On 4-Feb-06, at 7:57 AM, Beniamino Cenci Goga wrote:
In the last week I have received 3-4 automated messages a day from
list manager saying that messages sent to my address have bounced.
Hello Ben,
Could you send me a sample
Just got a PB 1GHz laptop yesterday, and it arrived with only 10.3.2
installed. I tried to get it to load OS 9, but kept getting a
flashing icon even after using my OSX 10.4 DVD to erase and install
OS 9 drivers. I read an article from Apple regarding this issue
Stardate 060204.12:14 -0500. A subspace message from Kevin O'Grady reads:
Just got a PB 1GHz laptop ... I tried to get it to load OS 9, but
kept getting
a flashing icon even after using my OSX 10.4 DVD to erase and install OS 9
drivers.
Where are you getting your Mac OS 9 from?
If you're
Kevin O'Grady wrote:
Just got a PB 1GHz laptop yesterday, and it arrived with only 10.3.2
installed. I tried to get it to load OS 9, but kept getting a flashing
icon even after using my OSX 10.4 DVD to erase and install OS 9
drivers. I read an article from Apple regarding this issue
Forgive my faulty memory re: which disk here--
To install classic under Tiger, you boot up the accessories(?) disc
that came with the Tiger package (ok--I said my memory was
faulty--it's the disk everyone looks at and figures they have no use
for. :) )
One of the selections there is to install
On Feb 4, 2006, at 8:57 AM, Beniamino Cenci Goga wrote:
In the last week I have received 3-4 automated messages a day from
list manager saying that messages sent to my address have bounced.
This is a known, and apparently unfixable bug or networking issue in
the mailing list software
My reply follows quote.
On 2/4/06, at 11:18 AM -0500, Donald Keenan wrote:
This happens with all of the LEM lists. Every single day practically. I
believe it's the server. Can anyone else comment?
A common occurance with the maclaunch lists. Send an unsubscribe message,
then after you get
Ben,
I was not sure if it was the usual LEM bounce messages you were
getting or something different, which is why I asked you to send me one.
As everyone else has said though, if it is from the LEM list/
Maclaunch server, you can safely set up a junk mail filter and ditch
them all
At 10:33 AM -0700 2/4/06, Woody Duncan wrote:
I have a 1GHz powerbook I've had for 3 years or so. It came
with OS 10.? I have since upgraded to OS 10.4. It has always had
OS 9 on it. I have programs from my old i-mac like Photoshop 7.0 and
Windows 2000 for the Mac. When I open those
On 2/4/06 12:14 PM, Kevin O'Grady [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just got a PB 1GHz laptop yesterday, and it arrived with only 10.3.2
installed. I tried to get it to load OS 9, but kept getting a
flashing icon even after using my OSX 10.4 DVD to erase and install
OS 9 drivers. I read an article
G-Books wrote on 2/4/06, 11:50:
Just got a PB 1GHz laptop yesterday, and it arrived with only 10.3.2
installed. I tried to get it to load OS 9, but kept getting a
flashing icon
*
If this is a powerbook G4 then perhaps it can't load OS9.2.2 because it
On Feb 3, 2006, at 6:47 PM, sandra ragan wrote:
On Feb 3, 2006, at 5:03 AM, Seth Austen wrote:
any way to set its preferences for turning on and staying on.
Just on the off chance that this is not already obvious:
You do know about the two Fkeys that adjust the backlight brightness,
Thanks folks - you were correct. Also thanks to the
person who submitted the tdigest request on my behalf.
Barry
--- Clark Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 7:52 AM -0800 2/4/06, Barry Muller wrote:
Hello,
I just sent an email to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I got the following error:
Hi all :)
I have a very old G3 PowerMac (the beige one, desktop,
not the tower) and I'm trying to transfer information
from it to my new 17 G4 laptop ... or to an external
hard drive that I have for backups. The external drive
has a USB connector and works nicely with my laptop...
The G3 has a
On Feb 4, 2006, at 1:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Kevin - you saying you are trying to install OS 9. Are you trying
to install
OS 9 to boot into 9 or to run in Classic mode? At some point a
couple years
back Apple dropped OS 9 as a bootable OS and since then we've only
been able
to
On Feb 4, 2006, at 1:33 PM, Harry Corsover wrote:
Just on the off chance that this is not already obvious:
You do know about the two Fkeys that adjust the backlight
brightness, right?
F9 and F10. They do not seem to have any effect unless the ambient
light is very low (i.e., pressing
On 2/4/06 2:06 PM, J Schooster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a very old G3 PowerMac (the beige one, desktop,
not the tower) and I'm trying to transfer information
from it to my new 17 G4 laptop ... or to an external
hard drive that I have for backups. The external drive
has a USB
Stardate 060204.11:06 -0800. A subspace message from J Schooster reads:
I have a very old G3 PowerMac (the beige one, desktop,
not the tower) and I'm trying to transfer information
from it to my new 17 G4 laptop ... or to an external
hard drive that I have for backups.
In your shoes, I would
On 2/4/06 2:13 PM, Kevin O'Grady [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Feb 4, 2006, at 1:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Kevin - you saying you are trying to install OS 9. Are you trying
to install
OS 9 to boot into 9 or to run in Classic mode? At some point a
couple years
back Apple dropped OS 9
On 2/4/06 11:06 AM, J Schooster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a very old G3 PowerMac (the beige one, desktop,
not the tower) and I'm trying to transfer information
from it to my new 17 G4 laptop ...
They both have ethernet connectors so you can just connect the G3 to the G4
with an
Stardate 060204.11:43 -0800. A subspace message from Geno reads:
On 2/4/06 11:06 AM, J Schooster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a very old G3 PowerMac [and a] new 17 G4 laptop ...
They both have ethernet connectors so you can just connect the G3 to the G4
with an ethernet cable and they
on 2/4/06 9:50 AM, G-Books at G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com wrote:
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 04:24:24 +1100
From: Geoffrey Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: 1GHz Powerbook OS 9 install woes
Stardate 060204.12:14 -0500. A subspace message from Kevin O'Grady reads:
Just got a PB 1GHz laptop
On Feb 2, 2006, at 10:01 PM, TmB wrote:
my latch no longer latches
any ideas how to fix or how much a repair costs?
Do a Google search on Powerbook latch repair. There are a number of
sites that will give info on repairing
TiBook and Albook latches.
--
On Feb 4, 2006, at 14:51, G-Books wrote:
I have a very old G3 PowerMac (the beige one, desktop,
not the tower) and I'm trying to transfer information
from it to my new 17 G4 laptop ... or to an external
hard drive that I have for backups. The external drive
has a USB connector and works nicely
on 2/3/06 8:42 PM, G-Books at G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com wrote:
Thanks for the info. I've been to that site and installed it but still
didn't have any luck, tho I never felt too comfortable doing all that tome
stuff at first. Maybe I did it wrong. I have been to this site:
Following a suggestion I started my Pismo from the OS9.2.1 CD and
installed it on the internal disk (40 Gb one partition).
I had to tell it to save the old system folder but after that It went
through the install like normal.
It still boots in Tiger so I haven't ruined that installation.
I have
The machine's serial # reported (according to http://www.chipmunk.nl/
klantenservice/applemodel.html ) it says that it was built in March
of 2003. As far as I can tell it is a dual boot system. The brain
fart occurs if you don't have the restore DVD. I have a set of 3
restore disks (+ iMovie
On Feb 4, 2006, at 2:14 PM, Seth Austen wrote:
On Feb 4, 2006, at 1:33 PM, Harry Corsover wrote:
Just on the off chance that this is not already obvious:
You do know about the two Fkeys that adjust the backlight
brightness, right?
F9 and F10. They do not seem to have any effect unless
Stardate 060204.15:30 -0500. A subspace message from Andrew in Ann Arbor reads:
I've been pursuing the USB to SCSI adaptor question so I can connect
my Pismo running Tiger to an assortment of older Powerbooks (SCSI
disk mode).
So far I have not found an adaptor that will work in OSX.
And
Where, of course they say ONLY Airport 1.2 will work. I have successfully
installed Airport 1.2 using the tome stuff. I know the site says this is
all about OS 8.6 and I'm running OS 9, so maybe that's the issue. I do,
however have Airport showing up now in my control strip, but still
Greetings,
I have a Wallstreet that I am trying to connect to
my cable modem. I know the modem works, because I can
connect with my BW. I take the ethernet cable from
the back of the BW and connect it to the ethernet
port on the Wallstreet and then start it up. I try to
connect using IE, but
Stardate 060204.16:08 -0500. A subspace message from Andrew in Ann Arbor reads:
I have got the 9.2.1 to 9.2.2 update, is there any benefit to going to 9.2.2
Oh, *hell* yes.
Stability.
OS X will work (after a fashion) with 9.2 and 9.2.1, but it *expects* 9.2.2.
Apply the update,
My Reply follows quote. On 04/02/2006 13:31 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Greetings,
I have a Wallstreet that I am trying to connect to
my cable modem. I know the modem works, because I can
connect with my BW. I take the ethernet cable from
the back of the BW and connect it to the ethernet
port
Stardate 060204.13:31 -0800. A subspace message from l s reads:
I have a Wallstreet that I am trying to connect to
my cable modem. I know the modem works, because I can
connect with my BW.
This could well be an issue with your modem, and not the laptop.
You see, cable ISPs used to be
Make sure your Powerbook *can* boot from 9. I don¹t remember which was the
last, but it was somewhere near that vintage that 9 boot support ended.
Wasn't it the last Ti - 867/1GHz ?
I don't think ANY Al can boot into 9.
--
Best wishes
Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fanatic
This question was asked a day ago...or so:
And, as far as relevant questions: What can anyone tell me
about Wegener
Media and the service they provide?
I ordered my Pismo G4/550 upgrade from them and waited for five days
for an email notification of shipment. The only other
On Feb 4, 2006, at 1:27 PM, Geoffrey Peters wrote:
Stardate 060204.15:30 -0500. A subspace message from Andrew in Ann
Arbor reads:
I've been pursuing the USB to SCSI adaptor question so I can connect
my Pismo running Tiger to an assortment of older Powerbooks (SCSI
disk mode).
So far I
On Feb 4, 2006, at 1:23 PM, Kevin Causey wrote:
I was able to install OS 9 on a PB G4
my 1 gig Big Al won't boot from 9 at all... it runs Classic poorly as
some system level stuff won't install... I was under the impression it
was an Apple induced ROM decision... is that incorrect?
You are correct... I mis-spoke... it is Mail...
On Feb 3, 2006, at 6:25 PM, phoenix wrote:
In /Safari/? Please don't mistake this for nit-picking, but I'm
genuinely curious if it's Safari (the web browser) or Mail.app that
you're
talking about -- or some other program. I don't think I've
On Feb 4, 2006, at 7:55 PM, sandra ragan wrote:
On Feb 4, 2006, at 1:23 PM, Kevin Causey wrote:
I was able to install OS 9 on a PB G4
my 1 gig Big Al won't boot from 9 at all... it runs Classic poorly
as some system level stuff won't install... I was under the
impression it was an
Stardate 060204.15:30 -0500. A subspace message from Andrew in Ann
Arbor reads:
I've been pursuing the USB to SCSI adaptor question so I can connect
my Pismo running Tiger to an assortment of older Powerbooks (SCSI
disk mode).
So far I have not found an adaptor that will work in OSX.
And you
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