iBook in Nat'l Geographic

2002-12-14 Thread Ross Cottrell
Just got the latest copy of National Geographic. On page 25, in a story about Hawaiian culture, there is a teacher and a child sitting at a table in the dark using an iBook. The Apple logo is shining and they have candles on the table. Apple couldn't ask for better advertising. Ross

Re: Firewire2Go ??

2002-10-30 Thread ross cottrell
Hi, All. Undergoing a frantic effort to get my Cardbus Firewire2Go card to work with my Lombard Powerbook. In both OS 9.2 and X.2 my card is 'seen' by Apple System Profiler, but I can't mount my LaCie pocketdrive through it, even though it's independently powered. The same drive works fine

Travelstar 40 gnx

2002-10-27 Thread Ross Cottrell
drive when booted into 9, so the FW drive definitely works. I installed the latest firmware from OWC too. Any ideas anyone? Should I wipe the drive and start over? (I posted a version of this issue here about a week ago.) Thanks, Ross Cottrell Powerbook G3 300 512 mb ram IBM Travelstar 40 gb

Re: Power Manager Problem with my Wallstreet

2002-10-13 Thread Ross Cottrell
At 3:30 PM -0400 10/13/02, G-Books wrote: Power Manager Problem: I've got a PowerBook, Wallstreet II 300 mghz, with 384 ram, and a 40 gig Travelstar 5400 rpm Hd. (3 partitions: OS X.2, OS 9.2.2, and OS 8.5) While under warrenty I replaced the power manager once, and the previous owner also did

Re: Pismo 400

2002-09-26 Thread Ross Cottrell
At 10:01 AM -0400 9/26/02, G-Books wrote: Subject: Re: Pismo 400 From: Jim Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] My Pismo is already pretty upgraded. What would a $300 G4 card do for me? Jim Make Jaguar run faster. -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: Pismo 400

2002-09-25 Thread Ross Cottrell
Can you elaborate on this? I have a Pismo 400 but I understood it wasn't worth upgrading. Jim On Tuesday, September 24, 2002, at 09:19 PM, Ross Cottrell wrote: Speaking of cheap, I think the best cheap way to get a full featured G4 Pbook is to plop an upgrade card into a Pismo. I'm

Re: .Mac

2002-09-24 Thread Ross Cottrell
. Has the cdkey and is original. Email me off-list if interested. I am trying to build up my G4 piggybank. 8^) Ross Cottrell -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished

Re: .Mac

2002-09-23 Thread ross cottrell
value for me at all. Sad to see the .mac email addresses go, that's all I ever used, but c'est la vie. Ross Cottrell -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished

Re: [PB]Entourage

2002-09-19 Thread Ross Cottrell
and easily read with TextEdit. Simple and elegant, no rebuilds necessary and no un-sightly bloating. It's a design that I appreciate more and more with each passing, trouble and maintenance-free year. Ross Cottrell Windows is like a Mac in the same way that a transvestite is like a real

Re: [PB]Entourage

2002-09-18 Thread ross cottrell
On Tuesday, September 17, 2002, at 08:27 PM, Marty Lindower wrote: Speaking of which, if I try to sync my Handspring Deluxe with=20 Entourage, make this work? (OS 10.1.5) The problem lies not with the Entourage Conduit, but with the Palm=20 Desktop 4. That is only supported with real

Re: OS Question for Wallstreet

2002-09-08 Thread Ross Cottrell
You're going to like the Wallstreet 300. It runs Jaguar acceptably IMHO. First thing you should do is lose the 8 gb factory drive. It is a loser. You can't rip MP3s with it due to a longstanding and never fixed bug. New 40 gb IBM drives are around $165 these days. I've got a 300 mhz

Re: Wallstreet CDRW

2002-09-01 Thread Ross Cottrell
At 9:58 PM -0400 8/29/02, G-Books wrote: Nope, the photo build guide at xlr8yourmac.com is meant for Pismo and Lombard CD-ROM drives. Apparently, the Wallstreet drive is built somewhat differently. The screws are all in the wrong place for the Wallstreet drive and you cannot slide the housing