How to clone desktop's OS9 to PB?

2005-04-21 Thread AlTerego
I've been struggling trying to "clone" my desktop OS9 system (& apps/data) on my PB to make it my main computer. I've tried so many things I don't even remember them all. Some 'gotchas' I do remember are that some control panels get moved because they're not compatible with Classic mode and t

Re: Superdrive and DVD-RW?

2005-01-17 Thread AlTerego
DVD-RW works fine for recording data but iDVD used to reject them. I read some hints on how to get iDVD to accept them but never tried it (look at http://www.macosxhints.com/ ) and I seem to recall someone claiming the problem no longer exists but I wouldn't swear to that. Hmmm, I bought some CompU

Re: ADB Hot-Swapping on Wallstreet -- reference

2005-01-17 Thread AlTerego
From: Dan K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Al <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Whenever I'd plug or unplug my Kensington trackball all ADB >communication would cease... Mac OS doesn't know how to deal with hotswapped ADB devices. To use a newly added device you have to manually reset the ADB bus. Google/MacUp

short user names cannot be changed once set

2005-01-17 Thread AlTerego
From: Ben Dyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ORIGINAL SUBJECT: Re: Questions: OS Upgrades, browser/Mail/News choice You can't really change the account to your name, at least not fully -- short user names cannot be changed once set. I found out about that when trying to change "defaultuser" to something mor

Re: ADB Hot-Swapping on Wallstreet -- reference

2005-01-17 Thread AlTerego
The two camps seem to be: 1) It is supported. 2) It's destructive. Allow me to offer a third possibility from my personal varying mileage. 3) It doesn't work. Whenever I'd plug or unplug my Kensington trackball all ADB communication would cease or at best the trackball behaved as if it was only t

Re: White spots on PowerBook screens _IS_ a problem known to Apple!

2005-01-16 Thread AlTerego
On 1/14/05 7:45 PM, "Brian Rule" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the Cybertrough: > A week ago i sent my iBook in to be repaired since it would no longer power up. I was told the best case scenario was it would have been ...snip... ... well. Checked the status on my iBook, and it has been listed

Thought I was ready to buy...

2004-05-10 Thread AlTerego
I've been lurking since I began my PB search months ago and find this list has been an incredible education! I've always been impressed with the feeling of community amongst computer geek and geekettes but this list is great. At the community radio station where I volunteer we use the full ver

Re: modem keeps redialing

2004-03-10 Thread AlTerego
When my mom's iMac kept doing that I forced a quit [command-option-escape] and learned that it was the Time Synchronization which made no sense because the settings were set to synchronize only when online - not to take the initiative to connect. Go figgyah! -- "Any idiot can face a crisis. It'

Re: HP printer doesn't print through Classic

2004-03-08 Thread AlTerego
At 11:40 AM -0500 3/7/04, "Jonathan R. Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am running 10.2.8 with 384MB/40GB, and I recently bought an HP psc 2410 all-in-one. I have Photoshop 5.5 running in Classic, and it prints to the old Epson just fine, but I can't make it print to the HP, though the ch

Re: ?Rebuilding batteries

2004-03-04 Thread AlTerego
A word of caution from the guy with the burned fingers. I've rebuilt lots of battery packs in drills etc with NiCads and had no soldering problems, however, when soldering a tab on my 540c's lithium button cell (PRAM back up battery) a little too much time with the soldering iron and the cell e