Re: accessing mpeg video files on OS X ?

On 17/02/2006, at 6:38 AM, Amber Robey wrote: Good Morning A.J, Thanks for the reply. I did manage to download it and play the video. However, I am wondering if there is a way to somehow convert the video to quicktime format so I can import it into iMovie or iDVD ? Amber Hi Amber,

Re: iBook as Desktop

On 15/02/2006, at 11:05 PM, Concetta Z wrote: Hey, that's my setup. I'm having a little problem synching the two. How did you do it? I would like a fast, easy, cheap way to sync my iBook to my eMac. Just update the files that have been added or changed (documents, iTunes, iPhoto, Mail,

Airport Question (again)

Hi Y'all... I have an Airport problem. Recently, I put an original Airport card in my iBook (G3/500 - Dual USB). Worked fine under Panther and after upgrading to Tiger, it still performed flawlessly. This afternoon, I reset the Power manager in an attempt to squeeze a bit more life out of

Re: plugging in the power lead - does it matter?

Hi Brian, I run the maintenance department for a health care facility and work on a lot of computerized equipment. In almost every maintenance publication for equipment with external power supplies, the guidance is to connect the brick to the equipment and then to the AC service. The

Re: downloading movies

Hi Gerald, I just ripped a 178 minute movie with MacTheRipper on my BW (w/ G4-450) and it took 39 minutes. Of course YMMV. Amanda On 23/01/2006, at 8:02 AM, Gerald Abreu wrote: Can I ask how long it takes to rip a dvd to your hard drive? I tried once on an upgraded pismo g4 and the time

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

Hi Andrew, I have been using a Microtech USB-SCSI-HD50 and I'm completely satisfied with it. Works with my iBook (10.3.9), BW's (10.4.3 10.2.8) and most of my wintel boxen (w2k). I use the adapter to connect an Iomega Jaz drive. Good luck, Amanda On 08/01/2006, at 1:31 PM, Andrew in

Re: 10.4.4 and update for 15 Al PB's ?

Just installed 10.4.4 on my BW... so far so good. Amanda On 10/01/2006, at 8:40 PM, Clem Bacani wrote: Go ahead, these updates are ok. On Jan 10, 2006, at 4:58 PM, Amber R. wrote: Hi, These items just popped up on Software Update - anybody installed either yet ? 10.4.4 seems to have

Re: slightly OT-Router issues.

Hi Caleb, I just bought a Linksys WRK54G... the one that comes with the notebook card. Folks seemed skeptical of Linksys, but their products have been rock solid for me for over 7 years now. All Linksys equipment, 'cept for one D-Link PCMCIA card. ANYway if your AP is used, has the

Airport Question

Hi All, I've decided to go wireless with my iBook-500, but I don't have a base unit yet. Just put an Airport (original) card in my 'Book and it works fine... seems someone is running an open wireless network nearby! :) Anyway... I went window shopping for equipment over the weekend and

iBook CD Problem

Hi All... I have a problem with my iBook (G3-500 Dual USB). It will not play an audio CD... keeps ejecting it... constantly! If I put in a program CD, it stays in and shows up on the desktop. I can't, for the life of me, understand what the difference is. Any suggestions or ideas? Thanks,

Re: Hard Drive Replacement

Hey folks - thanks for all that good advice. I really appreciate it. Bob Recently, I swapped the 10GB in my iBook (dual USB-500) for a 40GB obtained on eBay. Used the guide from PBFixit.com (http://www.pbfixit.com/Guide/50.0.0.html) and the whole thing took about twenty

Re: Hard Drive Replacement

Hey Bob, -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of bobgir2004 Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 9:45 PM To: G-Books Subject: Hard Drive Replacement I just loaded Tiger onto my G3 Dual-USB iBook with the 9.24GB capacity HD and I realize I barely

iBook Headphones

I'd like to ask for some advice... Does anyone have a recommendation for a decent set of headphones to connect to the audio/video port of my iBook? (500MHz, Dual USB) I have a couple of sets that work well with the Powerbook G3 and other devices, but in the iBook, they seem to interfere with the

Re: Is Apple really moving to x86 architechture?!

Hi Zoltan, As I sit here playing with 7 different Macs (soon to be 8), the idea of a Mac with an Intel CPU just seems odd. Still, I think this could be a positive move for Apple. I've run wintel boxes since '83 and the only real problems I've encountered have come from the =win= part of that

Re: New Hard drive question

Hi Debra, No worries. Swapping drives in the G3 powerbooks is pretty easy. I replaced the 10GB drive in my iBook with a 40 and then put the 10 in my Wallstreet. Everything took about an hour and most of that was spent on the iBook. No extra parts are needed, just watch how everything comes apart

Re: Need disassembly guide for iBook 500 ( for reassembly!)

-Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 12:39 AM To: G-Books Subject: Re: Need disassembly guide for iBook 500 ( for reassembly!) Go here: http://www.pbfixit.com/Guide/50.0.0.html Good site. Used it this past

Re: iTunes craziness...

I'm running 10.3.9 on my iBook 500 (192 MB ram) and have no complaints at all! Amanda - Original Message - From: Matthew Faulds [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 3:21 PM Subject: Re: iTunes craziness... depending on how you feel

Re: Ditching OS 9

Thanks for all the suggestions... somehow Irving didn't want to loose any folder with System in its name. Refused to let me delete them. So... I backed up the important stuff to the USB drive and reinstalled X from scratch. Wasn't a total loss tho'... I got to nap between CD's! The only reason I

Power Supply

One more question... (for now) ;) Is there a different power supply I can use with my iBook? The flying saucer style works and is kinda cute, but a bit of a pain to travel with. Is there a more conventional brick style I can use with Irving? Thanks, Amanda Gotta go... the flames just reached

Re: Ditching OS 9

00:00, Amanda Ward at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A Quick Question... I finally have all the software needed for OS X and want to delete OS 9/Classic from my iBook. Is there any easy way to do this or is a clean install of X the way to go? Reinstalling X is not a huge issue, but if I can

Ditching OS 9

A Quick Question... I finally have all the software needed for OS X and want to delete OS 9/Classic from my iBook. Is there any easy way to do this or is a clean install of X the way to go? Reinstalling X is not a huge issue, but if I can save a few hours, it'd be nice! Thanks for any advice

Re: Ethernet cable

Hi Tom, There are guidelines for wiring the connectors. This link (grabbed at random) covers some of it. http://www.ertyu.org/~steven_nikkel/ethernetcables.html The important thing to remember is... for a standard, straight through cable both connectors must be wired in the exact same order.

Airport Question

Hi All, I'm looking for a wireless card for my G3 icebook. I know that I'm pretty much limited to the original (and pricey) Apple card and that's okay. But... will the Apple card work with non-apple base stations? I can find like, Linksys and D-Link cheaper than the corresponding Apple Products.

iBook 500 Questions

Hi All, I just bought a 12 iBook 500 from eBay... wanted something a little more contemporary than my trusty Wallstreet. I've done some google-ing and gotten a lot of information, but I have a couple of questions. 1. The 'book can accept an Airport card, but are there limitations on which cards

Ram Speed

Hi All, I have a Wallstreet 266 with 192 MB ram. The upper slot has a big 128 MB sodimm and the lower has a 64. Can anyone tell me what the ram bus speed is? I have a 128 MB 66MHz I'd like to put in the lower slot. Should it work? Thanks, Amanda -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/

Re: Ram Speed

-profile (the card should be about an inch wide). Cheers, Ben On 29 Nov 2004, at 09:45, Amanda Ward wrote: Hi All, I have a Wallstreet 266 with 192 MB ram. The upper slot has a big 128 MB sodimm and the lower has a 64. Can anyone tell me what the ram bus speed is? I have a 128 MB 66MHz I'd like

Re: MAC verses Mac

On 23/10/2004, at 11:33, Larry le Mac wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] And 1 KB * 1 K is mixed mode math. Since the 2nd term has no object, it's considered to be base 10... 1024 * 1000 yields the wrong count. Never mix your bases. Are you aware of the difference between 1 KB and 1 kB ? From what

Wallstreet USB

Does anyone have a recommendation for a decent USB card for a Wallstreet running OS 9.2.2? I just need to be able to connect to a Canon i250 printer at work. I have a USB 2.0 card that works under OS X 10.0 thru 10.2 and on my dell notebook, but not on the Wallstreet. I'm using my dell at work

Re: shutting down PBs at night

On 13/09/2004, at 11:34 PM, Claire Hart wrote: While more often than not I leave my iMac on at night, I always turn off my Powerbook. I guess it just seems more vulnerable left on all night, for some reason. In fact, until recently, I'd carefully pack it and all of its stuff back in the

Re: 17 advice

Hi Claire, Of course, I think the 17 powerbook would be =way= cool, I couldn't imagine lugging it around with me all the time. Right now, I have a G3-Wallstreet with a 14 display and it's completely adequate for all my needs. I also have a 12 peecee notebook and, while usable, the screen is

Re: OS 10.3.4

Running 10.3.4 on a BW G3-300 (upgraded to a G4-450)... no real problems. Just a small glitch with icons on the desktop. Amanda On 07/06/2004, at 4:12 AM, Roger Shufflebottom wrote: Anyone having issues with OS 10.3.4? My TiBook 800 DVI (768MB RAM) was running happily with 10.3.3 but after I

Re: G-Books: Wallstreet PC Internet Access? Help!

On 04/06/2004, at 7:27 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I don't want to give up my G3 wallstreet (running on OS 9.1 or 9.2.) so I need a little help. I'm moving in with my partner and he has a PC and I have my Mac. There is no DSL in the area and so we are going to go for cable Modem access.

Re: Waterlogged wallstreet

On 05/06/2004, at 11:09 AM, Edward Jackson wrote: Recently my Wallstreet was attacked by a glass of water. I took it apart and there didn't seem to be any water inside the machinebut of course, now she's dead (and I'm so depressed). If I plug it in it tries to start up, whiring while the

Re: Mac CD-RW Burners - Followup

Just an update on this... I just installed Panther, ran patchburnll and the Iomega drive works like a charm. Amanda On 16/05/2004, at 12:16 PM, Amanda Ward wrote: Hey all, I recently bought an Iomega USB CD-RW burner that the packaging said was Mac Compatible. Well yeah, I can burn CD-R media

Re: Wallstreet USB

On Sunday, May 23, 2004, at 10:20 AM, Clark Martin wrote: At 1:44 PM -0700 5/22/04, Amanda Ward wrote: Hi All... I have a USB card in my Wallstreet. I loaded the drivers for the card, but it doesn't show up in system profiler. If I connect a USB keyboard and mouse to the card it works just fine

Re: Mac CD-RW Burners

Hi Jeff, I used patchburn and iTunes refuses to see any supported burned. There are identical part numbers for the Iomega drive under Lite-On and Philips, but they don't seem to make any difference. Amanda On Monday, May 17, 2004, at 07:58 AM, Jeff Greffe wrote: Just use patchburn

Mac CD-RW Burners

Hey all, I recently bought an Iomega USB CD-RW burner that the packaging said was Mac Compatible. Well yeah, I can burn CD-R media and read audio/data disks using Toast (Of course Iomega doesn't yet support OS X). While that's okay, I really wanted the RW capability and to be able to burn from

Re: Mac CD-RW Burners

, for under $100 and free shipping. Got mine works great on 16/05/04 15:16, Amanda Ward at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all, I recently bought an Iomega USB CD-RW burner that the packaging said was Mac Compatible. Well yeah, I can burn CD-R media and read audio/data disks using Toast (Of course Iomega

Re: Mac CD-RW Burners

Hi Laurent, What software did you use for this... or did it work within OS X? Amanda On Sunday, May 16, 2004, at 12:24 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 16/05/04 15:16, Amanda Ward at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all, I recently bought an Iomega USB CD-RW burner that the packaging said was Mac

Re: Clean Screens

On Tuesday, May 4, 2004, at 01:24 AM, Mikael Byström wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: How do I clean the LCD screen? Thanks! I got some stuff at the computer store that pulls out the top like baby wipes. Works great for me. What I use is called 'Nice 'n Clean.' Cheapest yet

Re: Can Wallstreet G3/300 run under OS 9.2?

On Wednesday, Feb 11, 2004, at 10:42 US/Pacific, Matthew D. O'Conner wrote: I keep getting system errors after I install the OS 9.2.1 upgrade from OS 9.1. The Wallstreet has been a little weird lately - it might not be an OS issue... Anyone know? Hi Matthew, FWIW, I'm running OS 9.2.2