Re: how to boot a pismo

2004-01-22 Thread Andrew Kershaw
I recently came into a pismo that doesn't have a dvd or cd drive and needs a system installed onto it. I have no external firewire hard drive to install a system and the only firewire disc drive I have is a burner that is not bootable. I do have a wallstreet, but is there a way to install a

Re: Apple iBook G4 or PowerBook G4?

2004-01-20 Thread Andrew
for the added G4 power (iBook g4 800Mhz 12 but no airport card) and it works quite nicely. Though, I don't think you can go wrong either way. -- Andrew A Mac Freak On Jan 20, 2004, at 7:42 PM, Frank P. Eigler wrote: Three thumbs up for the TiBook. I've had mine for just over half a year and I

Re: Wallstreet question

2004-01-19 Thread Andrew
Should a wallstreet be able to start up without the charge card (under palmrest, charges the batteries) installed? My wallstreet still has it's mystery startup problem, and the symptoms are different without that card installed. Is that because it simply cannot complete the startup process

Re: Safari Weird Crash

2004-01-18 Thread Andrew, a Mac Freak
, I feel screaming in Bill Gates's face...Please, PLEASE reply with your suggestions! -- Andrew A Mac Freak On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 20:20:06 -0600, Andrew, a Mac Freak [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: This is a Kernel Panic and it means that something has gone REALLY wrong somewhere along the line--enough

Wallstreet question

2004-01-17 Thread Andrew
Should a wallstreet be able to start up without the charge card (under palmrest, charges the batteries) installed? My wallstreet still has it's mystery startup problem, and the symptoms are different without that card installed. Is that because it simply cannot complete the startup process without

Re: Somewhat OT: looking for spyware tools

2004-01-10 Thread Andrew Kershaw
On 1/10/04 6:45 AM, Gary Goldberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are there any websites where, like anti-virus programs, you can get a free spyware checkup? To my knowlwdge no spyware exists for this platform. Look elsewhere for a solution to your problem. Agreed. It's not impossible, but it's

Re: Personal LaserWriter LS on WallStreet

2004-01-10 Thread Andrew Kershaw
On 1/10/04 5:22 AM, Paul Stamsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 22:41pm -0800 on 1/9/04, Robin Ashe, contributed: OK, I tried the LW 8 extension, it practically nerfed my system, so I rebooted with all extensions on and trimmed away the ones that I was sure I didn't need. I now have a

Re: Does D-Link Router support Appletalk?

2004-01-08 Thread Andrew Kershaw
On Jan 8, 2004, at 10:33 AM, Clyde Kahrl wrote: A: I just turned off DHCP so I could test the non-wireless part of the router--from port to port and not going through the WAN port. It used the DHCP of my Asante router. Although I could see the internet, it didn't seem to make any difference

Re: Safari Weird Crash

2004-01-05 Thread Andrew, a Mac Freak
, microsoft office, graphicconverter, etc) -- Andrew • A Mac Freak • -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac

Re: iBook Mirroring

2004-01-05 Thread Andrew, a Mac Freak
and will send a response afterward. Could this be a hardware failure, as I inquired on my Safari Weird Crash message? -- Andrew • A Mac Freak • -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site

Safari Weird Crash

2004-01-04 Thread Andrew, a Mac Freak
or anything, only restart. I have nothing running that is unusual and I have more than enough free memory (total physical RAM: 256MB) If it helps to specify my computer, it is an iBook G4 800MHz 12. -- Andrew • A Mac Freak • -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: Safari Weird Crash

2004-01-04 Thread Andrew, a Mac Freak
On 1/4/04 8:20 AM, Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 03/01/04 16:28, Andrew, a Mac Freak at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I use another application in Mac OS X 10.3 and switch to safari (which is running in the background) I get a message that says You need to restart your

Re: iBook vs PowerBook 12

2004-01-02 Thread Andrew, a Mac Freak
the compartment for the airport card under the keyboard. I thought the first Powerbook G4 12 didn't have cardbus, but the new one probably does. -- Andrew • A Mac Freak • -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished

Re: iBook Mirroring

2004-01-02 Thread Andrew, a Mac Freak
On 1/2/04 8:09 AM, Tom Burke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew I don't have the 12 iBook but I do have the 12 Powebook which is very nearly the same as the G4 iBook - it has the same mini-VGA video output. And I just connected a VGA lead to the VGA-to-minVGA adapter, plugged one end

Re: Anyone else have a failed Wall Street hinge repair?

2004-01-02 Thread Andrew in Ann Arbor
of material about 1/4 by 1/8 that were sticking out, removed them, photographed them, and send all this to PBPart yesterday via e-mail. Anyone else have a similar problem? PBparts did the same repair on my Wallstreet and it's been fine. -- Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what

Re: iBook vs PowerBook 12

2004-01-02 Thread Andrew, a Mac Freak
is 1024x768, Millions of Colors. Scales to 800x600 or 640x480 with Millions of Colors, also. At least that's what my iBook is capable of, and since I read that both the iBook 12 and Powerbook 12 use the exact same LCD panel -- Andrew • A Mac Freak • -- G-Books is sponsored by http

Re: My newly repaired pismo

2004-01-02 Thread Andrew, a Mac Freak
? it works great other than this, and it doens't bother me at all, but I was wondering if this means its failing or something? -Joe I don't know if it is typical or not, but it could be a failing or loose video cable from the pismo to the lcd. As they all say, Just my 2 cents. -- Andrew

Re: iBook vs PowerBook 12

2004-01-01 Thread Andrew, a Mac Freak
of 1024x768 resolution or better, it will not be any advantage over the built-in LCD screen, as the iBook and PowerBook 12 both have max resolutions of 1024x768. I actually prefer the LCD over a CRT. -- Andrew • A Mac Freak • -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: Buffalo Card on a WS G3

2003-12-29 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Does anyone know if a Buffalo Wireless Card 54 GHz card can be used on a WallStreet PowerBook G3? 54 GHz, eh? What's the range on that thing, 2 feet? 54 GHz would have incredible loss in an atmosphere... Ah, I'm just fooling. I bet you mean 802.11g... Does the card have Mac OS drivers? Do

Re: ASF was: Re: SO SORRY!!

2003-12-28 Thread Andrew, a Mac Freak
, since it was originally an MS-only development. On Dec 27, 2003, at 11:39 AM, Andrew, a Mac Freak wrote: On 12/26/03 12:24 PM, Krevnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think it is a problem, however, I don't think there is much of an answer other than to return the camera if possible. ASF

ASF was: Re: SO SORRY!!

2003-12-27 Thread Andrew, a Mac Freak
an ASF converter for Mac when Microsoft comes out with Windows Media Player 9 for Mac OS X. -- Andrew • A Mac Freak • -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks

Re: TiBook vs. AlBook ??

2003-12-26 Thread Andrew, a Mac Freak
tiBook WiFi is lame. Do you mean AlBook? -- Andrew • A Mac Freak • -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End

.ASF video file conversion trouble

2003-12-25 Thread Andrew, a Mac Freak
view them on my Mac? There's plenty converters for Windows, I have found out, but I do not own a Windows or Virtual PC. Any and all help is appreciated! Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas! -- Andrew • A Mac Freak • -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

iBook Logic Board Failures

2003-12-19 Thread Andrew Main
About iBook Logic Board Failures at MacOpinion http://www.macopinion.com/columns/roadwarrior/03/12/16/index.html, including links to a petition and a class-action suit effort. Andrew Main -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com

PB G3 take-aparts

2003-12-18 Thread Andrew Main
German PowerBook fan Michael Kliehm has posted illustrated tear-down tutorials for the three PowerBook G3 models: WallStreet: http://homepage.mac.com/sysop/PhotoAlbum3.html Lombard: http://homepage.mac.com/sysop/PhotoAlbum5.html Pismo: http://homepage.mac.com/sysop/PhotoAlbum7.html Andrew Main

Re: Wallstreet CPU vs Board speed question

2003-12-18 Thread Andrew
Have you (or anyone else with the G4 upgrade) done any benchmark tests to compare it to anything that shipped stock with a G4? Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 22:13:20 -0800 (PST) From: Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Wallstreet CPU vs Board speed question In-Reply-To:

Re: Another satisifed PBParts.com customer

2003-12-15 Thread Andrew
That's very reassuring to hear. I had planned to send my wallstreet in for the hinge upgrade, thinking that for $10 more than the stock hinges it was a great deal. Sadly even though it is only $79 for the hinges and installation, they quoted me $86 (about $116 Canadian) for the return shipping

Re: Icebook--was Hey Kyle...

2003-12-13 Thread Andrew Main
BA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Apple wants $300 minimum to do the honors ... Try DTT http://www.dttservice.com/repairs.html. Inexpensive diagnosis and repairs. Andrew Main -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished

Re: ##%^**-#** Yo-Yo

2003-12-13 Thread Andrew
When my wallstreet was new (owned by a relative at the time) it developed strange power related problems. I honestly don't remember the symptoms, but after several attempts at diagnosis by the apple dealer that sold it, they finally discovered that the plug on the power cord was touching some

Re: want wireless for my Lombard

2003-12-13 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Shaun, Check out www.wegenermedia.com Shawn On Saturday, December 13, 2003, at 01:46 AM, Shaun D. McClurken wrote: I've had a Lombard 400 MHz, 192MB/6GB for a few months. OS 9.2.2, which I want to maintain for a while, or else I'd have to expand RAM and hard disk space. And go without the DVD

Re: Lombard boot from compact flash?

2003-12-12 Thread Andrew Main
chosen in Startup Device or not -- an intended feature? Annoying, sometimes.) Andrew Main -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale

Re: 233 g3 powerbook and os9

2003-12-12 Thread Andrew Kershaw
it's os9.01 That's your problem. 9.0 will run on the Wallstreet and 9.0.4+ will run on the Wallstreet, but anything in between is a machine-specific release of Mac OS and hence won't run on the Wallstreet. Peace, Drew -- Author of ClassicStumbler email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web:

Re: RAM deal

2003-12-11 Thread Andrew Main
since the mid-90s with consistently excellent results, while this encounter only bears out my previous experience with 18004Memory. Andrew Main If you've been thinking about maxing the RAM in your PB G3 (Pismo) or G4 (early Titanium), you might be interested to know that Coast to Coast Memory (aka

RAM deal

2003-12-09 Thread Andrew Main
the search on their own site. Andrew Main -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists

Re: Japanese encoding in Mail

2003-12-08 Thread Jonathan R. Andrew
On Tuesday, December 9, 2003, at 05:30 AM, G-Books wrote: Subject: Japanese encoding in Mail Apple's Mail has no place to set encoding, In Mail, go to Format and click onText Encodings. Japanese ISO 2022JP is there. Ahhh ... but that's where the arrow points to a grayed-out list which

Japanese encoding in Mail

2003-12-07 Thread Jonathan R. Andrew
Once in a while I have the necessity of sending ISO-2022 (Japanese encoded) text via email, but have recently found that the software I currently use does not support it. I used to have no problem doing this in Eudora, but I use the free mode in its latest incarnation. Apple's Mail has no

Wallstreet CPU and VRAM questions

2003-12-07 Thread Andrew Kershaw
This site http://www.rgaros.nl/gestalt/index.html says the Wallstreet (Wallstreet I) has a VRAM slot (look in the mach gestalt section). Is that true? Where is it, if so? I assume it's on the bottom of the motherboard, since it's not visible anywhere under the keyboard area. Is it possible to

Re: Stupid RAM

2003-12-05 Thread Andrew Kershaw
It's the wrong type RAM. The Lombard requires PC66, although SOME lucky bastards find that their machines do accept PC100.. It's the luck of the draw I guess--mine won't take PC100, even though an old Wallstreet I had (which supposedly required PC66) was as happy as a clam with PC100!!! Anyway,

Re: Can't SwapHardDriveInWallstreet

2003-11-30 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Just a question: Have you tried zapping the PRAM? The Wallstreet is probably looking for the startup disk that was originally the 2GB drive. Removing it confused the 'book. Zapping the PRAM will reset the startup drive info, and the Wallstreet will boot from whatever drive is bootable and

Re: WS Hinge replacement

2003-11-30 Thread Andrew in Ann Arbor
recommend them. The sell the OEM hinges without installation, the aftermarket steel hinges that they sell are only available with installation. I recall it was $70 for OEM hinges, $80 for the steel hinges installed. I'd suggest spending the extra $10... -- Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer

Wallstreet hinges

2003-11-20 Thread Andrew
I'm looking at replacing the hinges in my wallstreet *again*, this is the third time for this unit through it's lifespan with two owners. Is there a better quality hinge available for them, or are wallstreet users stuck with purchasing the original inadequate part for another temporary fix? I

Re: aftermarket hinges for Wallstreet

2003-11-20 Thread Andrew in Ann Arbor
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 10:57:29 +0100 From: Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Wallstreet hinges I'm looking at replacing the hinges in my wallstreet *again*, this is the third time for this unit through it's lifespan with two owners. Is there a better quality hinge available for them

Re: Dead Wallstreet

2003-11-07 Thread Andrew
At 11:09 AM -0700 06/11/03, Andrew wrote: Thanks to all list members for your helpful replies on this topic. From the emails I recieved it seems that the first thing I should try is replacing the PMU. Does anyone have a source for these? I've seen them online in the past for $20US, but I can't

Re: Dead Wallstreet

2003-11-06 Thread Andrew
Thanks to all list members for your helpful replies on this topic. From the emails I recieved it seems that the first thing I should try is replacing the PMU. Does anyone have a source for these? I've seen them online in the past for $20US, but I can't find any at the moment. Until this is fixed,

Dead wallstreet

2003-11-05 Thread Andrew
My wallstreet won't power up properly. As soon as it gets power the fan and power light come on, but it is unresponsive except to the reset keystroke (cmd,shift,function,power) which turns the light and fan off. Does anybody have any idea which component is most likely malfunctioning? --

Re: Improper off-list emails

2003-11-03 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Can you please(please, please) have this discussion off-list? Thank you all Marc That's the funniest thing I think I've ever read on this list! Let me email you privately to relay my kudos! :-P All joking aside, I'd just like to point out that the PowerBooks list seems to run extremely

Portable CDRW drive?

2003-11-02 Thread Andrew Main
Looking for an external, portable CDRW drive to use with an iBook. Any suggestions? Thanks, Andrew Main -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs

Re: VPC Micro$oft

2003-11-02 Thread Andrew Kershaw
If you had as much experience of small companies and products like this you would know not to trust statements like that! I have been in the Mac-on-PC emulation scene for a very long time, so long in fact that I have given up waiting. There were two companies that seriously promised PPC emulation

PRAM batteries...

2003-11-01 Thread Andrew Kershaw
I have a question about PRAM batteries... I need new ones for my Wallstreet (two, actually) and Pismo. The question is: How many VL2330 cells are in the modules? From the service manual, the Wallstreet looks like it has 6 or 8... I don't want to tear down my Wallstreet(s) right now to

Re: VPC Micro$oft

2003-11-01 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Ah, cheers!! However, this'll be the telling tale: Mac OS system requirements: PowerPC, Mac OS 8.x - 9.x Important Note: Current version of Blue Label does not support Mac OS X and Classic environment. If it stays like that it'll be pretty pointless... Fingers crossed. And farther down the page

Re: 15 Ti-Bk S-Video Out problem

2003-11-01 Thread Andrew Kershaw
When I play a DVD on the Ti-Bk and send the signal out to the TV, the contrast on the TV changes continually - almost a fading in/out effect. Any thoughts? A weird copy protction scheme? Thanks Frank Yeah, probably. It happens with a Comcrap laptop we have, too. And it also happens if you

Re: PRAM batteries...

2003-11-01 Thread Andrew Johnson
my wallstreet 250 has a 6 cell PRAM battery, -Andrew On Nov 1, 2003, at 1:39 PM, Andrew Kershaw wrote: I have a question about PRAM batteries... I need new ones for my Wallstreet (two, actually) and Pismo. The question is: How many VL2330 cells are in the modules? From the service manual

Re: USB 2.0... [off-list sales wrong]

2003-10-26 Thread Andrew Kershaw
On 10/26/03 12:09 PM, David M. Ensteness [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: According to the LEM rules one post per year on any list is allowed per member, but this isn't just one per list per year. He has done this on regular occasion whenever someone is looking for something he can

Re: resetting Pismo battery in Lombard

2003-10-26 Thread Andrew in Ann Arbor
If you're ever in Ann Arbor you can reset your battery on my Lombard. I have battery reset 2.0. -- Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check

Re: Pismo, Bluetooth, and a T616

2003-10-23 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Hi, The AirPort card is for wireless networking (802.11b). You'll need a PCMCIA bluetooth adapter or a USB bluetooth adapter to sync up with your phone. I don't know if the drivers for either one of those are available, so do some research first. What about the D-Link USB-Bluetooth adapter

Re: shutting down PB and heat

2003-10-11 Thread Andrew Kershaw
on 10/11/03 11:49 AM, w miller at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe I'm too much of a worry wart, but my Lombard frequently seems so hot on the bottom that I think I must shut it down. I sometimes hear what sounds like a fan come on. When I have it on my desk, I raise the rear end with a little

Re: shutting down PB and heat

2003-10-11 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Thanks to those who answered my question. If it's true that I really should be shutting down when the Lombard seems hot, what do these listmembers who never shut down know that I don't (and should)? Willi Nothing. Shutting it down can't hurt, but you don't necessarily _need_ to shut it down.

Re: shutting down PB and heat

2003-10-11 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Thanks to those who answered my question. If it's true that I really should be shutting down when the Lombard seems hot, what do these listmembers who never shut down know that I don't (and should)? Willi What I should have added is that, yes, it is true that heat can cause damage to your

Re: When do you shut down your laptop?

2003-10-09 Thread Andrew Johnson
mine (along with thousands more I would imagine) have even slept through the X-ray machines at the airport, 100% safe! -Andrew On Thursday, October 9, 2003, at 07:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In all the years I've owned PowerBooks - I go back to the original PB 140 - I have only turned my

Re: When do you shut down your laptop?

2003-10-09 Thread Andrew Kershaw
mine (along with thousands more I would imagine) have even slept through the X-ray machines at the airport, 100% safe! -Andrew (Hey, nice name!) I think at one time that this was actually a MacWorld user tip. They suggested that when going through security, you have your Mac sleeping so

Re: Clamshell iBook and 10.2.8? : UPDATE

2003-10-09 Thread Andrew Kershaw
So, I merely tapped the back of the display and the picture returned. Any clues? That sounds like a loose LCD cable. You could try taking it apart and securing the connection, but these cables are extremely fragile. If it's not the connector that's loose, you probably have a slight

Re: PISMO CAN'T FIND SYSTEM

2003-10-06 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Thank you Drew. I tried all your hints but Pismo doesn't make a start up sound. It goes straight to a grey screen with a small folder in the middle wich switches to a system icon and a question mark. What to do? That's strange. Some Macs when muted don't sound the startup chime... Don't know if

Re: PISMO CAN'T FIND SYSTEM

2003-10-05 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Thank you Adam. I see if i can make the machine work with your tips.So far however, the machine doesn't start up from CD, even while pressing C. Have you tried resetting the PRAM? That usually clears the setting that defines which drive you have selected as the boot disk... To do it, hold down

Re: Pismo Problems

2003-10-04 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Drew, IIRC you may want to check the extension which loaded right after the Apple Audio Extension (or maybe the one right before). On my Pismo, sometimes it's not been the extension whose icon you see last, but the one that was in process of loading that caused the problem (or else, the extension

Re: Pismo Problems

2003-10-04 Thread Andrew Kershaw
It still may not have been AAE. I once had the same problem on a Mac at the office. Disabling AAE helped for a while, then it moved on to other extensions. It wasn't a virus and I never did find a solution, but ended up reformatting the drive completely. Many strange problems continued to

AC Adapter for PB G4?

2003-10-01 Thread Andrew Main
~mainFrame Anyone have any other suggestions? What's the best (cheapest) source for the MadsonLine, or other make? Thanks, Andrew Main -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished

Pismo Problems

2003-10-01 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Hi all, It's time for my first real question to the list... My Pismo 500 is acting up in strange ways - it won't wake from sleep without locking up hard and requiring a reboot. When I boot it, I only succesfully boot about one in five or six tries. The rest of the time it either locks up at

Re: Pismo Problems

2003-10-01 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Oh yeah: Pismo 500 1GB RAM OS 9.2.2, 9.2.1 Thanks, Drew -- Author of ClassicStumbler email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.alksoft.com/ Visit the PowerBook 5300 FAQ! http://www.alksoft.com/5300_FAQ/ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Pismo Problems

2003-10-01 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Have you tried to put back the original memory? Well, no, not yet. I'm in the process of troubleshooting my new (month old) RAM first. And so far, one module passes all the RAM checks. I've booted with the second module right now, and I'll be checking it out... But originally it only had

Wireless with Lombard and Silver Wavelan, wireless printing

2003-09-29 Thread Andrew in Ann Arbor
Canon BJC 4550 inkjet. I got mine from E-bay, I think it might be an orphaned product (not available new). I have the manual and other useful files if you end up with one. -- Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com

Re: Pismo Bluechip G3 900 Eats My Battery

2003-09-29 Thread Andrew Kershaw
I would say 1.5 hours is pretty good for upgrading that much. Without looking up the specs, I'm sure your upgraded processor pulls more wattage than the old one. Your battery was designed with the old processor in mind. Even running it at slower cycles, your probably still going to pull out

Re: Orinoco Gold

2003-09-29 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Hi all, As a new Lombard owner I have had no experience with Wi-Fi cards. The preferred card seem to be the Orinoco Gold for those of us running os 9.x. On ebay I see a plethora of Orinoco cards most are however branded with another name, are these the same cards with someone else's name on

Re: using a PowerBook Wallstreet 300 in a coffee shop?

2003-09-28 Thread Andrew Kershaw
on 28/09/03 09:38, Matthew D. O'Conner at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is that possible? Assume that my local coffee shop has a wireless network of some sort. Is there a PCMCIA (sp?) card that I can install that allows that? I don't know too much about public wireless notebook use - is there a

Re: Yo-yo PSU

2003-09-26 Thread Andrew Johnson
that can. If anyone would like to test this theory, just go out to your car and short your battery (only 12v!) with a large metal object, the resulting fire should serve as proof enough. -Andrew On Friday, September 26, 2003, at 08:15 AM, Tekno Liber wrote: I wouldn't call 24V unsafe however you

Re: wireless with Lombard

2003-09-26 Thread Andrew in Ann Arbor
? Jacob I'm using a Lucent Wavelan Silver with Apple's airport extensions. I'm running OS 9.2.2, not sure if Jaguar would be the same. I can't say much about range, I show good signal strength at the other end of the living room up 30 feet away up a level and through a couple of walls. -- Andrew

Re: Wallstreet serial number...

2003-09-25 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Tekno Liber wrote: I've just bought an old Wallstreet (the one with the missing keys). It's old and cheap, not cheap enough to make it obvious that its background is dodgy, but there is a sign that point to the possibility of it being a little than kosher, the lack of serial number. The sticker

Re: headless TiBook 550 questions

2003-09-20 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Whew. But I'd still like to know about the lid-shut-sleep thingy, if anyone knows, do please tell. :-) Dan K A weak magnet over the right edge of the PowerBook? Judging by everything from the Wallstreet to the Pismo, the sleep actuator is activated by a magnet in that general vicinity. You

Re: silver Wavelan in my Lombard running 9.2.2

2003-09-16 Thread Andrew in Ann Arbor
did have a problem shutting the Lombard down after ejecting the card (would lock up) but I seem to have fixed it somehow Let me know if I can help further. Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: Lombard/airport?

2003-09-16 Thread Andrew Kershaw
It has to use a non-Apple wireless card, because the Apple AirPort card doesn't have an antenna so that's why you can use it only in an AirPort-ready Macintosh because those have an internal antenna in the case. The other reason is that although the form factors are the same, an airport card will

Re: Lombard/airport?

2003-09-16 Thread Andrew Kershaw
An orinoco Silver worked in my Pismo's AirPort slot, but the AirPort card didn't work in the PCcard slot. The Silver card/AP slot appeared as an AP card but the AP card/PC slot didn't appear at all. That's interesting. Do you have the AirPort PC Card extension installed? This particular

Re: Lombard cache failure symptoms?

2003-09-05 Thread Andrew King
memory? What percentage of Lombards has had this problem to date (is it a case of if or when?). -- Andrew in Ann Arbor Michigan technology is the answer, what was the question? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives

Re: Which Powerbook?

2003-09-04 Thread Andrew Johnson
I would say more ram/faster hd would only help your situation if you found yourself paging information out to the hard disk frequently while under illustrator. (granted this may be the case) -Andrew On Thursday, September 4, 2003, at 11:21 AM, Vic Duong wrote: Hello everyone, I was just

Re: 5400 RPM HD 1 GIG RAM worth it for Pismo?

2003-09-04 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Sorry guys, wrong subject header: Hello everyone, I was just wondering if anyone had any experience with working on a Pismo with Toshiba's 60 GB 5400rpm/16mb cache HD in tandem with 1 GIG ram? I noticed the HD and another 512 stick would run about $300 for the upgrade. I'm using Abobe Illustrator

VCD player for Lombard 400 MHz OS 9.2.2 ??

2003-09-01 Thread Andrew King
A friend just scanned some old home movies into his computer and made some VCDs for me. I can play them on my Lombard (400 MHz OS 9.2.2 ) with Apple Video Player (version 1.7.3) but Quicktime (version 5.0.2) and Apple DVD player (version 1.3) don't seem to see them. Is there a better VCD

Re: loc-tite

2003-08-31 Thread Andrew King
a month the plastic turned to powder and the insert pulled out. Apply it very sparingly (use a toothpick) and only use it for metal to metal connections. -- Andrew in Ann Arbor Michigan technology is the answer, what was the question? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Wallstreet Woes

2003-08-25 Thread Andrew Johnson
solutions? -Andrew -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list

Re: netscape options, streamlined installation

2003-08-24 Thread Andrew King
they only have version 6.2.2 streamline for MAC. I'm using version 7.02 streamline on an obsolete (WIN98 233 Mhz) PC and it's much better than the full Netscape install. Check out http://sillydog.org/narchive/ for more options, they have all the way back to 4.08 for system 7.5. -- Andrew in Ann

Pismo CPU upgrades

2003-08-24 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Hi all... Proud new owner of a Pismo 500 here... I'm contemplating upgrading the CPU to either a G4 or a 900MHz G3. Newer Tech (through OWC) has a G4 500 upgrade, as does PowerLogix. PowerLogix also has a 900MHz G3 upgrade option. Does anyone have any thoughts on these upgrades? 900MHz

Re: iBook Ethernet doesn't work?

2003-08-22 Thread Andrew Main
ethernet card in a PowerBook 1400, which connects any time, including when the cable is connected while the computers are running. But hey, what do I know? Andrew Main -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives

iBook ethernet doesn't work?

2003-08-21 Thread Andrew Main
visually it looks okay (no bent pins). Then I tried another iBook, and had the same problem, so now I'm wondering if there's some trick to setting up ethernet on an iBook? Or is there any other way to test the port? Andrew Main -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

USB flash drive for clamshell iBook?

2003-08-21 Thread Andrew Main
with, among others, clamshell iBooks, but am concerned that I might encounter the same problem. Has anyone used a USB flash drive with a clamshell iBook, and run into this difficulty -- or not? What brand works, or doesn't? Andrew Main -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com

reccomendation, replacement for 1400?

2003-08-18 Thread Andrew King
it's smaller/lighter than the Pismo/Lombard. Any thoughts? Any suggestions for vendors? I'm recommending OS 9.2.2, any reason for a beginner non-power user to go to OS X? Thanks -- Andrew King Ann Arbor Michigan technology is the answer, what was the question? NOTE: new local address is andrewaa

TiBook 667 eats CDs

2003-08-02 Thread Andrew Johnson
system has eaten a piece of writable media without wanting to give it up. Has anyone had these problems before or come up with a solution? Mit freundlichen Gruessen, Andrew -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished

Re: Lucent Wavelan and Wallstreet/ Lombard

2003-07-28 Thread Andrew King
. I also have Airport AP 1.3.2 and Airport AP Support 1.3.2 extensions enabled. The card is part number PC24E-H-FC serial number 00UT28442879. The Wallstreet was a 266 Mhz model. The card also works in my new Lombard 400 Mhz with the same extensions. Good luck -- Andrew King Ann Arbor Michigan

AOL taking over PPP?I

2003-07-11 Thread Andrew King
, extensions and preferences so maybe that will do it. Thanks... -- Andrew King Ann Arbor Michigan technology is the answer, what was the question? NOTE: new local address is andrewaa(at)comcast.net -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp

transferring files to Wintel over home network?

2003-06-27 Thread Andrew King
each other on the network, how can I make them visible to the Lombard (or vice-versa)? Thanks -- Andrew King Ann Arbor Michigan technology is the answer, what was the question? NOTE: new local address is andrewaa(at)comcast.net -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

iChat WebCam Combatibility?

2003-06-25 Thread Andrew McCall
Hi All, Does anyone know which camera's are supported with iChat? It says something like any USB or Firewire WebCam, but I can't see it actually working with *any* USB or Firewire WebCam :) I am specifically interested in the Creative Wireless WebCam Andrew

Re: iChat WebCam Combatibility?

2003-06-25 Thread Andrew McCall
On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 14:57, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 25/06/03 05:21, Andrew McCall at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, Does anyone know which camera's are supported with iChat? It says something like any USB or Firewire WebCam, but I can't see it actually working with *any* USB

Teardown PDF for Lombard?

2003-06-25 Thread Andrew King
. Jim Could I trouble you for a copy of the Lombard teardown PDF? I haven't had any reason to get inside my new Lombard but I expect it'll happen someday, most likely when I can't get to any of the disassembly sites I've got bookmarked. Thanks -- Andrew King Ann Arbor Michigan technology

printing from USB (Lombard, OS 9.2.2) to serial (CanonBJC4550)

2003-06-24 Thread Andrew King
but have noticed that the drive clicks and whirs when I start up the computer (with no floppy inside). Is this normal? Was there ever an Apple internal floppy or was the Wallstreet the last powerbook to have that option? -- Andrew King Ann Arbor Michigan technology is the answer, what

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