Re: Beerbook/Spill Damage

with only overnight drying. 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

Re: Keyboards key names

not only to the computer but to its culture and environment. (Well, she is a personal friend, but I still think her books are the best.) Andrew Main -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our

Re: Are you sure you want to ... ?

appear to fit in both categories. In any case, it is the Option key, and has always been the Option key, and has never been SNIP! -- -Jon Glass Krakow, Poland listmom, can we end this please? -Andrew -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: wiping hard drive clean

Shack bulk tape eraser (which has sometimes enabled me to resurrect a misbehaving floppy disk), but I suspect it may damage some other components in a hard drive, so I've never tried it. Andrew Main -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp

Re: airport alternatives for Wallstreet?

under 10.2.2 yet, any recommendations there? (and do you absolutely have to use the wirelessdriver.sourceforge.net driver for all pc card solutions?) -Andrew -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check

Re: Orinoco card removal from Wallstreet

with an extension set that doesn't have the Wavelan extensions). Maybe I just need to learn how to turn the card off or maybe I need a newer OS (or a newer powerbook). -- Andrew King Ann Arbor Michigan technology is the answer, what was the question? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com

Re: Are you sure you want to ... ?

the annoying message? Hold alt when you choose the apple menu. -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

Re: Pismo DVD/CD drive death

suggest checking out http://www.dttservice.com/, who offer free diagnosis, repair for cost of parts + $30. I recently suffered another common PB problem, Lombard CPU death; they replaced it for under $300, including shipping both ways. Andrew Main -- G-Books is sponsored by http

Re: Jaguar Pismo WinNT network

That's exactly what I did, but now I cannot get the server list doesn't show up in the left column. I set it up using DHCP manual. Is it right ? Thanks. andrew --- Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I want to connect to a Windows shares, I usually select Connect to server

Re: problems with LinkSys wireless router.

automatically selected. -- Andrew King 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 | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale

Jaguar Pismo WinNT network

actually have to set up the network settings ? thank you very much. andrew __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting.yahoo.com -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: Memory upgrade for G3 series Wallstreet, I've got 320 Mb

the option) and am happier with the faster start up. I don't know if there is a down side to turning off the memory check. -- Andrew King Ann Arbor Michigan technology is the answer, what was the question? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp

Mouse for use with PowerBook?

, but so many people like them that it seems worth a try. 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 on Sale

Should Wallstreet wake when lid is opened?

the lid. -- Andrew King 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 | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale

Re: Chopshop wallstreet

For that kind of outlay I think I'd get myself a newer PowerBook. There's a screen on ebay UK, one can't help pondering the possibilities. Oh well. Cheers. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | --

Re: upgrading expansion VST bay drives

not designed for it. 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/support.html G

Re: Jaguar - no carrier detected

I have the same problem on G3 BW tower I was hoping that Jag would fix it, I have a shedload of different modem scripts but they have not solved the problem. I am going to borrow an external modem to see if it cold be hardware. My Wallstreet runs smooth as silk. Gr. -- G-Books is

Re: ethernet print server for powerbook and thinkpad?

(G-Books) wrote: Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 10:38:04 -0700 Subject: Re: print server for Wallstreet and Thinkpad over ethernet From: Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Friday, October 25, 2002, at 10:00 PM, Andrew wrote: The only problem I can see is that the Jet Direct seems to only have

Battery Identification

Is the M4685 for a Wallstreet or Lombard? I can't tell from the Knowledge Base -- 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: Battery Identification

Ta very much, sir. Is the M4685 for a Wallstreet or Lombard? Wallstreet. Heok Hee -- 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

IBM Travelstar HD noise levels

acoustic data for these models). 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

Chopshop wallstreet

Can I fit a 14 screen from a dead Wallstreet [in its lid] on my 12? -- 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

Re: Chopshop wallstreet

On 28/10/02 10:32, Andrew Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can I fit a 14 screen from a dead Wallstreet [in its lid] on my 12? Probably not because the video ribbon cable wouldn't fit. -Laurent. Darn! -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp

Re: 25GB IBM HD - noise?

design until 2001; the 12GB Travelstar that came stock in my Pismo makes a terrible whine. 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

ethernet print server for Wallstreet OS 8.6?

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OS upgrade for Wallstreet?

Hello Reading about all you folks plunging into OS X has inspired me. I'm considering upgrading the Wallstreet G3 (266 Mhz, OS 8.6, 4Gb, 320Mb) to OS 9.04 I have the CDs for 8.5 and 9.0.4 and updates for 9.1, 9.2.1 and 9.2.2. Any suggestions for where to stop? -- Andrew King Ann Arbor

Wallstreet 266 w 320 Mb RAM starts in 39 seconds (no mem test)

Hello I just timed the startup (chime to disk spin up) for my Wallstreet 266 with 320 Mb of RAM. It took 39 seconds, not really long enough for a cup of coffee. It used to take much longer before I switched off the memory test (option + command while opening the memory control panel) -- Andrew

Re: print server for Wallstreet and Thinkpad over ethernet

seems to only have a parallel port so the apple style serial data will have to enter the printer through the parallel port. This seems unlikely so I may have to find a print server with serial and parallel ports or get a Laserjet. -- Andrew King Ann Arbor Michigan technology is the answer, what

IBM 20GB PowerBook drive

find it makes any noticeable noise? I'm thinking maybe I should return it (to Googlegear) for exchange. 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

Re: slow start on Wallstreet

bad or perhaps not being charged. Either way the symptoms point in that direction. -- Andrew King 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: Wallstreet DVD Drive

By 'run DVD's' what do you mean? Mount them on the desktop or launch dvd player? Didn't the old G3 powerbooks require a DVD Decoder card? -Andrew On Monday, October 21, 2002, at 07:44 PM, Thomas Ethen wrote: I know this has been covered before, but I forgot! Why would a G3/Wallstreet

TiBook DVI Sound problems

, and the real kicker that is when plugged my speakers back in, my session died, plopping me back out to the login screen. Does anyone know about this problem? Thanks, Andrew -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives

TiBook DVI Sound problems

, and the real kicker that is when plugged my speakers back in, my session died, plopping me back out to the login screen. Does anyone know about this problem? Thanks, Andrew -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives

OT: FAT32 support on OS X?

know of such a piece of software, whether it be a kernel extension, driver or what-have-you? -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

Re: Power Manager Problem with my Wallstreet (newbie question)

I'm familiar with the Wallstreet (I and II) but what is the PDQ that so many of you have been referring to recently? -Andrew On Tuesday, October 15, 2002, at 10:38 PM, John Featherstone wrote: he said well documented problem with this Wallstreet' ( well ok, in deference PDQ) He had me slid

Rotate LCD screen?

Does anyone know of a software way to get a powerbook's screen to show upside down? I want to put a cheapo DVD player/GPS mapper in my vehicle (the 7 screen crap-ola they sell [at a circuit city, for example] would run over $2.5k). I want to place the PB in a slip-in bracket on the ceiling

Rotate LCD screen?

Does anyone know of a software way to get a powerbook's screen to show upside down? I want to put a cheapo DVD player/GPS mapper in my vehicle (the 7 screen crap-ola they sell [at a circuit city, for example] would run over $2.5k). I want to place the PB in a slip-in bracket on the ceiling

Q? how to switch off memory check on Wallstreet?

Hello Can anyone remind me how to disable the automatic memory check on my Wallstreet (OS 8.6)? I seem to recall that you have to hold down a key or two while opening the memory control panel. Thanks -- Andrew King Ann Arbor Michigan technology is the answer, what was the question? -- G-Books

OT: Any recommendations for domain registration?

Hello I've got a domain name coming up for renewal and I'm thinking there might be a better choice than my current one (NSI/Verisign). I only use it as a permanent E-mail address, I haven't even got a web site yet. Any recommendations? -- Andrew King Ann Arbor Michigan technology is the answer

Re: Portable color recommendations

I've got a canon BJC 85, it's the larger but cheaper of the 2 mini printers from canon. Cheap being a relative issue. It prints well but the EXTERNAL battery option is extra and the advertised IR feature only works with windoze machines. USB drivers work fine with OSX.1.5 and 9.X. Not used

Re: wireless mouse

I use a logitech cordless - ball version and an optical one, the drivers work fine in OS 10.1.5 and 9 but you loose the scroller in Classic mode. Their site is mac friendly too http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm?page=products/detailsCRID=3CONTENTID=4980countryid=18languageid=1 -- G-Books is

Q: best option for wireless printing

is a Wallstreet G3 Powerbook I have a number of Canon Printers to choose from. I was looking at the D-Link 713P but just found out the printer server only works with Windows. Any reccomendations? Thanks -- Andrew King Ann Arbor Michigan technology is the answer, what was the question? -- G-Books

Re: booting Wallstreet from external firewire CDRW?

if you make it work, might motivate me to get a firewire card -- Andrew King 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 | -- Check our web

Re: external CD-R/RW drive to boot from a system disk? how about Wallstreet 1 (with USB card)?

in USB and use a McAlly card to connect to my external Sony CDRW. Does the Walstreet II have USB? Is this the same as a Lombard? Thanks -- Andrew King Ann Arbor Michigan technology is the answer, what was the question? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: travelstar

which sounded like LAX on a busy day and I have to put my ear against the case of my 667 (DVI) to hear anything (thats with the 40gb drive offered by apple) Just another reason I love my PowerBook... -Andrew On Monday, September 30, 2002, at 03:41 PM, dog b wrote: It must be a unit-by-unit

Re: Lombard battery

Try charging it on a different Powerbook G3 (Lombard and Pismo will work according to my room-mate) if that doesn't work, then I guess a new battery would probably be in order. (maybe the standard remedy of zapping the pram might work as well?) -Andrew On Monday, January 18, 2038, at 10:14

USB card reader for under $20 at TigerDirect

-3188%20Psourceid=00357421085862783124 -- Andrew King 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 | -- Check our web site for refurbished

Re: .Mac

What's a kvetcher? Does it work in 9.2.2? -- 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: .Mac

As long as there are no extension conflicts I wouldn't mind an experimental kvetch - do I need additional hardware? On 24/09/2002 2:00, Andrew Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's a kvetcher? Does it work in 9.2.2? Works in 9.1. How much kvetching would you like? -- -- G-Books

Re: Outdoor screen

I run a Lombard with the stock hard drive, and have been watching Travelstar prices over the summer. Would anyone suggest doing otherwise (than a Travelstar)? ... or suggest a good source for a 30GB drive and a case for the old one? Thanks, JRA -- G-Books is sponsored by

Lombard replacement drive

Sorry -- just a new Subject line I run a Lombard with the stock hard drive, and have been watching Travelstar prices over the summer. Would anyone suggest doing otherwise (than a Travelstar)? ... or suggest a good source for a 30GB drive and a case for the old one? Thanks, JRA -- G-Books

Dancing Finder Windows

positions. Does anyone have any idea why this is happening, or what I can do about it? 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

TiBook CD drive malfunction

-year warranty. 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/support.html

Newsflash

If anyone's interested - the new towers are up on the mac site! -- 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: 333Mhz Lombard and X.

I have a Wallstreet 233 happily running 10.1.5 - though it needed a RAM boost to 288 to find a smoothness in operation. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished

Re: recently, in the Minneapolis StarTribune

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Re: Screw problem

Sorry that this is a bit 'after the fact' - but I would like to eulogise about a product introduced to me by a puppet maker - Zip Kicker is a superglue catalyst. It's available under different brands but that's the one I know. You can get the same result as epoxy in seconds! Spot of glue in

Re: USB sharing

We have a shared multi-printer HP OfficeJet [it's the cousin nobody speaks about], which is shared between 3 machines using a USB switch from Belkin. The only drawback - it's manual. You have to push a button to switch machines. An inellegant solution but it works. -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: USB sharing

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Re: Wallstreet firewire pc card q?

Advice from a resller who told me that Wallstreet Macs used different types of connections on the PCMCIA bus set me off on investigation into Firewire cards. Nothing I could find mentioned the PC-cardbus, BUT the slowest recommended processor speed for adding Firewire was 300MHz [Belkin];

Re: dial up access for travel

David My Earthlink DSL account (they also have cable) includes some small amount of dial up minutes per month. They have dial up numbers all over the place. -- Andrew King Ann Arbor Michigan technology is the answer, what was the question? Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 16 Jul

Re: reading SE-30 800K disks on Wallstreet?

) with an external hard disk. If I use the PLUS to copy the floppies to the hard drive I should be able to connect the hard drive to the Wallstreet. Is there a better way, perhaps an extension to read old disks? Thanks -- Andrew King Ann Arbor Michigan technology is the answer, what was the question? -- G

Re: powerbook hinges?

problems. Don't get me wrong, I do admire the quality of design apparent in Apple products, I just can't understand why they can't seem to make the hinges work as well as my Thinkpad (about as old as the Wallstreet) or my Omnibook (about as old as the 520). -- Andrew King Ann Arbor Michigan

Re: iBook 500 cover hinge binding? Irregular back-lighting?

, and other than my recent spacebar failure on my PBG4, there's been no problems that I can recall with hardware on any of them. My keyboard replacement arrived within 3 days of my call and it was replaced without any trouble at all. Thanks for decoying all the lemons away from me. ;-) Andrew

does my wallstreet 266 have a fan?

I don't even know if my wallstreet had a fan. It's a 266 Mhz 1998 model. If it had a fan would I hear it? Now I'm worrying about whether the fan that I may not have may not be working... I definitely need to get out more. -- Andrew King Ann Arbor Michigan technology is the answer, what

Need A keycap for TiBook

I have a 400MHz TiBook with a broken A keycap. Seems ridiculous to buy/exchange an entire keyboard for this simple part. Does anyone have one of these to sell for a few bux, or know where I can get one? Please reply off-list. Thanks, Andrew Main -- G-Books is sponsored by http

Re: Hard Drives (again)

. It isn't currently apparent if IBM's desktop hard drive business will survive this, I've seen mention that they'll sell it off. I haven't heard any complaints about their laptop drives, however. Andrew -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp

Re: Noisy IBM Travelstar

What is the difference between the 30GN and the 40GN? There is about a $25 price difference at OWC for a 20GB. Thanks, Andrew -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site

Re: Mac stores in Indianapolis (a little OT)

Indy is still pretty much a wintel town. Other than CompUSA I don't know of any Mac friendly shops. I can give you the name of the best certified Mac tech. in the area (not in Indy, he's in Lafayette). If you need parts and pieces, your best bet is Goodwill or the IUPUI auctions. Andy ps.

Re: problems reading Smartmedia into powerbooks with PC card adapter.

have to use the adapter I transfer to the IBM first just in case -- Andrew King 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 | -- Check our

Re: Connecting stereo to PowerBook

in the Sound Control Panel. Andrew -- From: Laurent Daudelin Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2002 5:31 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Connecting stereo to PowerBook on 02/04/02 22:48, Luca Rescigno at [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Wallstreet keyboard problem

? -- Andrew King 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 | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30

Bronze Keyboard = Pismo (??)

Maybe this issue had discussed before. I'm sorry to asking it again. Is my Pismo PowerBook G3/500 FireWire also called as Bronze keyboard PowerBook ? thanks Andrew Linggar __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http

Re: Sparking Adapters

it actually. Another OT question. Will LCD screen from Bronze Keyboard/Lombard work with my Pismo FireWire ? Thanks andrew __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ -- G-Books is sponsored

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