From my experience, it would appear that OS X disks are fairly
universal. There certainly shouldn't be any problems within the one
product line.
Cheers,
Ben
On 5 Oct 2005, at 11:15 , Jared Noska wrote:
Well, do you think that it would matter if say the iBook it was
from had a newer CPU
On 21 Jun 2005, at 06:53 , Bruce Johnson wrote:
Since your friend isn't technically oriented, I'd certainly confirm
(via the forums on that web site) that her particular model is/is
not known to work with it.
All iBook G4s definitely work with the hack, and some iBook G3s
apparently do
If you look at the Apple developer documentation for the switch,
you'll see that they will in fact be using standard x86 chips in
future Macs. Given the timeframe of the switch, and Intel's processor
roadmaps, I'm betting on them replacing G4s with the Yonah Pentium
M (32-bit 2.13GHz+,
I'd buy one or more. The major difficulty I see is sourcing the
connector; it's a Foxconn part that was discontinued years ago.
Cheers,
Ben
On 27 Mar 2005, at 18:50, Andrew Kershaw wrote:
Also . . . the thought has occurred to me there might still be a
market
for optical EBMs for these older
This is a known issue with Wallstreet PBs under 10.2. The partial fix,
which seems to work for most people, is to restart under OS 9, put it
to sleep, wake it up again, and then restart again under X.
Cheers,
Ben
On 25 Mar 2005, at 12:16, Nima wrote:
Hello all,
I have what used to be a
Does choosing Maximum Size *after* entering full-screen mode have any
effect? Full-screen mode can be activated regardless of the selected
screen size.
Cheers,
Ben
On 22 Mar 2005, at 16:17, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
Well, it happens to both. The problem is that the black background is
all
around
You can get new ones from a guy in Hong Kong off eBay -- they're about US$15,
plus postage. It's not worth repairing them, they're designed to be replaced if
they fail.
Cheers,
Ben
On Tuesday, March 22, 2005, at 09:57AM, maclist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have two power adapters, yo-yo and
I've always found that System Profiler in the Utilities folder works
for me...
Cheers,
Ben
On 15 Mar 2005, at 10:53, John wrote:
Hubert Phillips II wrote:
OS 9 has the nifty utility Apple System Profiler. Does Mac OS X have
something similar? I just found a need for it, but can't find the
She knew how to change the application a document opens with (read her
post carefully!), just not which application is set by default to open
zip files transparently. Apple Help is of no use whatsoever, as it
doesn't mention BOMArchiveHelper anywhere at all.
Cheers,
Ben
On 14 Mar 2005, at
You need to Get Info on a zip file, and change the Open With to
BOMArchiveHelper (in /System/Library/CoreServices). Click Change
All..., and confirm.
Cheers,
Ben
On 13 Mar 2005, at 05:59, Anne Judge wrote:
Sort of OT - but it is on my PB 17 -
The application associated with zip files somehow
On 13 Mar 2005, at 11:16, Zoltan Batiz wrote:
Oh ok, so what you are saying is that nobody actually tried connecting
127 devices to their system. Someone just came up with the number due
to a mathematical formula?
I'm no USB expert, but I strongly suspect the limitation comes from the
way USB
As far as I know, there's no way of bridging the connections in the
manner you describe. Your best bet would be to get a dedicated
wireless-ethernet bridge unit, they're fairly inexpensive.
Cheers,
Ben
On 2 Mar 2005, at 06:38, Orlando Mac Geek wrote:
I do not know if it is possible to do this,
On 3 Mar 2005, at 06:38, Malcolm Cornelius wrote:
Anyway I'm looking for a CD drive for him and was wondering if there
were
different models to look for (or avoid).
Unlike many modules the Wallstreet one is a mechanism and casing
combined,
there are no options apart from a DVD drive or an
Hard drives have metal cases, which will prevent a magnet from doing
any real damage (unless you're taking it through an MRI machine, or
something similar).
Personally, I'd go for both: keep regular backups on the hard drive,
and duplicate backups of the most important stuff on CD or DVD.
On 24 Feb 2005, at 04:48, Dyna wrote:
The $500 Mac Mini has upset the whole Mac pricing structure and the
market will force a correction. As a result the eMac is probably
extinct and the the iMac will have to be given a substantial upgrade
and/or it's price cut to under $1000. Meanwhile, the
On 24 Feb 2005, at 12:19, Steve Fuller wrote:
Dell:
Integrated Graphics (the desktop version is laughable enough, imagine
it on a laptop!)
Apple:
Radeon 9200 32MB (slow, but vastly, vastly better than integrated
graphics)
TECHNICALLY, they're both integrated. It's just that one is using a
On 24 Feb 2005, at 14:29, Brian Stewart wrote:
Quick Question... Why cripple the CPU cache on the laptops? My old
G4 has a 1MB cache and this thing has only 256K
The faster bus speed and clock speed are crippled with such a small
cache?
Go for a powerbook!!!
IIRC the older G4's cache ran
The quoted battery life is pretty optimistic. If you dim your screen,
set processor speed to reduced, turn AirPort and Bluetooth off, don't
use any USB or FireWire devices, don't use an external monitor, and set
the hard drive to spin down when possible, you might be able to make
the supposed
On 23 Feb 2005, at 14:11, bobgir2004 wrote:
Any engineers our there know for sure??
Many thanks,
bob
This question came up fairly recently -- the answer is yes, it's fine
to use the PB adapter with the iBook, but you should avoid using the
iBook adapter with the PB if possible, particularly
On 22 Feb 2005, at 09:50, Bruce Johnson wrote:
And, how much worse would 512MB be than 768MB ?
Also depends on what you're doing.
RAM affects mostly how fast your system responds when you're either
doing RAM-instensive operations, or running many things at once.
I know this sounds stupidly
Low-profile is about an inch deep, high-profile is about 2. There's
not much in the way of high-profile RAM sold these days.
Cheers,
Ben
On 18 Feb 2005, at 11:41, Brian Braunschweiger wrote:
How can I tell if RAM is low profile or high profile?
Brian
--
G-Books is sponsored by
On 16 Feb 2005, at 08:14, peter wrote:
This touches on a question that's been wandering around in my head.
Do protections built into modern power adapters eliminate the need
for surge protectors?
The manual for my Aluminum PB seems to make no official statement on
the subject, but it
Do you have similar problems connecting with other protocols (e.g. FTP,
POP3, SMTP)? To me, the issues you describe seem similar to those
caused by high rates of packet loss over your connection; however, the
fact that IE works doesn't fit in with that hypothesis.
Just a check: try opening
I've had a problem with my iBook that causes the display to go blank as
it comes back from display sleep or the screensaver (sometimes with
games as well). It appears to be shut down, but it still responds to
keyboard commands, etc. So, while you were waiting for it to shut down,
the display
As far as I know, both adapters are 24V, 45W types, which means they're
interchangeable. Check the specifications printed on each of them just
to be sure. Earlier yo-yo adapters used a different-sized plug, but I
think the dual-USB iBooks use the current connector.
Cheers,
Ben
On 15 Feb 2005,
No, there's nothing but wires inside the cord. The device itself is a
switchmode power supply (SMPS), and as such has built-in over-current
and over-temperature protection. No fuses required.
Cheers,
Ben
On 15 Feb 2005, at 16:12, Bryan Kattwinkel wrote:
Is there a fuse inside the Yo-Yo power
I'd recommend the following order, but others are equally good:
1. Install additional RAM
2. Boot machine and verify that everything works, and the RAM is
detected
3. Install new hard drive
4. Reformat, then install OS and needed applications
5. Test wireless card
6. Verify that everything is
For me, Backup is very nearly useless. It offers limited options,
doesn't have much flexibility in terms of scheduling, and can't make
complete backups of your drive like CCC can. The only advantage is that
it's free with any .mac subscription.
Cheers,
Ben
On 1 Feb 2005, at 04:11, Claire Hart
OpenGL generally isn't user-configurable, except via the preferences or
options dialogs of programs that use it. You could try messing around
with it via the OpenGL Driver Monitor or OpenGL Profiler (in
Developer/Applications/Graphics), but there's not much point in doing
that for most people.
The thumbnail viewer is all done in JavaScript, and I suspect that's
preventing IE from archiving the images correctly. No idea how the
problem would be solved, though.
Cheers,
Ben
On 28 Jan 2005, at 03:32, Claire Hart wrote:
O.K., everybody - I have another question now. I did these steps.
How old is the battery? If you start the computer up, then pull the
power cable out, does it stay on? Sometimes old batteries get confused
about their charge status, and say they're full when they are in fact
holding no charge at all.
Cheers,
Ben
On 28 Jan 2005, at 14:06, James Sanderson
Before you go any further, back up. If your DVD burner isn't working,
try a FireWire hard drive or another Mac (connected via FireWire or
Ethernet). If the problem has survived two archive and installs, either
it's fairly serious, or it's a consequence of something that isn't
affected by an
From what I've heard, ATA-6 (aka ATA/100) or later drives are not
compatible with the Wallstreet. You'll need an ATA-5 drive, which
limits things a bit -- I'd go for a relatively low-capacity drive (say
40GB) at 5400rpm, preferably with an 8MB buffer. A large buffer is
good, because it reduces
Try printing the page in Safari, but instead of hitting Print...,
click Save as PDF You should get a complete listing, with all
images etc.
Cheers,
Ben
On 26 Jan 2005, at 17:42, Claire Hart wrote:
I know this is a little off-topic, but I don't know how to research
this. I would like to
In my experience, Panther install CDs work on any machine. The disks
that came with my iBook G4 work on an iMac G3, an aluminium PowerBook
G4, and a Wallstreet (with XPostFacto). It seems to be only earlier OS
install CDs that are machine-specific.
Cheers,
Ben
On 24 Jan 2005, at 15:14, Geoff
There is no solution. You just can't play DVDs under OS X.
Cheers,
Ben
On 23 Jan 2005, at 08:38, Mark Kippert wrote:
I recently installed OSX on my wife's 300MHz Wallstreet. It has the DVD
player with PC card decoder. I forgot that OSX does not support the
decoder
card. Does anybody have a
Wallstreet- and Lombard-series machines aren't powerful enough to
decode DVDs in software -- that's why DVD-capable models were fitted
with the hardware decoders. OS X does not support hardware DVD decoding
on these models, so it's just not possible to play DVDs under OS X. OS
9 DVD playback,
The power rating simply indicates how much current the adapter can
supply without burning out. Using a higher-rated power supply is fine;
if anything, it will lead to fewer adapter heat problems.
Cheers,
Ben
On 20 Jan 2005, at 20:57, Tim Hodgson wrote:
Hi,
I asked this question yesterday, but
No, no problem. Current and power, when indicated on the adapter
itself, are to be treated as maximum ratings (there's normally a bit
of wiggle room, though). So, the *actual* current and *actual* power
output will be determined by the load.
Cheers,
Ben
On 21 Jan 2005, at 01:36, Tim Hodgson
If 2 iBooks aren't recognising the CD properly, it sounds like the CD
is damaged. The chances of two different computers' optical drives
failing at the same time are rather slim.
Do other CDs work in the drives?
Cheers,
Ben
On 21 Jan 2005, at 01:42, David Lesher wrote:
They are ones I have used
On 19 Jan 2005, at 20:18, Larry le Mac wrote:
From: Timothy Luoma [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Not only is a dropped laptop forever tainted IMO
My Mac service friend says the same thing.
Although you should be careful, if the logic board has been replaced,
and the display is working fine, the worst that is
I have a Wallstreet that was booting unreliably, with somewhat similar
symptoms (although booting from a CD was fine). The problem turned out
to be an almost-dead hard drive. Perhaps try removing it, then booting
from CD?
Cheers,
Ben
On 20 Jan 2005, at 08:59, Tom Peterson wrote:
The wallstreet
Switching from a 5400rpm drive to a 7200rpm made a (relatively) huge
difference in speed to my iMac. If you can afford a 7200rpm laptop
drive (if possible with an 8MB or larger cache), go for it. Otherwise,
just getting the largest (capacity) hard drive you can find will make
things better, as
On 18 Jan 2005, at 22:57, Luis Sequeira wrote:
Can you have your accounts with all different settings, such as using
different SMTP servers for different accounts, on Mail?
Yes. And I do.
Can you have accounts that are checked for new mail at 5, or 30 minute
intervals, others that are checked
Good point -- I don't think there's any way of getting Mail to do that
other than manually taking accounts offline, then bringing them back
online when you want to check them.
Cheers,
Ben
On 19 Jan 2005, at 03:36, Luis Sequeira wrote:
I (almost) stand corrected. You're right that having
What's the problem with multiple accounts? I'm using 8 at the moment (5
IMAP, 2 POP, and 1 Exchange) without any issues at all.
Cheers,
Ben
On 18 Jan 2005, at 00:37, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Apple's Email is a real workhorse with a few caveats: It doesn't play
nice
with multiple email accounts
The Password field in the accounts preferences pane *always* displays
the same number of dots, regardless of password length or whether
there's one there or not. It's an added security measure.
You can't really change the account to your name, at least not fully --
short user names cannot be
On 18 Jan 2005, at 02:15, Aase Marit Waage wrote:
Changing to English as second, then Swedish and Danish (which I can
read) as third and fourth, was the first thing I did. I thought I had
logged out and back in, but to be sure, I first double checked the
language preference panel, and logged
a
really, really bad idea, but Apple does give you the choice.
Cheers,
Ben
On 18 Jan 2005, at 11:23, Tim Collier wrote:
On 1/17/05 10:01 AM, Ben Dyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Password field in the accounts preferences pane *always* displays
the same number of dots, regardless of password length
The original poster was asking for a solution to a technical issue,
_not_ for moral guidance. There are situations where doing what he
wants to do is legal, and situations where it isn't. Since we don't
have enough information to determine which situation he's in, it seems
prudent to let him
account to another:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106824 -- note that they
recommend against simply changing the short name of an account.
Cheers,
Ben
On 18 Jan 2005, at 11:06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Ben Dyer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ORIGINAL SUBJECT: Re: Questions: OS Upgrades
By and large, yes. The 12 PowerBook doesn't have a PCMCIA slot anyway.
Cheers,
Ben
On 17 Jan 2005, at 00:41, Larry le Mac wrote:
From: Jacob [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Makes me happy that I saved money buying
an iBook instead of a powerbook!
Has the PCMCIA interface been made redundant ???
Larry
--
The SSD hack works just fine under Tiger.
Cheers,
Ben
On 15 Jan 2005, at 21:39, Larry le Mac wrote:
Thanks for the tips about Screen Spanning Doctor
certainly turns the table, again...
I just wonder about basing a new Mac purchase on a
third party hack, and then Tiger comes out, it doesn't
work
I'd recommend the PB 12 -- the screens are generally better, the GPU
is better, and they're more expandable. The GPU may not seem like it's
too important, but under Tiger, none of the iBooks (nor the Mac mini,
for that matter) will support CoreImage. This means you can't use
Motion, and you
Any damage to the LCD unit won't show up in Grab, because Grab takes
the picture data directly from the framebuffer (an area in memory that
contains the image being written to the screen). There's almost no hope
for your screen; it would be best to get it repaired as soon as
possible.
Cheers,
Screen Spanning Doctor
(http://www.rutemoeller.com/mp/ibook/ibook_e.html) works on all
Radeon-based iBooks and eMacs, including the latest models (it also
works on the iMac G4 thru G5). I have had it installed on my iBook
G4/933 since the day I got it, and it works flawlessly.
Presumably, the
On 11 Jan 2005, at 07:43, Bruce Johnson wrote:
Look at the voltage rating on the power supply. I'm pretty certain
that all of Apple's powerbook supplied have been world-compatible for
many years, way predating the Yo-yo style.
Yup, all Apple laptop power supplies have worked with every major
Sometimes dead batteries give incorrect charge status readings. Is this
a new battery, or the original?
Cheers,
Ben
On 9 Jan 2005, at 15:18, Lance Ferguson wrote:
Hi,
I just bought a Wallstreet II 233 and when I plugged
in the power adapter until the battery gage (It's
running Sys.8.6)indicated
fails to turn on after waking from sleep, the brightness
controls do nothing.
On 25 Dec 2004, at 13:13, Mikael Byström wrote:
Ben Dyer said:
This is a known issue with the Wallstreet under Jaguar. To fix this
problem:
* Restart into MacOS 9
* Put the Wallstreet to sleep
* Wake it up again
* Restart
Yes, there is a third-party CD-RW module for the WS. They're
unbelievably rare, though. Good luck tracking one down.
Cheers,
Ben
On 27 Dec 2004, at 15:43, CR wrote:
Someone listed a request on our local Craig's List
for a Wallstreet CD-RW.
Is there such a slide in module for the Wallstreet?
That
Ensure your RAM is working correctly -- try removing each of the DIMMs
in turn, and installing. OS X is much more picky about its RAM than OS
9.
Apart from that, try resetting PRAM (Cmd-Opt-P-R at startup, hold until
you hear 3 startup chimes), resetting the PMU (instructions will be in
the
Both machines use entirely non-standard RAM boards, and to the best of
my knowledge they're not readily interchangeable.
Cheers,
Ben
On 20 Dec 2004, at 14:29, Pauline Turtle-Bear Guillermo wrote:
I'm not on the PowerBook list anymore, so may I post this here on the
G-Book list?
I've checked
They're Alcohol disk image files, equivalent to .dmg or .cdr on Mac OS
X systems. You should be able to mount the .mdf file (the .mds doesn't
seem to be vital) by changing the extension to .iso, and opening it
with Disk Copy / Disk Utility.
For more information, take a look at
As long as you don't get an ATA-6 or later drive, it'll be fine. The
Wallstreet's got a bit more space in it, though, so it supports drives
up to about 17mm high.
Cheers,
Ben
On 18 Dec 2004, at 05:11, Bill Gau wrote:
Following the discussion on the Pismo HD replacement with considerable
You'd need to get a TCP/IP network running over IR. On the Mac, go to
the TCP/IP control panel, select IR as the connection method (pop-up
menu), and fill in the other fields as appropriate. No idea how you'd
do it on Windows.
Other alternatives would be Ethernet, or a USB Zip drive.
Cheers,
You should be able to read DVDs, but you won't be able to play them. A
300MHz G3 is simply not fast enough to decode the DVD video. Older
PBG3s either had decoder circuitry on the logic board, or supported DVD
decoder PC cards. The iBook has neither capability, so there's nothing
you can do.
Hmm, should have read the subject more carefully. No idea if OS X
supports IR on the Pismo. Either way, IR should be considered a method
of last resort; even borrowing an Ethernet PCMCIA card would be better.
Cheers,
Ben
On 16 Dec 2004, at 00:48, Ben Dyer wrote:
You'd need to get a TCP/IP
You can do it in iTunes, just use the start/end points in the track
info to select the bit you want, and choose Convert to MP3 (or
something to that effect). It'll create a new MP3 file with the same
ID3 tags, and only the data between the start and end points.
Alternatively, convert the file
It looks like you're dragging the System folder on the CD to the hard
disk. Instead, try double-clicking the Installer program on the CD.
Cheers,
Ben
On 12 Dec 2004, at 23:47, gladys pérez-almiroty wrote:
hi to all:
a stupid question here: how do i install os 9 on a lombard? i have
tried
Kristina,
I'd recommend reformatting the drive, and installing again from
scratch. OS X installations are fairly tricky to remove properly. If
the machine has been running mainly in OS X, there's not much you can
keep that will be any good to you in OS 9 -- most of the nice OS X
fonts aren't
On 9 Dec 2004, at 04:06, Scott Birdwell wrote:
Thanks for the response, Ben. My apologies for being so slow to
respond. It's the holiday season, and those of us in retail are
getting a bit busy! As for the Wallstreet, I've definitely tried the
first 3 steps several times first. The first
On 9 Dec 2004, at 09:47, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
I believe that the charge card you're referring to is also called the
Power Management Unit (or PMU) and he initially said that this board
has
been replaced. Unless he got another defective PMU (which would always
be
possible), the problem might
On 4 Dec 2004, at 09:31, Bruce Johnson wrote:
You can set a Open Firmware password that will prevent this trick;
it's just a minor hassle for the user. A good idea if you have
confidential stuff on your laptop. Don't forget the password though...
On 4 Dec 2004, at 20:54, walter wrote:
Just as a matter of theoretical curiosity: does the Firmware password
prevent access to a hard drive that is being enslaved via Firewire
Target mode?
Walter
According to http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106482 ,
the OF protection prevents
On 3 Dec 2004, at 08:55, Scott Birdwell wrote:
Hey, Listers!
I'm still struggling with my Wallstreet. It still will not charge
the battery. I've replaced the power card and the PMU, but still no
go. The battery is new, purchased off eBay. Any ideas as to where
to go from here?
According
On 1 Dec 2004, at 17:35, Dave NovaK wrote:
PS: Does anyone have a spare logic board for me? My battery doesn't
charge anymore and I'm pretty sure it isn't the battery. Already
replaced the DC board to no avail. I have a WSII 300mhz.
I bought a spare WS2/PDQ logic board for US$30 or 40. They're
I think what Michael means is, could it [the AirPort Express base
station] talk to the grey AirPort base station?. The answer depends on
what is meant by talk. Michael, do you intend to use this as a
repeater station to extend the range of your network, as a wireless
bridge to enable your PS2
The bus speed on the 266MHz Wallstreet is 66MHz. It'll work fine,
providing the RAM going into the lower slot is low-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
On 29 Nov 2004, at 10:15, Ken wrote:
Hmmm. Don't think the bus speed has much to do with this issue. You
need the proper REFRESH speed for the RAM DIMM itself. The Wallstreet
needs 10ns SODIMMs.
Ken
The Wallstreet's RAM bus runs at 66MHz, which dictates the refresh rate
required of its RAM. The
All the relevant files for iCal and Safari are stored in ~/Library, so
a re-install of the applications alone won't wipe your settings.
Cheers,
Ben
On 22 Nov 2004, at 18:47, Albert wrote:
Hi everyone
On my iBook running 10.3.6, some applications had
installed in my Username/Applications folder
Select a Word document in the Finder. Press Cmd-I. Select Info
windowOpen WithApplication popupWord. If it's not there, select
Other... and navigate to Word. Click Change all... and confirm.
Cheers,
Ben
On 17 Nov 2004, at 12:47, Andrew F. wrote:
Hello.
I have Microsoft Office 2004 and Nisus
Yep, the last version of X officially supported by Apple on the
Wallstreet is 10.2.8. Welcome to the list.
Cheers,
Ben
On 17 Nov 2004, at 12:53, Zach Arace wrote:
Hey G-Bookers,
This is my first post as a member of the G-Books list!
Anyways, was wondering what the latest version of OS X
If you've got a DVD drive to install it with, it'll work just fine.
You're not going to get *any* of the neat GUI hardware acceleration,
though.
Cheers,
Ben
On 16 Nov 2004, at 09:12, Sacredsystem wrote:
Hi,
I assume this has been asked in the past, but will Tiger be
compatible with my G3
Go to the keyboard layout menu (that little flag in the menu bar), and
select Keyboard Viewer. If it's not there, go to System
PrefsInternationalInput Menu and make sure Show input menu in menu
bar (bottom-left) and Keyboard Viewer (in scrolling list) are
checked.
Cheers,
Ben
On 15 Nov 2004,
That's the sad Mac (aka car crash) sound, and it generally means
you have a severe hardware problem. You may or may not be able to do
something about it, it depends on 1) the machine you're using, and 2)
the nature of the problem.
Cheers,
Ben
On 11 Nov 2004, at 23:54, PETE wrote:
If on startup
Yes, it's possible, but you may not actually want to do it. The thing
with bus speeds on the Lombard is, both the processor and the Grackle
PCI bridge/memory controller have their own PLLs to generate the 66MHz
clock from the 33MHz PCI clock. So, there are 2 sets of multipliers to
adjust. I
The 250 and 292MHz Wallstreet Is had 83MHz buses; the later PDQ
(Wallstreet II) models didn't. Thing is, the 300MHz/66 bus PDQ is
generally faster than the 292MHz/83 bus Wallstreet, despite being based
on almost identical hardware, and others have found that changing the
bus speed of G3
On 8 Nov 2004, at 14:32, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
If you could upgrade the processor for the 300MHz for cheap, then I
think it
would be worth it, but I'm not sure buying a brand new G4 upgrades is.
You
are still left with a sub-par video system that can't be upgraded and a
relatively slow system
There are no problems burning it to a CD you can play on your car
stereo. Create a playlist, click burn. Same as you would with AIFFs,
MP3s, unprotected AACs, OGGs, and any other format you can play through
iTunes.
Cheers,
Ben
On 2 Nov 2004, at 16:06, Kathryn Odell wrote:
I'm not doing
Just create a playlist in iTunes, insert a blank CD, and click the burn
button to the right of the track name display. You can't convert
protected AAC files to AIFF in iTunes, but you can still burn them.
Cheers,
Ben
On 1 Nov 2004, at 14:56, Kathryn Odell wrote:
I made my first download at the
If it's a G4/500 machine, it should be fast enough to do the decoding
in software, probably under both 9 and X. I'm not sure about the
mechanics of whether it will work on external displays or internal
only, but it should at least work. The USB 1.1 is potentially a worry
though -- 2.0 would be
to use VLC, a G4/500 should be able to
decode DVD video in software.
Cheers,
Ben
On 31 Oct 2004, at 00:31, Gary Goldberg wrote:
From: Ben Dyer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Wall Street and external DVD drive?
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 18:50:50 +1000
If it's a G4/500 machine, it should be fast enough
That model was never shipped with a built-in DVD decoder. The first
laptop to have that as an option was the Lombard.
The DVD drive will work as a disk drive without the DVD PCMCIA card,
but you won't be able to play DVD video. Your only option for watching
DVDs on that machine is to buy a DVD
For use as a primary machine, 4GB is certainly insufficient. But, for
use as a secondary machine for word processing, web browsing, etc., 4GB
is more than adequate. As I noted, after you install minimal operating
systems and only the necessary applications, *and* leave room for swap,
there
As far as I can tell, there are no 20GB 2.5 IDE drives around for that
little. Unfortunately, they're still very expensive compared to their
desktop counterparts. The thing you need to remember when upgrading the
Wallstreet's drive is that it can't use ATA-6 devices (that's
Ultra-ATA/100; I've
There are 2 drives on that site that will definitely work with the
Wallstreet -- a 20GB 4200RPM Toshiba for $72, and a 40GB 4200RPM
Hitachi for $129. The Toshiba drive doesn't seem to be rated too
highly, though.
Cheers,
Ben
On 28 Oct 2004, at 00:30, John C. Swanson wrote:
I just bought new
As that document indicates, the Startup Manager is only available on
iMac/PowerMac G4/Pismo machines or later. On the Wallstreet, holding
down 'option' at startup dumps you straight into OS 9, no questions
asked. Well, for the most part it does. There's all sorts of PRAM/OF
oddness that's
partitions for OS
9 OS X,
or do you just install OS 9 first, then OS X?
Thanks for your help!
Mike
From: Ben Dyer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Compatibility of OS10 with the Wallstreet II 233
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 21:19:28 +1000
To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Stanton,
I'm running OS X 10.3.5 on two
I've found that any figure-of-eight type cord will work fine. They're
used in all sorts of electronic equipment, and Radio Shack carries them
for about US$3.
Cheers,
Ben
On 23 Oct 2004, at 17:50, kaldav wrote:
Hello,
I have an ibook dual usb 500 mhz. I have a 65W portable power adapter
for
No, actually... think about it: 4 kilometres * 4 kilometres = 16
kilometres^2. So, 4kB * 4kB = 16kB^2 (where 1 square kilobyte is equal
to a million square bytes, whatever that means). Simple dimensional
analysis ;) Correctly, it should read: A megabyte is 1kB * 1024.
Cheers,
Ben
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