Re: another wireless question

Problem is, if you put an airport card in your pismo, you'll be getting a "B" series card. "G" series Apple base stations are way pricey ($150 or so), and the B airports are around 1/2 that at worst... My $.02---get a "B" unit, then in a couple years go and get a "G".. only spend the money

Re: Wall Street, Wi-fi, and OS 9.1?

Actually, This isn't entirely correct.. The original airport card has a slightly different connector witha different 'lockout' pin, which prevents its use in a pcmcia slot. Furthermore it's got a certain 'resistor' (required by Apple of the OEM), placed across 2 pins which could cuase prematur

Re: Wegener Media WS processor upgrades

I had picked up an Allegro 500mhz from Wegener last year. It runs perfectly-what more can I say. I bought it to replace a BlueChip which had the dreaded installation error (had to return it to PowerLogix). Got a warranty BlueChip replacement, which ALSO had the same problem-very frustrating. I

Re: Adding RAM to WS II

Side note on the 83/66mhz comparisons. I was just on the Wegener Media site looking for that info on the 1400 series LCD (mentioned in another thread). Well, it seems they've got a G3/400mhz card for the Wallstreet, and there is a benchmark chart showing a pretty decent speed difference between

Re: help! can't find MacBench 5! : (

I'm GUESSING that this is now public-domain?!? Is that so? Perhaps we can get it (MacBench) posted somewhere so all folks can have easy access to it... thx Tom -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives |

Re: help! can't find MacBench 5! : (

Bob, You DA MAN! Thanks!! Tom In a message dated 5/15/04 4:28:26 AM, you wrote: >This was more difficult than I thought it would be. :-) >But here you go (the DL link is 20-25 lines down from the top): > > >Cheers, > >Bob -- G-Books is sponsored by

help! can't find MacBench 5! : (

Ok, this sucks.. I used to have a copy of MacBench, but now I can't find it. Was trying to do testing on a system and now I can't seem to place it... aggg Anybody know where to find it anywhere online? Or anybody got a copy leftover? I think ZDNet pulled their server and don't have it avai

Re: Adding RAM to WS II

Just make sure it's compatible with the Wallstreet. The Wllst is PC-66 RAM, which was all going to be correct for the Wallstreet. Any reseller who doesn't guarantee that isn't worth buying from. Tom In a message dated 5/12/04 6:05:45 AM, you wrote: >Laurent, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > >>The o

Re: I WILL NOT TAKE IT...........

CCC works great for me.. Occasionally an issue with getting it to "bless" the target drive. Have only had that happen 2x's, and I've done 20 or so fully duplications. My recommendation: make sure you double-check the drive before deleting your original drive! Tom In a message dated 5/9/04 5

WARNING: long reply.... Re: Re: Interesting related follow up on : Libel, Blah de blah, HypoCRASSy, etc.

Warning: This is a long posting. Please read it thru COMPLETELY, or just delete it. It is not a personal attack, though it is a reply to one posting. It IS related to Apple Powerbooks AND it is related to this listserve. It is my last posting on this subject, I promise. - - - - - - Geoff, I'm

Interesting related follow up on : Libel, Blah de blah, HypoCRASSy, etc.

After the hubbub and ranting about how poor Apple's history and record on machines this week, I received this afternoon an interesting article from a major Apple dealer. I found it refreshing to say the least, and it definitely confirms my own experience as welll as my opinion about Apple quali

Re: Libel, Blah de blah, HypoCRASSy, etc.

blah blah blah.. you're horribly outof date, my 'friend'. It doth strike me thatthe 'passion' of illovox is more akin to the rantings of one who hasn't completed the thought process of the issue. as to the iBook issue: Apple has since extended this repair by 13months FURTHER.. Go to Apple's si

Re: Apology and Clarification

Geee.. Who the heck died and left "illovox" king of all things electronic? Seems to me that his attitude (and demeanor) are regularly more acidic and divisive than anything that Wayne said. Yes wayne's comments seemed A LITTLE BIT abrasive, but not overly demeaning, considering that enough peo

Re: 802.11g base units besides AirPort?

My thoughts on this were that the Apple unit was more compatible and more reliable... You asked about where.. I got my new one from www.wegenermedia.com; they had a clearance on the early dual ethernet units. I just went & checked there: they're out of the early units (like I got), but they've

Re: iBooks vs. the World

This is a nice perspective, though a bit flawed.. A G4/1mb cache will WAY WAY WAY outperform a G3/900/256k or 512kcache unit for issues like video editing, photo resizing, rendering, etc. basically any time a large amount of math work is done, the processor needs a lot of space for temporarily

Re: 802.11g base units besides AirPort?

Lynksys will work, as well as any others. THe biggest problem i've seen is that most of the non-Apple units fail horribly at 1. allowing Appletalk (ie for printing, filesharing, etc), and 2. Apple interfaces.. I did have an SMC unit (dunno who'se chips it runs on) that actually had a set IP# fo

Re: Black coating replacement?

try this: http://www.wegenermedia.com/wllstph.htm they brushed the aluminum with 'swirlies'---looks pretty cool... Doesn't look 'stock', but I thought it was a neat idea... In a message dated 3/22/04 1:42:27 PM, you wrote: >Use a magic marker or sharpie. > >On Mar 22, 2004, at 8:52 AM, P. H. A

Re: UCE from list

I entirely concur with this. Ever since the archive has been put to the web, the spam level has increased significantly for me as well. Perhaps we can make the list a password only access? that would be great! Tom In a message dated 2/9/04 3:00:12 PM, you wrote: > >I doubt spammers are subscr

Re: UCE from list

Exactly.. I was shocked the first time I saw my email address come up on Google, from this list. Especially after all the ranting about the rules and restrictions. Pretty inconsistent. Perhaps the Powers that Be should consider just pulling the archive. Here's a thought. Pull the archives fro

Re: iBook Logic Board Repair Extension Program

I disagree. Nobody is out but the owners, stockholders, and investors and future users and recipients of Apple product. Due to the assenine class-action suit against Apple, this has had lots of press. I have it from a good source that they've been working on this program for nearly 14 month

Re: Pismo improvement

The pismo is a great machine, but the lombard is 1. 66mhz, and 2. missing firewire. Other than that, it's an absolutely wonderful machine as well. Tom In a message dated 12/8/03 11:18:39 AM, you wrote: >Then there are those of us who buy used machines off the swap list or >out of pawn shops

Re: G5 Laptops [was] Pismo improvement

This argument was used about the G4's "never being cool enough" to put in a Powerbook, in 2000.. Of course temp issues have never slowed down the dark side--they just supercharge the cooling fans. Maybe the Mac laptops can become like Windows, measured by decibels of noise not Mhz of speed! to

Re: Stupid RAM

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: G3/Mac OS X Settlement

I totally dissagree with this. THe issue was that SOME powerbooks didn't do EVERYTHING that OSX was supposed to provide. YES, one or two folks may legitimately have been put out by this issue. Do you REALLY think that it's worth $20-50 MILLION dollars in legal fees to have this go into a lawsu

Re: G3/Mac OS X Settlement

Bingo, Ditto, 100% agreed.. IMHO, if you decide to jump on the lawsuit, please do the rest of us a favor and throw your Mac in the trash. This sort of rubbish should be deleted from existence, not recommended for the public. Tom In a message dated 10/28/03 4:30:37 PM, you wrote: >I receive

Re: Ti-Book display take-apart?

There's probably a reason they won't tell--because they make money doing it! Duh.. 90% of the world works on money, the rest either use barter or bullets.. Tom In a message dated 9/29/03 11:57:39 AM, DanK wrote: >Is no-one able or willing to divulge the topsecret procedure to open >these bad

Re: lombard not recognizing battery

The battery reset doesn't work in a Lombard (it's only good for the Wallstreet). There are no reset software packages for the Lombard. Tom In a message dated 8/9/03 5:29:21 PM, Dan K wrote: >The Battery Reset utility may help: >

Re: Wallstreet interchangeable Pismo

The only part from a wallstreet that will work on a Pismo (or vice versa) is the external AC adaptor, and perhaps the hard drive. Everything else will NOT exchange. I found this out the hard way.. Even the LCD is different and won't exchange. : ( Tom -- G-Books is sponsored by

OSX on a Wallstreet?? My modem won't work! What'sup withthat??

Ok, just upgraded my little G3 Wallstreet to OSX (Jaguar).. Got that Allegro 500 card for it, and it pretty much flies, so I figured what the heck, I'd try X on it... Hey, minor fit of insanity, but it sure works great.. The only issue is that as soon as I upgraded, my dialup went out the wind

Re: Buying new Powerbook (now the "wrong" Powerbook)

This group is beyond belief; arguing that the Apple is upside down on one machine and the "right way" on another. That's like deciding that last year's minivan model with only three doors was "wrong", then it was "fixed" when this year's included a four door version. NEITHER IS WRONG--THEY'RE

Re: Pismo DVD drive not recognising CD's

I had this exact same problem and figuring that the mechanism was blown, bought a new mechanism for it from Wegener Media. They mentioned this happens a lot with the DRN8080B mechanism, and they've found a new revision of the drive which is less problematic. As it's working perfectly now with