Re: Website Compatibility (Stoneyfield)

2006-02-20 Thread Brian McEwen
On Feb 20, 2006, at 2:19 PM, Bert Mehling wrote: Just for the record, I had no trouble with the Stoneyfield website, using Safari on TiBook with OS 10.3.9. Everything worked just fine. Bert Mehling breaks in fireFox for me if you try and follow the get coupons thing all the way to

Re: Website Compatibility (Stoneyfield)

2006-02-20 Thread Brian McEwen
On Feb 20, 2006, at 6:17 PM, Howard Katz wrote: Tried the same page with iCab. No problems--I can see all the graphics, and access the individual pages. (Is there one with printable coupons? I see the one where they want an email address and they'll send you e-coupons, but I really don't

VLC plugin for Firefox under OS X?

2006-02-19 Thread Brian McEwen
to view the stream for OX X . I can't just type the URL unto VNC client due to need to provide password/login info to the stream. thanks, Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web

Re: Finally sorted out video playback -Thanks !

2006-02-19 Thread Brian McEwen
On Feb 19, 2006, at 12:49 PM, Amber Robey wrote: It turned out that the ffmpegX software worked incredibly well once I got it set up properly. It immediately converted the clips to DV format and I was then able to import the videos directly into iMovie - great quality too. Glad it

Re: format for video/MPEG-2 Playback Component

2006-02-18 Thread Brian McEwen
On Feb 18, 2006, at 7:31 PM, Amber Robey wrote: I had been told that Quicktime Pro 7 and the MPEG-2 Playback Add-on would allow me to transcode these files so that they will not stutter. I was hoping that somebody here had both and could test this for me with a small file before I go

Re: format for video/MPEG-2 Playback Component

2006-02-18 Thread Brian McEwen
go ahead and buy the two. VLC wil play mpeg2. If it plays in the free VLC, then it will play in the expensive, double-quicktime purchase. Hi Brian, VLC will play them but that's about it. I need to be able to edit them in iMovie (recognizable by Quicktime) and so far, I haven't been

Re: accessing mpeg video files on OS X ?

2006-02-17 Thread Brian McEwen
On Feb 17, 2006, at 9:38 AM, Amber Robey wrote: On 17-Feb-06, at 6:56 AM, MorningAJ wrote: Amber Robey writes: A relative in England has sent me two MPEG files but Quicktime does not recognize or play them. Remember the discussion on open-source goodies? http://www.videolan.org

Re: accessing mpeg video files on OS X ?

2006-02-17 Thread Brian Scott Oplinger
, the basics, to use the tools. Or, buy/upgrade to Toast 7, its rather good about taking stuff like you've got and making a watchable DVD from it, albeit without fancy iMovie type eye candy. Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com

Oh boy, this Google group stuff is delightful ....

2006-02-17 Thread Brian Scott Oplinger
Silly me, I tried to reply to a few posting to the list I got via the Google group vs the older list and this is an excerpt of the nice things Google had to say to me. What am I doing wrong? You do not have permission to post to group g-books. You may need to join the group before being

Re: Oh boy, this Google group stuff is delightful ....

2006-02-17 Thread Brian Scott Oplinger
Laurent Daudelin wrote: On 17/02/06 10:42, Brian Scott Oplinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Silly me, I tried to reply to a few posting to the list I got via the Google group vs the older list and this is an excerpt of the nice things Google had to say to me. What am I doing wrong? You do

Re: G-Books Google List

2006-02-17 Thread Brian Scott Oplinger
for a digest like there is to email in a request to get the listings individually? Brian -- 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: Safari bookmarks menu

2006-02-14 Thread Brian McEwen
On Feb 14, 2006, at 5:17 PM, sandra ragan wrote: you can imagine what a collection of bookmarks says about you... looks at FireFox bookmarks NOVA ScienceNOW streaming video archives semi-quantitative real-time PCR links siRNA links PubMEd, Entrez, GenBank links BBC Radio HHGG streaming

Re: on line privacy

2006-02-13 Thread Brian McEwen
On Feb 12, 2006, at 7:50 PM, Concetta Z wrote: OK, I just went to Google Groups. This new group has PUBLIC archives. Concetta shrug the CURRENT LIST is also archived publicly and indexed by google. So that's not that new. Can Dan mask our email addesses in the google archive? Else

Re: on line privacy

2006-02-13 Thread Brian McEwen
On Feb 13, 2006, at 7:59 AM, Woody Duncan wrote: Brian McEwen wrote: Can Dan mask our email addesses in the google archive? Else it's a huge source of spam. I'm on another large e-mail list that has a public archive. They made some changes on their server and now mask our e-mail

broken airport with many open 802.11 networks still

2006-02-11 Thread Brian McEwen
... Thanks, Brian -- 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: broken airport with many open 802.11 networks still

2006-02-11 Thread Brian McEwen
this would be a no-brainer, I have PCMCIA 802.11 cards. Thanks, Brian -- 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: Wegener Media = BAD--just my opinion

2006-02-07 Thread Brian McEwen
On Feb 6, 2006, at 9:11 PM, Illovox Media wrote: think they can bully you with legalese, all of which is BS. Always use a credit card in online transactions. A CC WILL refund all expenses with a deal gone bad and nail the seller with the tab. FTC guidelines are available online as well

Re: Wegener Media = BAD--just my opinion

2006-02-07 Thread Brian McEwen
On Feb 7, 2006, at 4:57 PM, mike kochkodin wrote: Au Contraire my friend The current limit that was set by the feds for debit card fraud is $50 IF you detect it early and inform your bank...Also, many if not most banks will waive that limit if you request itIt costs a lot more than

Re: best browser for ebay downloads of pages, pictures?

2006-02-05 Thread Brian McEwen
fine in either Safari or other web browsers. Safari just doesn't cut it for almost any serious web viewing, unfortunately. IMO. Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site

Re: best browser for ebay downloads of pages, pictures?

2006-02-05 Thread Brian Steere
price. Has anyone a verdict on the might mouse or a recommendation for a wireless mouse with scroll and right click? all the best Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site

Backlit keyboards

2006-02-03 Thread Brian Steere
a joke!). all the best Brian -- 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: Reminder: LowEndMac lists rules (2)

2006-02-03 Thread Brian McEwen
On Feb 3, 2006, at 11:31 AM, MorningAJ wrote: Tim Collier writes: THIS is the reason I don't like bottom posting. When I first saw this in preview, all I see is different replies. Having to go to the area and scroll down to read six words is really silly and wasteful of everybody's

Re: Top-Bottom Posting Clarification

2006-02-03 Thread Brian L. Matthews
If you can modify your signature, you can also add 2 '-' characters at the beginning of a line, just above your name and signature. The standard is -- (dash dash space) on a line by itself. See RFC 3676 for instance. Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: lombard HD click of death??

2006-01-30 Thread Brian McEwen
On Jan 30, 2006, at 11:00 AM, MorningAJ wrote: Generally speaking, there's nothing wrong with Western Digital that isn't wrong with Hitachi or Samsung or Toshiba or... (insert drive manufacturer here). They /all/ suck, in my book. Quality control among the manufacturers is a really

Re: feet

2006-01-27 Thread Brian Steere
feet http://www.radtech.us/Products/Pawz.aspx saw this when checking neocase which I just got from ebay. regards Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished

Re: Wifi antenna

2006-01-26 Thread Brian McEwen
On Jan 26, 2006, at 12:09 PM, Howard Katz wrote: Has anyone ever come up with a way of connecting some kind of external antenna to the PB to boost signal connectivity? I've got the G4 AL http://www.smalldog.com/product/32826

plugging in the power lead - does it matter?

2006-01-26 Thread Brian Steere
the plug into the wall while still connected. I just want to check out if this is over paranoid behaviour or not? I mean the manual suggests not to move the Powerbook while on but people do - but carefully - right? all the best Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com

Re: Wifi antenna

2006-01-26 Thread Brian Steere
604t ADSL router - Can any of these signal boosting kits work with any wifi router? I will look some more but didn't see how they fit -is it a standard fitting? Scuse me if I am a bit dumb - I am only a few days into portable Mac life. Its really noce. all the best Brian -- G-Books

Re: Wifi antenna

2006-01-26 Thread Brian McEwen
On Jan 26, 2006, at 6:49 PM, Brian Steere wrote: No other networks impinging as far as I can tell. What type of phone system do you have? the 2.4GHz can be wiping out your 802.11, as they hop around. Or your neighbors phone, even, depending. Or your household items, like microwave

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

2006-01-26 Thread Brian Steere
on the high failure rates of the power adaptors and wonder how important it really is. Thought I'd sound out and find either some tech info or user accounts of problems etc all the best Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com

Re: Firewire horrors: update

2006-01-24 Thread Brian Steere
the last time): €reset-nvram €set-defaults €reset-all Good luck - you deserve it! all the best Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished

Re: downloading movies

2006-01-23 Thread Brian McEwen
On Jan 23, 2006, at 2:04 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 22/01/06 21:37, Dan K at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I also use DVDshrink on my PC to make DVD-R copies, again for personal BU of DVDs we own. However I'm not aware of any Mac utility that matches DVDshrink's abilities and convenience.

Re: downloading movies

2006-01-23 Thread Brian McEwen
in teaching after a couple expensive ones were scratched and needed replaced- I can do what I need with Popcorn, but it bugs me to compress video when audio would be almost lossless. Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp

Re: downloading movies

2006-01-23 Thread Brian McEwen
the possible movies / other multimedia files stored in a given folder. Brian -- 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

Re: downloading movies

2006-01-22 Thread Brian McEwen
On Jan 22, 2006, at 2:09 PM, Jason wrote: I second this, I use toast though, the diff being I had someone buy me the more expensive roxio program, yay birthdays!! I bought Popcorn a while ago, then 4? months later they came out with a Toast update that seems to have a lot of the Popcorn

Re: downloading movies

2006-01-22 Thread Brian McEwen
forward, but that could just be me :) Anyway until they start bribing your kids to report you for putting your personally-purchased DVDs onto your laptop for your own viewing, there are not consequences likely for doing so. Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com

Re: downloading movies

2006-01-22 Thread Brian Scott Oplinger
Lawrence Sica wrote: Actually it is not that simple. The actual legality of copying DVDs was not addressed in the court case, the 321 Studios once. They only ruled about 321 studios program violating the DMCA. Also making a copy of a DVD, encrypted or no *is not a felony*. Actually,

Re: downloading movies

2006-01-22 Thread Brian McEwen
with Windows software. Hope that helps the original guy out! Brian -- 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: part 1 how-To?......

2006-01-19 Thread Brian McEwen
a proper .ppd for the LQ-2550 (the epsonc one should work) so I think it's a matter of matching versions of the open-source modules and some small unix config editing. Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished

Re: Drive needs repair? Should I worry?

2006-01-19 Thread Brian Steere
the clone back to the drive. hope this helps (I wouldn't ignore it) Brian -- 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

Re: Anyone use iDVD in here?

2006-01-19 Thread Brian
encrypted home folder and the chapters for the movie, which reside in the Movies folder. I'm thinking that my username is not working properly, I may erase this username or reformat the disk, Brian Well, they are there on your hard drive... try to search in the Finder for files, say, larger

list up, but... functional??

2006-01-18 Thread Brian McEwen
more than 62 lines in length. thanks, Brian -- 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

part 1 HOW-TO? Citizen Notebook II with Leyspan USB-parallel adapter

2006-01-18 Thread Brian McEwen
2 parts due to list issues (10k restriction, not just lines, I counted :) --- Getting the Citizen Notebook Printer II working thru a Keyspan UP-6C USB to parallel adapter with OS 10.4.3. Ok, this has been sitting as an unfinished task. I finally got the gender changers I needed to

part 2 HOW-TO? Citizen Notebook II with Keyspan USB-parallel adapter

2006-01-18 Thread Brian McEwen
stylewriter? Depending on what info is correct re: model compatibility. Thanks for help; Brian email thread pulled from old post: (citizen link is dead, and I can't pull up the chart from their main site) According to the Citizen website, http://www.citizen

Re: list up, but... functional??

2006-01-18 Thread Brian McEwen
On Jan 18, 2006, at 7:32 PM, Paul Stamsen wrote: I'm not sure I want to read 63 lines but you could do it in two pieces for those who do -- HTH, the signature for the list alone is 23 or 24 lines... B -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: part 1 how-To?......

2006-01-18 Thread Brian McEwen
foomatic drivers fine but not thru the Keyspan... thanks for help with either, and for the reply. Brian -- 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

Anyone use iDVD in here?

2006-01-17 Thread Brian
lost several gigs of space due to files that never materialized. How can I get that space back? Brian -- 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

guidance sought on keeping home synched between Powerbook and Desktop Mac

2006-01-16 Thread Brian Steere
would be gratefully appreciated. (I am not using .Mac) all the best Brian -- 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

Re: security re: file sharing/networks

2006-01-15 Thread Brian McEwen
On Jan 14, 2006, at 11:41 PM, Amber R. wrote: I have a D-Link wireless router - there are options to change from the WEP 128 bit encryption to WPA personal.Would doing this create enough of a wall for most people trying to hack in ? Just turning on one of the 2 built-in restrictions

Re: security re: file sharing/networks

2006-01-15 Thread Brian McEwen
On Jan 15, 2006, at 1:14 PM, bobgir2004 wrote: I did not provide sufficient info on my setup. Here it is. DSL modem connected to the wired Linksys router. Linksys connected to my G5 iMac via ethernet cable AND connected to my ancient Graphite Apple Base Station which in turns

Re: security re: file sharing/networks

2006-01-15 Thread Brian McEwen
On Jan 15, 2006, at 6:24 PM, John Siple wrote: broadcast the SSID. I wasn't too interested at the time so I didn't ask what brand of router he was using. But this capability would be a clean solution to the nosey neighbor and still allow Amber to use her own wireless systems, which she

Re: security re: file sharing/networks

2006-01-14 Thread Brian McEwen
On Jan 14, 2006, at 6:21 PM, bobgir2004 wrote: Personally, I do not bother with WEP, but I keep MAC address filtering on. Brian - When I saw your post, I went to my Linksys BEFSR41 Router, v.3; firmware version 1.05.00 and checked under the Security tab. I found the following

Re: security re: file sharing/networks

2006-01-13 Thread Brian McEwen
as needed). But of course, there isn't anyone doing any of this, at least on my LAN. HTH. Brian -- 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

audio in- PBG4

2006-01-12 Thread Brian McEwen
Is there a way I can record from a RCA photo plus out (from a cassette desk) to my 12 PB G4 without buying a solution like the $99 PowerWave? Can I just adapt to the mic jack? with a little electronics and very little cash outlay? Thanks, Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http

Re: audio in- PBG4

2006-01-12 Thread Brian McEwen
On Jan 12, 2006, at 6:52 PM, Brian McEwen wrote: Is there a way I can record from a RCA photo plus out (from a cassette desk) to my 12 PB G4 That's RCA (PHONO) PLUG from a CASSETTE DECK (component) of course. without buying a solution like the $99 PowerWave? Can I just adapt to the mic

Re: audio in- PBG4

2006-01-12 Thread Brian McEwen
that would be only ready for low-level condenser mic levels. Thank, Brian -- 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: Applecare on Powerbooks ?

2006-01-11 Thread Brian Scott Oplinger
documentation. Brian -- 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: Intel Macs....

2006-01-10 Thread Brian McEwen
On Jan 10, 2006, at 2:37 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: In Wayne and Garth's immortal words SCHHHWINGGG! :-) If those published stats hold up to real world comparisons, that's one helluva impressive laptop. no problem with laggy google Earth on THOSE laptops! B -- G-Books is sponsored by

bluetooth, AL-book, and Clie...

2006-01-09 Thread Brian McEwen
. What is up with Bluetooth on the G4/10.4?? thanks, Brian -- 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

Re: bluetooth, AL-book, and Clie...

2006-01-09 Thread Brian McEwen
and fails with the Mac, the issue is the Mac... Brian -- 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: Any experience with USB to SCSI adaptors in OSX?

2006-01-08 Thread Brian McEwen
this adapter class indicates that they are problematic, you cannt trust voltages etc- seems like a good way to kill hardware. Maybe someone has success stories but here it was only negative results. HTH. Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: Comp USA wireless card

2006-01-02 Thread Brian McEwen
On Jan 2, 2006, at 12:16 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: I'm sorry, what are you whinging about? Every one of the posts in this thread had something to do with Tom's problem with the CompUSA wireless card. My thought was that 5 new threads of which the compUSA was one, had been started by

Re: using serial printer with Lombard running Panther?

2006-01-02 Thread Brian McEwen
On Jan 2, 2006, at 1:13 PM, Andrew in Ann Arbor wrote: Hello All My father in-law is debating adopting my Lombard 400 running Panther but wants to know if he can use the serial printer that he has been using with his Wallstreet. Has anyone had any experience with USB to serial adaptors

Re: Li-Ion Wasting charge cycles?

2005-12-31 Thread Brian McEwen
On Dec 31, 2005, at 9:30 AM, Jim Katz wrote: Someone mentioned that the L-I battery should be drained completely if used at all since any charge cycle is one less from the total number of charge cycles possible for that battery. If true, then I've been wasting them. I play Scrabble

Re: Li-Ion Wasting charge cycles?

2005-12-31 Thread Brian McEwen
On Dec 31, 2005, at 9:30 AM, Jim Katz wrote: Someone mentioned that the L-I battery should be drained completely if used at all since any charge cycle is one less from the total number of charge cycles possible for that battery. If true, then I've been wasting them. I play Scrabble with a

Re: Cable internet and Macs

2005-12-31 Thread Brian Scott Oplinger
installation' kit. I've never had trouble with the tech people and the fact that I have a mac, router, pc and networked printer. After all, you just plug the cable into the cable modem and a cat 5 jack from it into your computer, what does it make a difference what type computer? Brian -- G-Books

female Centronics36 to DB25 female adapter??

2005-12-30 Thread Brian McEwen
, Brian -- 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 info

Re: Cleaning wipes for PB

2005-12-19 Thread Brian McEwen
On Dec 19, 2005, at 2:26 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: Yep, you want to stay away from any product with alcohol. You won't see the damage right away but after a while, your screen will start having some kind of a haze and at that time, it's too late... You should also be able to use some

Re: OS X print to PDF issue

2005-12-14 Thread Brian McEwen
utils to do this use the OS X pdf libraries (that I tried). I am trying to get around what I see as a bug in the way OS X pdf libraries generate a pdf. I'm not willing to risk it for a work-related document. YMMV. Thanks, Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com

Re: OS X print to PDF issue

2005-12-12 Thread Brian McEwen
of the OSX libraries you were using, etc., and I wanted my pdf to be readable for sure, by all recipients. I ended up doing the deed with the full Acrobat at work. Brian -- Typical traditional philosophical question: If a tree falls in the woods but no one is there to hear it, does

video out from 12 Al PB

2005-12-10 Thread Brian McEwen
results? Thanks, Brian -- Typical traditional philosophical question: If a tree falls in the wods but no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? Bill Clinton's philosophical question: It depends on what the meaning os 'is', is. Bush administrations philosophical dilemna: If the person

RCA video in for 10.4/ Al PB

2005-12-10 Thread Brian McEwen
it on a flexible probe with an LED light etc. What is a good USB or firewire video digitizer solution for Macs? I need the RCA video input. video quality should be average or better than average. thanks, Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

OS X print to PDF issue

2005-12-08 Thread Brian McEwen
assumed that Apple just ported an OSS solution. thanks, Brian -- 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

Re: Odd static electricity outcome

2005-12-04 Thread Brian McEwen
On Dec 3, 2005, at 11:24 PM, bobgir2004 wrote: Well...to discharge it, I tapped my finger against the exposed metal plate on the front of my excellent quality ($100) surge suppressor...and the Mac, four feet away, woke from sleep. Whoa, Nelly! bob The amount of protection

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Brian McEwen
On Dec 4, 2005, at 9:32 AM, Amber R. wrote: y browser..although my browser is Safari and I have the latest version. Anyway, it appears that some of the problems I am having are related to my not using a regular computer and not having an up- to-date browser that works with some sites.

Re: Netware on Lombard

2005-12-04 Thread Brian McEwen
On Dec 4, 2005, at 10:23 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote: I've got a Lombard 400 with OS 9.1 and OS X Jaguar, and I'm wanting to know if there are any good free ways to connect to a Novell Netware network. My school network is running Netware 6.5, with most of the client machines running versions

USBcam for 10.4/1.5GHz

2005-12-01 Thread Brian McEwen
and only finding websites that promised reviews but never delivered. thanks, Brian -- 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

Re: Reminder about static electricity

2005-11-30 Thread Brian McEwen
On Nov 30, 2005, at 7:33 PM, Howard Katz wrote: Silly question I'm sure--I can understand about touching the trackpad, but what about if you just touch the body of the computer--AL or Ti? It's happened to me and I get a slight shock. Power supply is plugged in. I try to remember to

Re: Reminder about static electricity

2005-11-30 Thread Brian McEwen
On Nov 30, 2005, at 7:49 PM, Howard Katz wrote: I'd have no qualms about that, but the adapters I've seen, both the Apple-supplied one and the replacements on the market only have 2 prongs. :) hm. True! :) You're killing it! you're killing it!! :) B -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: Life of PBG4 Battery

2005-11-28 Thread Brian McEwen
the batteries I was buying (www.laptopsforless.com, battery for my Sony Clie UX-50 -I highly recommend these guys for batteries for many devices). HTH. Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives

replacement Pismo battery

2005-11-27 Thread Brian A. Miller
a recommendation on who to buy from ?? --Brian Miller -- 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

Re: clay animation software

2005-11-20 Thread Brian McEwen
a digital camcorder somewhere. The ATI Xclaim VR card did work for me. Brian -- 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

Re: iBook CD Problem

2005-11-13 Thread Brian McEwen
On Nov 13, 2005, at 1:19 AM, Amanda Ward wrote: Hi All... I have a problem with my iBook (G3-500 Dual USB). It will not play an audio CD... keeps ejecting it... constantly! If I put in a program CD, it stays in and shows up on the desktop. I can't, for the life of me, understand what

Re: multimedia on Al Book again

2005-11-13 Thread Brian McEwen
points, but it seems from the comments that it's easy enough to choose the right oens. I'll give it a try! I've been trying to do this with Audacity which I usually use for small mp3 tasks, but I don't seem to be getting the hang of setting multiple labels properly... Brian -- G-Books

multimedia on Al Book again

2005-11-12 Thread Brian McEwen
, but that will take a while. Is there a better way? I have Toast 5.2.3, nothing newer, would a newer Toast or Soundjam let me take the whole hour-long track, and insert breaks at certain timepoints? Thanks for thoughts. Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: firewire connectivity

2005-11-11 Thread Brian Scott Oplinger
Victoria Brandon wrote: Greetings listers -- As previously related, my computers (BW G3 Lombard PB, both running Panther) adamantly refuse to see each other by way of ethernet. So (as encouraged by list) I bought a firewire card for the Lombard on eBay: it came yesterday and seems to work

Re: Wireless network problem - help!

2005-11-10 Thread Brian McEwen
On Nov 10, 2005, at 1:48 AM, John Siple wrote: -- Noise level and occasionally the manufacturer of the router or access point. It keeps a log of signal strength and last connection date, and there's a field for notes, though I don't find that very useful. Mostly what I use is channel

Re: Wireless network problem - help!

2005-11-10 Thread Brian McEwen
, doesn't necessarily mean that it is the fault of MS or your local IT guys. Fun/useful to hear what exact server update they are now running (hint hint :) Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives

Re: Wireless network problem - help!

2005-11-09 Thread Brian McEwen
On Nov 9, 2005, at 7:17 PM, Clark Martin wrote: IT isn't too mac savvy here, so I'm basically on my own. Any suggestions or help? Best guess is you aren't getting a DHCP lease. Open the Network Preference Pane and see what IP address your Airport interface is getting. If it is

Re: Wireless network problem - help!

2005-11-09 Thread Brian McEwen
On Nov 9, 2005, at 9:55 PM, Howard Katz wrote: turns out--Tiger. She couldn't connect either. I've a feeling the problem isn't mine, but the IT folk who aren't big mac fans. I'll test it out tomorrow at the wifi cafe and give a report back. FWIW, I can connect fine at work on the WEP

Re: Wireless network problem - help!

2005-11-09 Thread Brian McEwen
On Nov 9, 2005, at 10:18 PM, Brian McEwen wrote: The hospital IT guys worked hard with me to troubleshot but I finally gave up. It's in Apple's court. In June they said they would have an update that addressed some network stuff- but 10.4.1 didn't touch

Re: Wireless network problem - help!

2005-11-09 Thread Brian McEwen
with 10.4.3. I should put it on and try the work one, though- it just automatically goes through the WEP protected one now so I hadn't bothered doing more unpaid work testing for Apple. Sounds like Howard has the 10.4.3 installed with the same issue persisting, though. Brian -- G-Books

Re: Wireless network problem - help!

2005-11-09 Thread Brian McEwen
On Nov 9, 2005, at 11:18 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: access points support AppleTalk, but, otherwise, it shouldn't matter. The network negotiation from the PowerBook to the WAP should be the very same. Heck, it should be the same if you switch to built-in Ethernet. If it's 802.11b or

Re: dimming screen

2005-10-31 Thread Brian A. Miller
it (and if the display becomes brighter again). --Brian Miller -- 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

Re: OT missing link to story

2005-10-31 Thread Brian Scott Oplinger
Will S wrote: Oddly the link didn't show up in the last post will try again. http://www.halturnershow.com/KeystrokeLoggersInAllNewComputers.html Its a hoax, read about it here: http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/h/homeland%20security%20logger.htm -- G-Books is sponsored by

iPod logistics...

2005-10-25 Thread Brian McEwen
you do what you want. Is this an example DRM working the way it should (restricting my fair use right :) or am I missing something? There are lots of ways around this, but I'm not sure I care that much at this time. Thanks, Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com

Re: iPod logistics...

2005-10-25 Thread Brian McEwen
wasn't missing some iTunes setting on my powerbook! Brian -- 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

Re: avi to DVD-R again

2005-10-24 Thread Brian McEwen
Last, do some research on videohelp.com's Mac video forum ( http:// www.videohelp.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=9 ) It's just so trivial to do this on a PC. .sigh. Thanks, Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com

Re: tracking wireless activity

2005-10-24 Thread Brian McEwen
On Oct 24, 2005, at 4:48 PM, Jan Musil wrote: case I would suggest you to enable wireless security at least via WEP (although this is not very strong security it should keep people out for few days). You can also consider enabling MAC address filter (MAC address is unique ID of each

avi to DVD-R again

2005-10-22 Thread Brian McEwen
on google. What apps do I need to do what I want? I'm on a G4/1.5GHz, OS 10.4, superdrive. I have both toats 5.2.3 and iDVD. thanks... Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site

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