Re: WegenerMedia

2006-02-08 Thread Daniel Colwell
On Feb 3, 2006, phoenix [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And, as far as relevant questions: What can anyone tell me about Wegener Media and the service they provide? In October of 2003 I ordered a replacement LG DVD drive from them for my Pismo. Like many others, my drive started to have

Re: Battery Time Left

2006-01-19 Thread Daniel Colwell
On Sunday, Jan 15th, I started this thread: For some reason I can no longer get info on how long my battery has left in hours and minutes. I can get the info in percentage, but if I ask for it to be shown as time left, it says calculating... or is just a blank, depending on which program I

Re: Battery Time Left (Pismo)

2006-01-19 Thread Daniel Colwell
On Thursday, Jan 19, John McGibney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use SlimBatteryMonitor, it loads a menu icon that can be color coded, shows time left till empty, shows percent charged while charging and pops up a dialog box when the battery gets to 10% left. And its donationware, pay only if you

Battery Time Left

2006-01-15 Thread Daniel Colwell
For some reason I can no longer get info on how long my battery has left in hours and minutes. I can get the info in percentage, but if I ask for it to be shown as time left, it says calculating... or is just a blank, depending on which program I use to measure it. I have show battery

Re: Burning DVD's on a Pismo

2005-09-16 Thread Daniel Colwell
Thanks to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and Henry Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] for responding. Apparently an external burner works, and I may have to go that route. Not exactly what I wanted, but I can live with this. Of course an internal option would be nice. Anybody using any other type of drive that

Burning DVD's on a Pismo

2005-09-15 Thread Daniel Colwell
I have a Pismo 400MHz, 768 RAM, 40G running 10.3.9. Obviously the first thing I need is the DVD burner. Probably will go with the internal. But I was wondering if I had enough horsepower to accomplish this. Anybody out there burning DVDs on a Pismo? What upgrades would help the most? G3 900

Re: Auto Connect to my Airport. . .

2005-08-28 Thread Daniel Colwell
On Sat, 20 Aug 2005, Zoltan Batiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Aug 19, 2005, at 10:25 PM, Daniel Colwell wrote: On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 Zoltan Batiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, For some reason, after I changed ISP's, my Pismo refuses to auto-connect to my Airport Network. I had

Re: Auto Connect to my Airport. . .

2005-08-19 Thread Daniel Colwell
On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 Zoltan Batiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, For some reason, after I changed ISP's, my Pismo refuses to auto-connect to my Airport Network. I had to change my Airport network settings from automatic to a specific network under the by default join dialog. Normally,

Quicktime 7

2005-08-04 Thread Daniel Colwell
I remember hearing about some problems with Quicktime 7 and 10.3.9 I Googled several times but no definitive answer so thought I would ask for any comments, experiences, etc. I have a Pismo 400MHz, 768 RAM, 40G HD running OS 10.3.9. Will I have any problems updating from Quicktime 6.5.2 to

Re: I think my Pismo needs some fine tuning. . .

2005-06-13 Thread Daniel Colwell
On Mon, 13 Jun Zoltan Batiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, My Pismo has been acting a little sketchy lately. That's the best way to describe it. Basically, all of the animations in OS X that are normally smooth and sleek, are now jumpy and quick. Not sure what's up here. Maybe I'm

Re: CD not recognized/mounted after 10.4

2005-06-13 Thread Daniel Colwell
On Thu, 9 Jun Rad Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I upgraded my Pismo w/ Tiger and also also did a fresh install on a Lombard (via putting hd in my Pismo). After installtion, I tried to put a CD in the drive to install some other software and it won't recognize that there is a CD in the drive or

Re: [OT] Inkjet Printer Recommendation

2005-06-13 Thread Daniel Colwell
On Wed, 08 Jun Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I've been using a Canon i960 for about a year now, from time to time. This morning, my daughter had to print an important homework she had to turn in and since it had colors, she went with the i960. Well, she was not able to get

Re: New Hard drive question

2005-05-21 Thread Daniel Colwell
On Sat, 21 May Debra Platt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm considering buying a new hard drive from zip zoom fly. They describe the drives as bare, not coming with cables, etc. I intend to put the drive in my Pismo, which currently has the original drive. Do I need cables or what does this mean?

Re: Wireless recomendations?

2005-04-25 Thread Daniel Colwell
On April 25th, Ian Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just had an email from work telling me I've been accepted as a test driver for a BT Voyager 2110 router As you may have guessed this has wireless and wired connections I need a wireless card for a Pismo (for the trial they can only supply

NVRAM reset and dead motherboard

2005-04-18 Thread Daniel Colwell
Hello All, A coworker told me that he was about ready to get a new battery for his daughters Powerbook. He asked if there was any way to get more out of the battery she had before he plunked down $150 or so for a new one. Since I had some luck getting more time out of my Pismo battery, I told

Re: sync

2005-04-18 Thread Daniel Colwell
Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Kevin Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: sync Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 20:40:36 -0400 Is there a cheap, inexpensive (actually that should read FREE) way of syncing a folder between a laptop and a tower? I would like to be able to take my laptop wherever, do some

OT..OS 10.3.8 Program help needed

2005-03-03 Thread Daniel Colwell
On Feb 23, Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am running a Pismo 400 that has had Classic removed and I have no idea if it is possible to add Classic or OS 9 w/out having to reformat the hd... Regards and thanks for your indulgence in this matter.. As for that, it's as simple as booting