Pismo motherboard speed differences -- noticeable for wordprocessing and net browsing?

2004-04-25 Thread Dwight Hines
Can you tell the difference in speeds when using the net or when wordprocessing? d on 24/04/04 21:07, Dean Reichert at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Are the motherboards from the 400, and 500Mhz Pismo's interchangeable? Yes, they are. I had a 400MHz processor and I replaced it with a

Mac System 9.2 not seeing Nikon coolpix 5700 cf card

2004-04-23 Thread Dwight Hines
I've tried re-installing Nikon View 6.1 but for some reason, the CF card is not being seen and the program keeps asking me if I want to format it. Formatting it only results in the camera erasing all the images and then needing to be reformatted by the camera. I don't have any images that need to

Pismo sees Iomega burner but not the disc

2004-02-22 Thread Dwight Hines
I've got the original hotburn software that came with the Iomega usb drive and have downloaded Discribe and both softwares refuse to see the disk, but see the drive. Any suggestions? d -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com

Re: Pismo rubber feet

2003-11-15 Thread Dwight Hines
Yes, hie thee down to your local WalMart or Dollar General and tell them you want the little round stickum pads they put under furniture. They are called Grippers and they are made by FloorKing. They will have them in black or white and in packages of 6 or 8 or 12. The sizes will vary from a

GIS and exif, anyone using this combination with their dig cameras?

2003-10-29 Thread Dwight Hines
GIS and exif, anyone using this combination with their dig cameras? d -- 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

Needed: simple utility that will scan a folder of jpgs and create a list of exif text for each jpg

2003-10-28 Thread Dwight Hines
I've searched the web and can not find a freebie for what I would like. So, if I have a folder with 34 jpgs in it, i would like to have each jpg grabbed, then the exif file sent to a separate printable file and then the next one and so on. I would think that someone would have written a script

Re: Free wireless at hooters? [was Re: Any one heard ofCfgOpenTpt?

2003-07-03 Thread Dwight Hines
it was ok. Peace, d From: Doug Behr [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Dwight Hines [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SNIP Help quickly, please. I had to move from free wireless at Hooters to free cable at Kinkos for downloads today. SNIP I have to ask...FREE wireless at HOOTERS? = Doug Behr

In 9.2.2, When I click and drag text from email to desktop, itbecomes a simpletext file but I don't want simpletext

2003-03-31 Thread Dwight Hines
When I click and drag text from email to desktop, it becomes a simpletext file but I don't want simpletext, I want appleworks or claris. How do I change the default text file. I'm running OS 9.2.2 on a Pismo. TYIA, d -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Need detailed information on Coleman battery for Pismo

2003-03-30 Thread Dwight Hines
Would someone post the most detailed information possible on using a Coleman battery with a Pismo. I need to know exactly what types of cables are needed and what types of connectors as well as the specific battery. It there are equivalents with other manufacturers, please give those in detail

Migrating unresponsive key in Pismo

2002-11-23 Thread Dwight Hines
For a couple of weeks, it was my s key, lower case and caps, that was about impossible to make a mark with. Then the problem migrated to the F key, lower case and caps. Now I don't know where the nonresponsive key is located. It may be reloading. What does this mean? dh -- G-Books is

Just a note on a Mac G4 being chosen by specialists and paid forby Sweethearts

2002-11-20 Thread Dwight Hines
In the current issue of ATBI Quarterly*, a photo of the new G4 Mac and monitor, with scanner and monitor is shown. It's good to know that when DLIA (Discover Life in America) photographer Rebecca Schiflett did the research on what machine is best, she chose Mac. The system will allow them to

Help on finding cartridge HP6615D black ink refill kit for HP 845c

2002-10-30 Thread Dwight Hines
My G3 is driving a HP845c printer. I need to find a refill kit that will work with a HP6615D black ink cartridge. There are lots of kits it seems for HP6615A cartridges. Are they the same? Anyone using a kit to refill HP6615D cartridges? d -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/

S key being difficult, help, also on s key

2002-10-28 Thread Dwight Hines
On my firewire Pismo, the s key is not as easy to get to make a mark on the screen as the other keys. Anyone have suggestions? It is a real pain because I have to rehit the key and that destroys my speed and accuracy at the same time. TYIA, d -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/

Email rejections: Reply to Jessica on swapping web for help

2002-09-24 Thread Dwight Hines
: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.02.2022 Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 19:32:57 -0400 Subject: Broken urls on your site From: Dwight Hines [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer

Jacksonville: Mac Tech Pro 928 Edgewood Ave S Jacksonville, FL(904) 387-5370

2002-09-08 Thread Dwight Hines
Dwight, I'm curious -- what shop is that? I'm originally from N. Florida, and it might be handy to have a source when I'm back visiting relatives and such. -pha Mac Tech Pro 928 Edgewood Ave S Jacksonville, FL (904) 387-5370 I haven't been there for a while but they do repairs and are

Where did you get the BTI adapter for your Pismo, cost and doesanyone have an Apple tattoo?

2002-09-07 Thread Dwight Hines
I am in the same budget range as you are, about $25, including shipping. This now should be possible since the PB1400, PB3400, the G3 series, the DUO 200 and Duo 2300 powersupplies will work on a Pismo. But where did you get your adapter? Finally, does anyone on the list have an Apple tattoo.

power supply for PB1400 will work with Pismo?

2002-09-05 Thread Dwight Hines
hey, if this is true, then anyone who needs a backup power supply can use a PB 1400 powersupply. Right? d Yep, I agree, the power adapter is flimsy and the wire breaks and deteriorates easily. I'm on my second power adapter so far. It's not the adapter itself but the wire that goes to your

Re: Airport questions

2002-08-21 Thread Dwight Hines
Jim Freeman wrote: I use my Pismo outdoors and in sunny windows. Most of the time it's fine set at maximum brightness. Even turning your pbook so the sun isn't shining on the screen can help. But there are limits. Find some shade! There is actually a device you can buy that shields the

Mac-Cloistering with WiFi

2002-08-17 Thread Dwight Hines
snip Wintel, or *nix box. (With the exception of some minor specifics like VPN clients and encryption key exchange support.) Why not just join one of the many active Wi-Fi groups? Why does everything have to be Mac-cloistered? KeS WE need a Mac WiFi discussion list because the

Separate Mac WiFi

2002-08-17 Thread Dwight Hines
More to the point, why do we need a *separate* list for *everything*? Because Mac people are charming and intelligent and nice. And it wouldn't be for everything, just for those of us who would like the warm toasty blanket of reassurance, and good hard core Mac Facts. Jeez! I'm a bearded

Airport questions

2002-08-16 Thread Dwight Hines
I've just started using Airport on my Pismo (G3 Firewire) and it is wonderful. Some questions that ya'll may be able to help me with are: 1) I get the message on my Airport screen that 'false encryption' is there. What does that mean? The folks who run the system said to check with the experts

Possible sublist for Airport WiFi discussions

2002-08-16 Thread Dwight Hines
Do you think there are enough Mac folks who use airport to start a list just for that? Earthlink is bonding with boingo, or has bonded, but as of yet they do not allow Macs into the pool. They said they will be ready for Macs by December. I think we need a group of unshaven, wooly minded,

How do you capture video streaming through RealTime

2002-08-14 Thread Dwight Hines
There are some videos on the Florida Supreme Court webpage that I would like to download and save. At this time, all I can do is watch them streaming using RealTime. This is a pain because I have a slow phone connection and because I would like to view them when I am not hooked to the

Firewire Hard disk magic

2002-08-13 Thread Dwight Hines
Thanks to everyone for their suggestions and I finally took the Western Digital drive out of the cage it was in and put it in a brand new cage and all the data are there and it the drive works like a honey. Odd, I never thought that I would have problems with my backup drive before I had

What were your Pismo temps with lid down?

2002-08-10 Thread Dwight Hines
Not true. As Remy pointed out, they are designed to operate this way. I've had my Pismo running 24/7 in this configuration for almost 2 years. I monitored the heat carefully for the first few months, because I was concerned about this as well, but, if anything, it seems to run cooler with

MacStumbler: Need some lobbying for warwalking software

2002-08-09 Thread Dwight Hines
I've been emailing korben, author of open source MacStumbler, and offering him money and he has so far resisted me. What follows is his reply that I apologize for cross-posting. I think the need for a good 8.x and 9.x MacStumbler is worthy of a moon shot effort. How do we do this? None of

Apologies for cross posting but need help on surreptitious notsubversive downloading

2002-07-31 Thread Dwight Hines
Situation: I've got a fine Pismo G3 but a terribly slow phone connection. I need to download some large pgms and docs (Mozilla, etc,) and library only lets us use 1.4 meg floppies. So, has anyone been able to slip into the computer sections of their library and plug a zip drive into one of

cheapest WIFI card for G3Firewire Powerbook?

2002-07-23 Thread Dwight Hines
What is the cheapest airport type card I can buy for a G3 Firewire Powerbook (Pismo) that I can just stick into the side of the Pismo and start downloading megabytes of files at megabyte speeds from the free air net at city hall? Where would I get this card, especially since it may be a used

Re: Pismo track pad

2002-07-16 Thread Dwight Hines
Any comment from other Pismo owners? I've been using this Pismo for over two years. No problem with track pad at all. Much better than pad on 540 or 190cs. The 190 broke and I had to go to using a mouse. I love my Pismo and wish that some one would specify how I could fit another hard

Powerbook g3 HD...went with the IBM 40GB for $144 shipped

2002-07-02 Thread Dwight Hines
From: Gene Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Powerbook g3 HD...went with the IBM 40GB for $144 shipped Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2002 15:30:27 + Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just an FYI if anyone cares. :-) I ordered the 40GB 4200rpm 9.5mm IBM hard drive for my powerbook firewire/pismo

Re: Pismo battery loose in battery bay--normal and PRAM battery?

2002-06-15 Thread Dwight Hines
My battery is snug in my Pismo. That's all I can tell you. There probably is a problem. Does it charge? Anyway my battery doesn't hold much of a charge after almost two years, so it probably isn't too much of a loss. Jim Mine is loose from front to back, but it snug vertically. Also,