Re: format a Hitachi drive in a firewire case on a Pismo?

2006-01-29 Thread Fabian Fang
On Jan 29, 2006, at 5:17 AM, kaldav wrote: I have bought a new Hitachi drive for my Pismo (listed as compatible on OWC) and put it in an external Sarotech firewire case. However, it doesn't show up with Disk Utility in OSX10.3.9. Then I re-started from a 10.3.2 installer CD, twice by

Re: Lombard won't boot

2006-01-29 Thread Fabian Fang
On Jan 29, 2006, at 12:58 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote: Does anyone know of any good wireless cards that work with 9, since my Aria Extreme doesn't work with OS 9. I'm needing a good wireless fix, since my budget prevents me from going back X, unless I go back to Jaguar, and I don't want to go

Re: cheap wireless cards

2006-01-15 Thread Fabian Fang
On Jan 15, 2006, at 6:53 AM, Tom and Lisa P wrote: Continuing our discussion on cheap wireless cards, I see that CompUSA is blowing out Linksys WPC11 wireless cards (store ID 279434) for $5 after rebates. Linksys has no mac driver listed, but I cant find any information on the chipset.

Re: cheap wireless cards

2006-01-15 Thread Fabian Fang
On Jan 15, 2006, at 7:28 AM, Tom and Lisa Peters wrote: Continuing our discussion on cheap wireless cards, I see that CompUSA is blowing out Linksys WPC11 wireless cards (store ID 279434) for $5 after rebates. Linksys has no mac driver listed, but I cant find any information on the

Re: - Apple Stores

2006-01-11 Thread Fabian Fang
On Jan 11, 2006, at 2:38 PM, sandra ragan wrote: Besides ComputerWare in Seaside,CA, anyone know of other reputable Apple service in Monterey county? If you are willing to drive to Fremont, DTT Macintosh Services there is well known and quite good. http://www.dttservice.com/ -- G-Books

Re: pismo and usb2

2005-12-30 Thread Fabian Fang
On Dec 30, 2005, at 4:31 PM, Kathryn Odell wrote: Does anyone know:; Is it possible to get a usb2 pc card for the Pismo.? I checked on the Small Dog site, and didn't see anything. With all due respect, Small Dog is hardly the place to look for such PowerBook peripherals. Belkin has one:

Re: Help with shorted Pismo keyboard

2005-12-29 Thread Fabian Fang
On Dec 29, 2005, at 10:42 AM, Mario Ramirez wrote: Hi, I'm writing this for a friend that recently spilled some water on her Pismo's keyboard and shorted out her 'z', 'a', and 's' keys. I'm surprised nothing else happened to it, but you can imagine how hard it is to type papers without

Re: Don't you love Christmas? (Powerbook Ti keys)

2005-12-25 Thread Fabian Fang
On Dec 25, 2005, at 12:02 PM, MMB wrote: Yesteday during a Christmas stayover at my niece's, her three cats have eaten four of my keyboard keys (one over-ate!) Now of course in the shut-down period I am busy trying to find words without s, d, a and w, especially s and w :-) Do I sound as

Re: iPod repair

2005-12-22 Thread Fabian Fang
On Dec 22, 2005, at 8:06 PM, Kristina wrote: Sigh so putting in a battery is not so easy. The motherboard plug did not come un done for my well meaning husband...and...well the ribbon came loose from dear daughters's iPod's motherboard plug. so...who repairs iPods. after Christmas Try

Re: Lombard running hot.

2005-12-13 Thread Fabian Fang
On Dec 13, 2005, at 8:54 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote: Are there any good, cheap solutions to keeping the Lombard cool. I've got a Lombard 400 with OS 10.2.8, and it seems that it's always running hot. I usually have it going while I'm relaxing on the couch, for comfort reasons. Any

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Fabian Fang
On Dec 4, 2005, at 6:32 AM, Amber R. wrote: This is partially related to my previous question.It appears that eBay is not really that Mac friendly. In fact, in a discussion with one of their live help people today, I was told if you were using a regular computer, you would be fine

Re: clay animation software

2005-11-19 Thread Fabian Fang
On Nov 19, 2005, at 9:13 PM, Kristina wrote: does iMovie run in OS9x? The older iMovie Version 2 does run under OS 9.x, but it requires native FireWire, which your Lombard does not have. ratz... my G3 Beige is only 277MHz One more try... would this gizmo work with either my Lombard, G3

Re: clay animation software

2005-11-18 Thread Fabian Fang
On Nov 18, 2005, at 7:47 PM, Kristina wrote: does iMovie run in OS9x? The older iMovie Version 2 does run under OS 9.x, but it requires native FireWire, which your Lombard does not have. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58740 -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/

Re: Pismo screen, case, Belkin questions

2005-11-06 Thread Fabian Fang
On Nov 5, 2005, at 11:20 PM, kaldav wrote: I have recently acquired a 500 mhz Pismo running 10.4.2 and would appreciate members' opinions on the following: 4. It came with a Belkin 54g F5D7010, 802.11g Wireless Notebook Network PCMCIA Card, but when I insert it there is no indication

Re: OT: Mac software for this?

2005-10-29 Thread Fabian Fang
On Oct 29, 2005, at 1:35 PM, w miller wrote: This is off topic but not knowing is driving me crazy: Can anyone tell me what software might be used to create cards on this site and if it or something similar can be found for a 15 G4 PB, OS 10.3.9? http://www.jacquielawson.com I have

Re: Office 2004 on Pismo slow

2005-10-19 Thread Fabian Fang
On Oct 19, 2005, at 8:32 PM, kaldav wrote: Does anyone have a suggestion why Office 2004 runs very slowly and with erratic mouse (inbuilt) movement in a Pismo? (400 mhz, 576 mb ram, 48 gb hard drive) You gave your hard drive capacity, but not your OS version, which is much more relevant.

Re: Fire lite drive

2005-09-04 Thread Fabian Fang
On Sep 4, 2005, at 12:29 AM, victoria duggan wrote: Does this mean that the case has gone south (firewire one) and if so does anyone have any recommendations for what type of case to get to replace it. The drive is a 2.5 9.5 mm powerbook drive. If you prefer an enclosure with the

Re: Hawking Tech HWR54G Wireless-G 4 Port Router

2005-08-22 Thread Fabian Fang
On Aug 22, 2005, at 11:16 AM, Harry Corsover wrote: Has anyone had experience with this router or other products from Hawking Tech? My SMC Barricade g router has been dropping the wireless signal repeatedly, and I've spent enough hours on hold and talking with their tech support in India

Re: Mail toolbar

2005-08-22 Thread Fabian Fang
On Aug 22, 2005, at 12:51 PM, Claire Hart wrote: (2) It seems like we used to have an option to have an icon for rich text in the tool bar, so that we can sort of toggle between created a rich text email and a plain text email. I cannot find this option without going into Preferences and

Re: macros

2005-08-12 Thread Fabian Fang
On Aug 12, 2005, at 6:29 AM, Dennis B. Swaney wrote: Automater seems to be Applescript centric; the page above talks about workflows and actions. However, I didn't see anything about assigning function keys or other keystrokes to invoke a workflow. It looks like you keep the scripts in a

Re: original Airport card 128 bit encryption?

2005-08-09 Thread Fabian Fang
On Aug 9, 2005, at 5:46 AM, kaldav wrote: I see original Airport cards advertised with 64 bit and 128 bit encryption. How does one upgrade the original card to 128 bit? Check out the following Apple Support webpage for relevant Airport Card update documents:

Re: Pismo PowerBook display failing

2005-07-19 Thread Fabian Fang
On Jul 19, 2005, at 10:50 AM, Andrew Main wrote: My 'Pismo' PowerBook's display is starting to show the dreaded pink tinge. It appears whenever the PB awakens from sleep (or starts up), in the lower left area of the screen, and goes away after a few minutes. I remember there has been some

Re: original black power adapters

2005-06-19 Thread Fabian Fang
On Jun 19, 2005, at 5:13 PM, Debra Platt wrote: This may be a silly question, but I have a black rectangular power adapter that I got with a Wallstreet from ebay. Were they exchanged for the yo-yo adapters, and if so, is it too late for the recall? Are they a fire hazard or what? Check

Re: Tiger Release

2005-04-13 Thread Fabian Fang
On Apr 13, 2005, at 3:27 AM, Tim Collier wrote: I ordered the Family Pack. It'll be here by April 29, hope everybody orders theirs soon too. For those who need the Family Pack, Amazon has a pre-order deal with $50 rebate: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0007LW1MW/103-5687231

Re: wireless cards

2005-04-09 Thread Fabian Fang
On Apr 9, 2005, at 1:31 PM, Kristina Rost wrote: We will be connecting to Sprint DSL on monday...Lynksys is Sprint's router of choice and they sent along a Lynksys 11Mps 2.4 GHz wireless - B notebook Adapter, which says its for Windows... so I went uptown to circuit city, only because it was on

Re: ot?-apple m5120/ llc

2005-03-31 Thread Fabian Fang
On Mar 31, 2005, at 5:38 AM, gladys perez-almiroty wrote: i have just gotten an apple m5120 and a llc and i need need the software for them. i would love to get the documentation for them also.if anybody in the list has them or could point me in the right direction, could you please help me

Re: anyone familiar with this problem

2005-03-16 Thread Fabian Fang
On Mar 16, 2005, at 8:33 AM, MacKenzie, Kerry N. wrote: That brings me to another Q before I hit the Internet/Yellow Pages---might anyone happen to have a recommendation for a reasonably priced G3/Wallstreet repairer within the city of Chicago (not the suburbs--I don't have wheels), or failing

Re: Handheld Scanners

2005-03-12 Thread Fabian Fang
On Mar 12, 2005, at 9:15 PM, Junk wrote: I apologize if this has been asked and answered, but I can't seem to find info anywhere: does anyone have experience using a handheld or pen or wand scanner with their powerbook? I'm thinking of a pen scanner you can use to scan text from a book right

Re: SCSI Adapters (was: old printer connection)

2005-02-26 Thread Fabian Fang
On Feb 26, 2005, at 9:10 AM, Kristina Rost wrote: I actually am not going to connect my powerbook to the laserwriter, instead I want to connect it to my office beige G3...for large text document output. My office system has just a scanner, and this printer which use serial ports I have a cd

Re: OT..OS 10.3.8 Program help needed

2005-02-23 Thread Fabian Fang
On Feb 23, 2005, at 9:28 AM, K wrote: Greetings 'Listas, Sorry for the interruption...Does anyone know of a program similar to the old PrintShop that will work in Panther? I used to use PS heavily before moving to Panther and need a similar program for cards, calendars, banners etc. I

Re: Number keypad for PowerBook?

2005-02-07 Thread Fabian Fang
On Feb 7, 2005, at 5:19 PM, Andrew Main wrote: Looking for a nice, matching USB numerical keypad for use with PowerBook and iBook; any suggestions? welovemacs.com has a special sale of the Macsense USB Numeric Keypad for $9.99: http://www.welovemacs.com/usb-kpad.html -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: connect Epson 850N to Pismo?

2005-01-23 Thread Fabian Fang
On Jan 23, 2005, at 6:04 AM, Beverly Woods wrote: I was given an Epson 850N, and have tried hooking it up to a Pismo with no success so far. I have downloaded what looks like all the relevant software and installed it, but the printer is not seen. Is there an easy/inexpensive way to make this

Re: Differences between DVDs?

2005-01-19 Thread Fabian Fang
On Jan 19, 2005, at 9:21 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: Does anybody know where I could find a detailed explanation of the different recordable DVD disks that are available? Like DVD-R, DVD+R, etc.? I'm tired of having to guess what they mean, what my internal drive supports, etc. Check out:

Re: Wallstreet / printer

2005-01-15 Thread Fabian Fang
On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 09:19:03 -0600, del.mary.stubbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just acquired a 300 Wallstreet OS 9.2 and need to use it with the same Epson 740 that our 333 Imac uses. (I use the Wallstreet's serial port, and the Imac's keyboard USB port.) What is the Name of the switching

Re: USB PC Card on 2400

2005-01-12 Thread Fabian Fang
On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 13:28:05 +0100, Dijkwel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have installed USB card support on my (cardbus enabled) 2400c running OS 9.1 in order to get USB capabilities through a MacAlly USB cardbus card. On startup, I do see that USB has been installed, the USB card shows up on

Re: Apple AC Adapter Exchange

2005-01-09 Thread Fabian Fang
On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 23:46:18 -0500, Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 08/01/05 19:12, CR at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I cannot remember if this was mentioned on this list or on the Swap List but http://depot.info.apple.com/exchange is a very cool thing. Get a new AC adapter

Re: Ram in a Wallstreet

2005-01-05 Thread Fabian Fang
On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 13:36:03 -0800, CR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fabian, you're exactly right. In ASP I'm showing 16mMB DRAM and 128MB expansion RAM But, it does not indicate location of the 128 . Can I presume a 128 RAM chip in one slot and the other empty? Cliff: What your ASP shows, 16 Mb

Re: VST Zip driver needed

2005-01-05 Thread Fabian Fang
On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 20:03:39 -0600, alienbill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have googled about long enough to completely confuse myself re versions and all sorts of stuff so I ask here in the hope that someone can simplify it for me- I need a driver for my VST Zip 100 internal drive to be used

Re: VST Zip driver needed

2005-01-05 Thread Fabian Fang
On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 20:03:39 -0600, alienbill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have googled about long enough to completely confuse myself re versions and all sorts of stuff so I ask here in the hope that someone can simplify it for me- I need a driver for my VST Zip 100 internal drive to be used

Re: Ram in a Wallstreet

2005-01-05 Thread Fabian Fang
On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 02:17:39 +, Malcolm Cornelius [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's no RAM 'on board' on any G3 series Powerbook. The Kanga is a G3 PowerBook. It has 32-Mb RAM on the logic board. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Shift-apple-cmd-power key combo ?

2005-01-03 Thread Fabian Fang
On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 22:53:59 -0800, Amber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What does this key combo actually do ? I was advised to do this by an Applecare Tech because my 15 AL PB will not wake up from sleep. You may have the keys mixed up. The Apple key is the Command key. See the following complete

Re: Less is more or Bigger is better

2005-01-02 Thread Fabian Fang
On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 09:17:25 -0500, Greg Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an old MAC-SE. I'm going to put a handle on it and I already have a cover I can cut a hole in it so the handle comes through. Does anyone have any ideas on where I could find a battery for it? A post about

Re: naming of the second-to-last G3 PowerBooks?

2005-01-02 Thread Fabian Fang
On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 13:27:50 -0800, dano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Question about the proper naming - or general naming convention - of the G3 PowerBook generation that was next to last. That is, not the final generation of 400MHz and 500MHz with batteries that have a 3/8 protrusion for the

Re: CD-RW for Wallstreet?

2004-12-27 Thread Fabian Fang
On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 20:43:04 -0800, CR [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 would be interesting. Cliff Check out this article in MacOpinion, written over three years ago

Re: Printer Port Adapter

2004-12-11 Thread Fabian Fang
On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 10:47:02 -0800 (PST), PETE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there an adapter for a mac printer port (Wallstreet) that'll make it accept a usb cable? Belkin, Keyspan, and I am sure other companies, make Serial/USB adapters. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...

Re: Connecting Hp portable printer, DeskJet 350 to a Wallstreet.

2004-12-05 Thread Fabian Fang
On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 01:16:05 -0500, Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 05/12/04 00:28, PETE at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have the above mentioned printer connected to my Wallstreet via a printer cable connected to the USB port. When I open up the chooser the printer appears

Re: SmartMedia reader suggestions

2004-10-03 Thread Fabian Fang
On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 06:05:58 -0400, cwrayfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Pismo w/G4 upgrade, OX 10.3.5. I'd like to download photos from an Olympus SmartMedia card. An OSB reader (by PNY) I bought at Staples said it didn't need a driver, but it wouldn't mount. The System Profiler showed

Re: OSX and re-building desktop?

2004-09-28 Thread Fabian Fang
On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 08:50:22 +1000, MMB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi: I am a long-time Mac owner and have kept my previous machines happy by regular desktop re-building. I have been using my Powerbook G4 867 for three months now and I am concerned. SOme cleaning up and tidying must be needed

Re: Pismo manual url

2004-09-09 Thread Fabian Fang
On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 22:11:27 +1000, kaldav [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Would someone please tell me if there is a url to download the powerbook pismo User Manual? http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=50017 -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: Power Adapters for 'Books

2004-08-23 Thread Fabian Fang
On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 10:55:46 -0700, Cap Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have several AC adapters from several 'Books, G3 G4. Does anyone know if/where there is published a listing of each model adapter and all the G-Books they are compatible. Answers to such inquiries can usually be found

Re: Turning off Sleep

2004-08-20 Thread Fabian Fang
On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 10:10:41 -0700, Jonathan Newman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like my iBook to stay on when the screen is down. I don't want the screen on, just I don't want it to go to sleep, because I'm running programs all the time. I've already got it so the display will go to sleep

Re: Anyone have Apple DVD player 2.3?

2004-08-10 Thread Fabian Fang
On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 08:29:52 -0700, Matthew D. O'Conner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, this is a little bit off topic but I do have a G3/300 PowerBook. I'm looking for Apple's DVD player 2.3. Anyone have this? Apple DVD Player 2.7 will not run on my new 1.25 G4 (even though 2.7 is what

Re: Powerbook x OSX = DVD Whiner Legit Software Q

2004-07-22 Thread Fabian Fang
On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 14:50:40 -0600, Hal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jul 22, 2004, at 12:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: New question: If in buying a used eMac I also receive legit disks of say Macromedia Creative Suite, am I eligible for legit upgrades? Or do upgrades only go to the

Re: Powerbook x OSX = DVD Whiner. Add Clowns Ancient Printer Drivers

2004-07-21 Thread Fabian Fang
On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:12:42 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now, moving onto something on-target: I have a buddy with a G3 upgraded 1400. Wants to run an old StyleWriter II printer. Neither of us can find the durn driver. Heard a rumor that that the Color StyleWriter

Re: Another ibook question

2004-07-20 Thread Fabian Fang
On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 09:06:28 -0700, pamark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi again, I now have some more questions. The ibook I have is a G3/300, I am assuming the higest amount of ram I can have is 160 (32 on board + 128mb dimm), Is this correct? or is anyone running one with more ram? It only