I'm about to dig into my Pismo to resolder the power jack to the
sound card. If I can locate a new style power jack, would the pismo
work with the new powerbook power bricks?
I'm using two of the original saucer 45 watt/24v/1.875 supplies and
have had to repair them multiple times. Have had
Dan Van:
Me too...Pismo with Newertech high cap battery. Tiger upgrade, not
clean install. Many full cycles on battery, PRAM reset, power mgr
reset, utilities, Macaroni type maintenance, full sotware updates.
Thought it had to do either with the battery not being from apple or
that the
Have managed to link my Pismo running tiger via appletalk over
airport to ethernet to an upgraded (040, ethernet) LC running OS
7.6.1. In order to obtain some semblance of understanding between
them on the network I installed the appleshare 3.8.3 client on the LC
and can access the Pismo from
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Subject: best browser to save ebay pages with text and picture?
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Tony:
Am using a GoVideo VR3930 precisely for this. Probably not available
any more, but newer models should be good.
Extremely happy with the unit.
It has a firewire (aka iLink or IEEE 1392?) interface, so I can copy
directly from my sony camcorder, and the VR3930 controls the camera.
I
Hello List:
My dad's widescreen G4 seems to have intermittent problems with the
USB ports. Sometime one works while the other one doesn't or both.
Running fully updated Tiger. USB peripherals are an HP 2840 all in
one and a Kensington trackball driven by Kensington mouseworks, also
freshly
Any suggestion as to where to run down OSX drivers for old Apple
printers? Have managed to network an old Laserwriter plus and
Personal Laserwriter NT, and while they work with the generic
postscript printer driver, I was wondering if a more specific option
exists. Maybe I'm just being
My Tiger running Pismo has started to ask to unlock the system
keychain due to a request from the airport tool recently when I
reboot the computer. I do not know the password, nor do I think I
ever set one for this keychain. Can't find it with the Keychain acess
utility.
Latest Tiger.
F.
Hello List:
Can't get my Pismo running tiger to appletalk to an 040 based mac
running OS 7.6.1. Get an error mentioning incompatible AFP.
Anyone knows what this means? Only thing that comes to mind is
Agence France Presse and taunting at the ramparts.
OS 9.2.2 in PowerPCs don't have a
I saw a noticeable improvement in speed on my Pismo as I upgraded
drives from the original to the current 7200 rpm travelstar. At least
one intermediate between the original and current, maybe more. You
should see the same unless bus speed is a factor?
You've probably seen where, on
I saw a noticable improvement in speed on my Pismo as I upgraded
drives from the original to the current 7200 rpm travelstar. At least
one intermediate between the original and current, maybe more. You
should see the same unless bus speed is a factor?
F.
Would I see a noticeable
Have managed to run just about any software on the various versions
of VPC, especially 5 and 6. Specifically, the schlock put out by the
mexican banks and government and (non schlock) accounting software
put out by a small softworks down here in Mexico. Has also been
useful for believe it or
I can print very well from my Pismo running Tiger via an airport snow
base station's USB port to an epson 740.
I am curious as to whether and how I can print to this printer from a
TAM running OS 9.2.2 that is hooked up to the base station's LAN port.
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Was able to resucitate an abandoned ABS snow that had its WAN port
fried. Spotted a fried surface mount resistor with my trusty loupe
and got it going again.
Am thrilled with the USB print sharing that is very simple and
reliable out of the ABS USB port. Used to wait until returning to
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Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 05:51:42 -0400
On Jun 12, 2005, at 2:37 AM, Kris Tilford wrote:
I burned a DVD+R for a friend with a 12 ALPB and it wasn't
recognized at all in
Firefox 1.0.3 is the latest version. Is that what you are running?
Try clearing caches (privacy preference pane) and other info stored
while browsing. My firefox is working fine.
Repair privileges/permissions?
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Nope. Nonetheless, the time remaining for battery life and time to
full charge seems to be on the blink in my Pismo with a high-capacity
(6600 mAH) Newer Tech battery. Battery life is fine, but it never
manages to calculate the time remaining. I've cycled it several times
and it has yet to
Hello kt:
Excuse my smug tone in prior post.
Forgot to mention that i ensured that the maintenance routines had
run via macaroni, did a full permissions repair, Disk utility repair
and a diskwarrior rebuild. Furthermore, no Norton products have ever
been installed on my Pismo OSX. All of these
If your guts are all solid, you might consider looking on eBay for a
parts machine with good plastics. Suspect that a clean case, keyboard
trackpad and screen are all you really need for like new state.
Assume you have a solid battery. I needed a replacement screen at one
point and it came
If your guts are all solid, you might consider looking on eBay for a
parts machine with good plastics. Suspect that a clean case, keyboard
trackpad and screen are all you really need for like new state.
Assume you have a solid battery. I needed a replacement screen at one
point and it came
Let's get to work!
Tiger was a smooth upgrade on my 400 mHz Pismo. 576 MB RAM, 60 GB
fast travelstar. Was going to do a clean install and migrate due to
the scads of haxies on my Panther system. Updated the haxies, backed
up, got lazy and did a straight upgrade. No regrets.
Spotlight is great!
I purchased a LaCie 52xCD burner some years ago. Music CDs tend to be
skip prone even with the finest media and slowest burn speed when
compared to commercial CDs in my car player. Used all applicable
drive cleaners and compressed air. Bumps in the road, bass peaks, etc
make the disks skip.
was distributed
as a variation of shareware 'pintware', where satisfied users were
encouraged to send the author beer/stout money. This might explain
his lack of progress
F.
on 01/03/05 14:59, Bruce Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Feb 28, 2005, at 9:00 PM, Frank Cornew wrote
Fruitmenu coupled with moveitems X has made for a satisfactory
substitute for Finderpop (which substituted for popup folder)
F.
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Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 13:02:57 -0700
Have a brand (new to
What's the experience been with standalone ethernet to WiFi adapters?
(beyond that they need external power) Can anyone recommend specific
units? b or g, OSX or 9
Looks like I need to go that route, and would like to get something
that works without too much pain... First shot at a Linksys
Noted someone commenting about how it felt returning to OS9.x on a
Kanga. Its taken me about a year to get accustomed to OSX after
holding out and hanging on to OS9 for maybe a bit too long.
Only things I miss are: Find by Content searching (still haven't got
it to index the whole drive on the
, Frank Cornew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Any thoughts about getting a Linksys WUSB54G 802.11g adapter to run
on my Pismo, either under OSX or OS9? Trick seems to be that this
thingy connects to the USB port, no drivers, etc.
They make an Airport Card for a Pismo?
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Any idea why I cannot index my 60 GB travelstar? (one partition in a
pismo under the latest OSX, fully maintained (permissions,
diskwarrior, etc)) Never have got the process to complete after
installing panther over 9.2.2. I know that indexing is probably going
to take a few days, but the
Any thoughts about getting a Linksys WUSB54G 802.11g adapter to run
on my Pismo, either under OSX or OS9? Trick seems to be that this
thingy connects to the USB port, no drivers, etc.
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Drive excellent. Much better than the original coal fired unit that
was very noisy. Excellent experiences with the IBM/Hitachi travelstar
line am currently running the 60G unit, have grandfathered the 20 and
40 G units to external enclosures or other computers and they are
going strong.
Got it. Checked mod date/time on user prefs after 'healing' that user
via a barebones login. Only a handful had been modded at the
appropriate time. Dock prefs were the problem. Dockdisk haxie
responsible. Uninstalled, all well now.
Thanks to listies I have learned useful stuff, plus my
Thanks much for the feedback. Didn't work. Assume that you refer to
the library prefs in the user directory. Didn't see that they got
replaced after deletion (replaced manually from backup archive), even
after reboot into barebones and boot into user. Somewhat concerned
about nuking the
How come login hangs after a Panther crash? Have to reboot and login
to a bare bones user before I can log in to my main user? Suspect
that a pref file gets/is corrupted. What should I delete?
F.
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Does anyone know of a utility that makes the trash confirmation
dialog list the files that are about to be deleted (copy agent/speed
doubler used to do this under OS9)
Also miss the ability of 9 to list multiple info windows about files.
Under X all we get is a single window listing common
On 04/03/04 15:50, Clark Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 9:03 AM -0600 3/4/04, John Slavin wrote:
I've been meaning to ask this question for a long time. Over on the
Duo list there are discussions from time to time about rebuilding
the batteries. It is pretty well generally accepted
Reasonably new to OSX, transitioned my Pismo with the Panther
release. Have modified the system to my heart's content, no problems,
have backed off on a few mods which were driven by OS 9 nostalgia.
Now that I'm getting used to OSX, I'd like to put the trash in the
finder window sidebars.
Laurent:
Chill.
Check your solder joints on that ABS. The caps may have degraded or
there may be a short between the terminals. Suspect that they are
used to condition the input power for the ABS, so any shorts will be
reducing the power available for running the circuits. I've replaced
Laurent:
Chill.
Check your solder joints on that ABS. The caps may have degraded or
there may be a short between the terminals. Suspect that they are
used to condition the input power for the ABS, so any shorts will be
reducing the power available for running the circuits. I've replaced
my
After transitioning to Panther shortly after its launch, I haven't
been satisfied with the find by content performance under Panther. It
worked very well for me under 9.2.2 on my Pismo, to the point where I
depend on it. I am being far more meticulous in filing my work since
it just izznt the
After transitioning to Panther shortly after its launch, I haven't
been satisfied with the find by content performance under Panther. It
worked very well for me under 9.2.2 on my Pismo, to the point where I
depend on it. I am being far more meticulous in filing my work since
it just aint the
After transitioning to Panther shortly after its launch, I haven't
been satisfied with the find by content performance under Panther. It
worked very well for me under 9.2.2 on my Pismo, to the point where I
depend on it. I am being far more meticulous in filing my work since
it just aint the
Look at http://fixyourownprinter.com for tips and parts to repair the
printer. The Dayna adapter may be limited to a certain number of
Appletalk devices on the net, so test it one to one, also it might
require a power source. This is what I recall from using a kensington
version of this thing.
Think what happened was that you installed a system that is PowerMac
7300 specific, given that it was the CPU in control when you
installed 8.5. The installer was under the impression that the
Lombard was an external SCSI drive on the PM 7300. The Lombard
therefore does not recognize the
All is good now: Nuked the Virex Help file in Computer Mac OS X
Library Documentation Help folder as indicated in
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/helpviewer.html, and all was good.
Datadirect.help.help may also be a culprit. Took me some time to rout
this link out of Macfixit or Apple support.
As a recent convert to OSX, thought that I'd made it over the hump.
Now that everything is installed on the Pismo (good thing I installed
that 60gig travelstar), software is upgraded, less and less classic
calls, I've noticed that the help viewer crashes everytime upon
launch. Ick. Must have
I delayed transitioning to OSX until recently. During this period, I
recall some discussion regarding Virtual PC under OSX being
problematic/slow. Now that I've got Panther up and running, all I
need to do to finally disconnect from OS 9 is to set up VPC in X.
I have a choice between VPC 5.x
As reported previously, I've used round, hemispherical clear
feet/bumperws from the hardware store for some time and prefer them
over the original black feet. (They should look better than a glop of
hot glue.) Nonetheless, give it a try. For those that insist on a
black foot, is hot glue
Below procedure works fine for me - just use the respective startup
disk panels to switch back and forth.
Also, have noted that Panther (OSX 10.3?) is giving me the same - if
not longer battery life than 9.2.2 on my flock of three ancient
batteries in a Pismo. Maybe there was some kind of
Dunno.
Have been using the clear feet from the hardware store for some time
and prefer them. They stay put way longer, grip my inclined
workstation far better, and put a bit more space between the Pismo
and the desk for ventilation. It is possible to find these things in
the exact size of the
All White, dual USB 500mhz, 10gb drive.
No display activity. Not even on external monitors or via shining a
bright light on the LCD.
No video response from either backlight, LCD, or video out to VGA.
Operates.. am able to boot and shutdown as if I were blindfolded. The
computer is operating,
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 12:13:08 -0500
Subject: Re: Panther Filesharing
From: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On 07/11/03 11:56, Frank Cornew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have read the rest of this thread. I'm actually a bit more
Suspect that I had a similar experience with a 30 GB third generation
(3G) iPod.
My 3G iPod initially worked under 9.2.2 on my Pismo, but the
connection became increasingly flaky. Could only negotiate updating
of music after a reboot, even with a clean install of 9.2.2 with the
latest OS9
I have read the rest of this thread. I'm actually a bit more lost
than Clark. I just transitioned from 9.2.2 to Panther (mainly to get
my iPod working), and while have worked out most of the issues with
my everyday working environment, I'm not seeing any networked volumes
at all, either on the
Hello Drew:
Running a Pismo 400 with 576MB RAM, 60GB HD, OS 9.2.2 w/many third
party utilities and hacks.
Problem #1 really sounds like RAM or loose processor.
Problem #2: Apple Audio Extension. Had the same problem. Would have
to reboot with extensions off and then switch back to get going
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 21:21:19 -0500
Subject: Re: building a better mouse (was 17 Powerbook)
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Not Invented There:
Bluetooth, Airport, USB, OS X, SuperDrive, DVD Studio Pro, Final Cut
Pro,
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 20:31:42 -0400
From: K. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Battery Monitor Question
A quick one for the list
Does anyone know if there is a program available that will show the power
remaining when running a Pismo or other laptop on battery? I know
The OT/PPP strip created by Dennis Wilkinson has always been my
choice for negotiating modem connections. Check it out on version
tracker - good reviews and cheap. Gives more info than the Apple CSM.
Nonetheless, I still keep the Apple CSM installed for a reason I
can't recall (currently use
And, on my Pismo/400 the same sequence of 9.2.1 9.2.2 update didn't
install that control panel ( I found a tech note warning that use of the
control panel would require the drive to be put into a PowerBook that could
boot with that feature and require that it be removed (I think)).
L8r, Eric.
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Subject: Re: Pismo screen and CDRW/DVD replacement
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 14:55:18 -0500
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From: Frank Cornew [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Thursday
get a copy of the freeware mactracker - available on versiontracker -
has all this data for everything mac...
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From: Alan Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Bus Speeds of G3 Models
bobshutts wrote:
.and
I seem to recall that shutting the modem off can make a battery last
longer. Noted that Mybattery reports that my Pismo's modem is on, but
no apparent way of switching it off. Any clues?
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 21:22:05 +0100
Subject: Re: Battery maintance tips
From: Ryan Stewart [EMAIL
tap on trackpad has been available since OS 7.5 on the duo 2300...
just check the trackpad control panel...
On Wednesday, January 1, 2003, at 12:31 PM, Pete Gregory wrote:
Jaguar is tempting because it might make some things easier -
especially networking to the linux box but not a big
I agree with nick. Mine makes practically no noise, even at 4am.
Seriously - have to put my ear to my Pismo to hear it.
F.
on 10/24/02 6:26 AM, Andrew Main at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I recently purchased one of the new 40GNX 5400RPM 20GB IBM drives
(model IC25N020ATCS05) for my G3
When I graduated from my trusty Duo 2300 to a Pismo, I noticed that
the Pismo OS easy install did not include the Apple's Password
Protection control panel that I had used on the Duo. Played around
with the installer and discovered that it simply would not do it.
Assumed that this was some
The software involved may be based on IPNetRouter. It is my
understanding that it was licensed for either the ABS or the Airport
cards...
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Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 11:49:56 -0500
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I'm real happy with my (original) graphite station at home. The (dual
ethernet/new version) snow station at the office has been a hassle,
requiring much more effort to set up, and regular resets to work.
Running OS 9.2.2. on a Pismo. Not sure about Rendezvous.
F.
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002
Try
http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/
for tech advice. They do sell a head cleaning solution that resolved
a similar situation for me. Great resource.
F.
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Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 09:13:00 -0700
Subject: printer advice
From: Kathryn Odell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've been real happy with Eagle Creek's computer vault.
http://www.eaglecreek.com/travel_accessories/40126.html Padded. My
Pismo fits with room to spare. Can fit in a few extra files, disks,
magazines, cables, batteries, etc which is useful when I don't want
to tote the briefcase/backpack
Clear plastic self stick feet are great replacements for the original
black rubber feet that peel off and get lost so easily. Think 3M
makes them. Available at hardware stores. Bouncy like rubber and they
grip about as well so the book doesn't slide off of inclined
surfaces, yet will slide
As mentioned a few posts back, I've had success finding clear 'not
quite hemispherical' self stick plastic feet (made by 3M?) that fit
perfectly in the recesses in the Pismo. I finally lost an original
foot despite several experiments with different glues and ended up
replacing all of them
Given that a few different drive mechanisms were available in these
modules, do you know if the several dozen dead drives (sddd) are of
the same model? Apple system profiler should cough up the pertinent
info under the devices and volumes tab. (guessing, my drive is at
home)
Furthermore,
Greetings, James:
If you have enough RAM to spare, or can boot well enough to set up
virtual memory, you might try removing the memory module. If you can
then boot reliably, the problem should be isolated to the memory
module. Might be easier to get memory replaced than service in
Meherabad.
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