Re: Moving to Google Groups/Frank re: bans

2006-02-14 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Mon, 13 Feb 2006, Amber Robey wrote: On 13-Feb-06, at 4:55 PM, Frank P. Eigler wrote: Does anyone know if this move will give a fresh start / re-set the counter for those who've been 'temporarily' barred from posting (on other lists) for challenging the nanny on his double standards

Re: Moving to Google Groups (me, NEVER!)

2006-02-13 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Mon, 13 Feb 2006, Geoffrey Peters wrote: Stardate 060212.13:09 -0500. A subspace message from Donald Keenan reads: The worst case scenario is that Google owns your/our comments and will either give them to the governmemt or use it to target us with specific narrowcast advertising.

Re: Moving to Google Groups

2006-02-13 Thread Frank P. Eigler
Does anyone know if this move will give a fresh start / re-set the counter for those who've been 'temporarily' barred from posting (on other lists) for challenging the nanny on his double standards and hypocriticalness? It's been ~ 10 months now. -- Non Illegitimi Carborundum -- G-Books is

Re: OT /Note to list...

2006-02-03 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Fri Feb 03, Amber Robey wrote: Listen everybody - I am not trying to make things difficult for any you. I am honestly just trying to keep the list running smoothly and enforce the LEM list rules. That's all. Aside from my one snip about bottom posting, I was going to refrain from entering

Re: Reminder: LowEndMac lists rules (2)

2006-02-03 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Fri, 3 Feb 2006, Tim Collier wrote: On Feb 3, 2006, at 1:55 AM, Frank P. Eigler wrote: [snip] So much for bottom posting, eh? 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

Re: ipod novice

2006-02-03 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Fri, 3 Feb 2006, Woody Duncan wrote: I use a G-4 powerbook, OS 10.4. I recently got an ipod to hold photos (triplet grandkids) and some music. I'm confused on uploading new music without losing the old tunes on the ipod. When I add new stuff to my itunes and then want to put them on my

Re: Reminder: LowEndMac lists rules (2)

2006-02-02 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Thu, 2 Feb 2006, Tim Collier wrote: I have broadband cable.doesn't cost me anything other than what I pay monthly. For that matter, I haven't seen any ISP's that charge by the minute lately..what, in years? Tim On Feb 2, 2006, at 3:09 PM, Al Poulin wrote: On Feb 2, 2006, at

AlBk RAM

2006-01-24 Thread Frank P. Eigler
I have a 'second-to-last' gen AlBk which requires PC 2700 DDR333 RAM. Is there any other type of RAM that will work in this machine? Any problems? I ask, because my G4/500 can use PC 100 *or* PC 133 (which was/is often cheaper). Thanks. -- Non Illegitimi Carborundum -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: New iLife 06

2006-01-16 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Sun, 15 Jan 2006, Amber R. wrote: Good Afternoon everybody, I received my copy of iLife 06 on Friday and have been checking it out since then. I have to say that so far, the changes to iPhoto are pretty interesting and useful. - Faster initial loading of your photos - Full screen

Help [Was: security re: file sharing/networks]

2006-01-14 Thread Frank P. Eigler
Coincidentally enough, as this thread was developing I found a neighbouring linksys signal appear in my 'available networks'. Okay - time to recognize I am not alone out here. Time for WPA! After some research, downloading and upgrading I got my system secure. Then I tried to add my printer. An

HD warranty question

2006-01-10 Thread Frank P. Eigler
I've had TechTool running for ~ 10 hours and it's showing 601 bad blocks (block 359040 of 156301488) so far. The data's completely corrupt and seemingly unsalvageable. Disk First Aid, TechTool, DiskWarrior and Drive Genius all give up on it. Is this a warranty issue (HD purchased w/laptop 7

Re: HD warranty question

2006-01-10 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Mike Kauspedas wrote: I've had TechTool running for ~ 10 hours and it's showing 601 bad blocks (block 359040 of 156301488) so far. The data's completely corrupt and seemingly unsalvageable. Disk First Aid, TechTool, DiskWarrior and Drive Genius all give up on it.

Re: Methods of duplicating boot drive (was: Re: HOWTO Boot Powerbook from Firewire drive

2006-01-07 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Fri, 6 Jan 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/6/06 12:58 PM, Frank P. Eigler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 6 Jan 2006, TjL wrote: [snip] The fatal flaw to your plan is that it requires me doing all that. Manually. Manual backs are almost always out of date. (yes, to the 3

Re: Methods of duplicating boot drive (was: Re: HOWTO Boot Powerbook from Firewire drive

2006-01-06 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Fri, 6 Jan 2006, TjL wrote: [snip] The fatal flaw to your plan is that it requires me doing all that. Manually. Manual backs are almost always out of date. (yes, to the 3 of you who do manual backups regularly, your discipline is impressive, but most of us fail to meet your level of

HD not mounting on Boot?

2006-01-03 Thread Frank P. Eigler
AlBk 1.5GHz 512MB OS X.3.9 This comp won't finish booting as of last night. Verbose mode shows: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::start after command - e2ed //5 more iterations// disk0s3: I/O error. //something about not being journaled or not being able to read journaled// disk0s3: I/O error. //9

Re: can't boot off disk?

2005-11-26 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Fri, 25 Nov 2005, John Siple wrote: I would try booting into single user (hold command-s while starting up) and run through the file system check (sbin/fsck -y) and see if that fixes it. After it's run type reboot and it should restart. [snip] Just a note - re-run fsck until it reports

Re: Folder not opening

2005-10-24 Thread Frank P. Eigler
). WTH!!??? Has anyone else experienced this with MS Word files? Must I laboriously go thru all my files and do this??? arghh. On Fri, 21 Oct 2005, Frank P. Eigler wrote: On Wed, 19 Oct 2005, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Oct 19, 2005, at 10:20 AM, Frank P. Eigler wrote: OS 10.3.9 When

File problems (Was: Folder not opening)

2005-10-24 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 24/10/05 18:18, Frank P. Eigler at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Following up ... and solution found (but bear with me). 1) Copying the folders to a diff location made no diff. The same folders would still not open. 2) I discovered that 100

Re: Folder not opening

2005-10-21 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Wed, 19 Oct 2005, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Oct 19, 2005, at 10:20 AM, Frank P. Eigler wrote: OS 10.3.9 When trying to open/select a particular folder (3 levels down) in Finder I get the spinning beach ball. The contents had been accessible by navigating via application Open

Folder not opening

2005-10-19 Thread Frank P. Eigler
OS 10.3.9 When trying to open/select a particular folder (3 levels down) in Finder I get the spinning beach ball. The contents had been accessible by navigating via application Open, but now that has become a problem. fsck has been run on boot, and I've done full maintence (permissions;

Re: 12 Powerbook G4: an AppleCare and AppleStore assesment

2005-10-10 Thread Frank P. Eigler
Unbelievable. I've been in retail off and on over the years, and that isn't something that I could ever see being condoned. Do I smell a sabateur? Sadly, *nothing* will change without a bit of work. Call the manager and complain (I'll assume the jerk's name is on your receipt/invoice). Follow-up

Re: After Tiger... Firefox is slower

2005-05-09 Thread Frank P. Eigler
Whoa that sounds like a M$ chant. Just use our stuff - never mind that the competition's is slower since we've changed things under the hood. What's up? Why *would* Firefox be slower? On Mon, 9 May 2005, Tim Collier wrote: Yes, use Safari, it's great! Tim On May 8, 2005, at 2:59 PM,

Re: Mac OS X utility question

2005-03-15 Thread Frank P. Eigler
Apple Menu - About This Mac - More info... On Mon, 14 Mar 2005, Hubert Phillips II wrote: OS 9 has the nifty utility Apple System Profiler. Does Mac OS X have something similar? I just found a need for it, but can't find the app... Thanks :) Hubert -- Non Illegitimi Carborundum --

Re: Ok. . .USB thought. . .

2005-03-14 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Mar 13, 2005, at 12:10 PM, Frank P. Eigler wrote: Nope, but it's 8 bit, I believe: 2^0 = 0; 2^1 = 2; etc Zeros are people, too! ;-) 2^0 is 1 not zero. Yeah, I caught it - *after* I hit the ente button. Late nights; early mornings

Re: Ok. . .USB thought. . .

2005-03-13 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Sat, 12 Mar 2005, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 12/03/05 19:16, Zoltan Batiz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 12, 2005, at 4:03 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 12/03/05 18:19, Zoltan Batiz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip pondering usb limit of 127 being arbitrary] It's not an

Re: OS X desktop icon bug, I cannot believe...

2005-03-01 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, macpi wrote: Do you place your icons and then clean up or do you have them sorted in a predefined order ? All I do is snapping every icon (don't know the exact words in the English system, I use the Italian version) to the grid in the Show View Option. Nothing else.

Re: battery life for current ALBook 15 inchers..

2005-02-23 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005, Beniamino Cenci Goga wrote: On my iBook G4 I can get (bluetooth on, airport on and connetced to the home network) 3 hrs pretty easisly. Never gone over 2 hrs with the Aluminium. I guess the biggest difference is on the display. I'd think so. On my TiBk 867 I just now

Re: printer problems OS 10.38 update

2005-02-17 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Peter Vreeland wrote: I just updated to OS 10.38 and noe I can not print any Ideas or possible solutions. Pete Upgrading under OS X 101: Did you repair permissions before and after upgrading? If not, do so. -- Non Illegitimi Carborundum -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: Constant warnings from LEM SWAP

2005-02-17 Thread Frank P. Eigler
But, this isn't LEM Swap... We all know it's an ongoing problem, but I'm confused why you didn't email the moderator directly instead of this list? On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, MarJo wrote: I replied to at least 20 warnings today. You said once in reply to someone else's complaint that you couldn't

Re: Battery Chargers

2005-02-15 Thread Frank P. Eigler
Disclaimer: I am not a tech. Look at the wattage requirements/tolerances (?) of both 'books and adapters. Higher W adapters can deal with lower W machines, but not vice versa. On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, bobgir2004 wrote: I know I can research the answer on this, but I betcha one of you knows

Re: iBook mini and PowerBook mini

2005-02-14 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, John C. Swanson wrote: -Original Message- I thought y'all might have a bit of a chuckle at this :). be well, dana http://www.danamania.com/gl/article.php?story=20050214084416703 If I am not mistaking that

Re: New iBooks/PB's compared to Pismo's, etc.

2005-02-13 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Sun, 13 Feb 2005, Marcin Wichary wrote: It's a notebook. I would presume most people take it outside on daily basis. I know I do and if you ask me, thumbs up for side ports. Couldn't live without them now. Really? Guess that makes you on eof the 'living dead' for the past three years or so

Re: emergency word doc

2005-02-11 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Fri, 11 Feb 2005, w miller wrote: [snip] Third, and MOST important: I was able to grab some needed files ^K I thought ^K in the computer's dying breath. It turns out, though, that the icon says PC and I get a message that it isn't a Word file when I try to open it. It's urgent that I have

Re: web page capture

2005-01-26 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005, Stanton Mitrany wrote: Claire Hart wrote, . . . I would like to copy an ebay listing, sort of like a screen capture, but I want to be able to view the whole length of the page as well as the photos. . . a way to download a website for later off-line viewing. For those

Re: To iBook or AlBook, that is the question

2005-01-19 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, Timothy Luoma wrote: [snip] Go with the iBook. Not only is a dropped laptop forever tainted IMO, but the iBooks are said to have much better reception than the Powerbooks (I use mine mostly in the same room with the base station, so it was a moot point to me) and they

TiBk Power Adapter options

2005-01-19 Thread Frank P. Eigler
So I've confirmed this thing is dead. The whiff of smoke, combined with the slightly exposed wiring (insulation melted?) of the thin cable where it enters the adaptor was a bit of a giveaway. So I need a replacement, but I'm very hesitant to get another Apple adaptor as this problem I encountered

Re: Eudora Philosophy (Was: Multiple mail accounts)

2005-01-18 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, sacredsystem wrote: Thus spoke Frank P. Eigler [EMAIL PROTECTED]1/18/05 I know you can use Eudora for free with ads, but why support a company with a philosophy like that? What the heck is wrong with that? It's called choice. Better than either being forced to pay

Re: wreless printing

2005-01-17 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Mon, 17 Jan 2005, w miller wrote: I'm rearranging furniture and realize that wireless printing would be desirable. I have a desktop G4 (Yikes) and a Powerbook (G3 Lombard). The printer is an Epson SP960. There's a Linksys ethernet wireless router. I'm running 9.2.2 on the PB and 10.3 on

TiBk Power Adaptor

2005-01-17 Thread Frank P. Eigler
Thinking I need a new power adaptor, but thought I'd consult the more experienced on this list first ;-) Model: A1021 (65W) for TiBk 867 Symptoms: 1. Battery status does not show charging 2. Ring-light does not go on 3. Same is true regardless of using simply the adaptor or with the AC cord 4.

Re: Please help! Problems with an Hp d135 All-in-One

2005-01-14 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Zoltan Batiz wrote: I also heard that for some reason, Fast User Switching causes problems with the Hp software. . .true? Not in my (limited) experience. G4/500 1GB RAM 10.3.7 using an HP 5850 Deskjet. Bought the HP *specifically* because my Epson wasn't playing nice with

Re: Uninstalling application

2005-01-07 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, MTH wrote: Deleting an App doesn't require a lot of rooting around, all you have to do is hit Cmd-f, enter the name of the app you want deleted, then Cmd-delete every file associated with the app on the list. Application gone. The problem is finding 'every file associated

Photo Printers (Was: OT-trouble with webpages loading)

2005-01-07 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Fri, 7 Jan 2005, Kristina Rost wrote: What is your favorite photo printer? What I want to do is combining my graphic design and my family into personal page layouts ie. scrapbooks. I like to be able to work them over in photoshop first and sometimes print one or two larger... HP 5850. It

Re: Uninstalling application

2005-01-05 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Wed, 5 Jan 2005, Geoff WALLACE wrote: Hello Bob, In the Finder Search Window, click the Arrows at the left Hand end of the Search Field Box and select Visibility, then in the right hand window select Visible and Invisible Items, now click the + at the right hand side and a new search

Re: Apple menu additions

2005-01-05 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Tue, 4 Jan 2005, Dean wrote: I use the Dock to open all my applications and I'm very happy with it. I just like the hierarchy part of the apple menu in the earlier OS's. [snip] For hierarchy, just drag the apps folder to the dock, then ctrl-click. I use that method for both the apps folder

Re: Oh mega crap

2005-01-05 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Wed, 5 Jan 2005, William Wiseman wrote: Well, if you have a backup just drag the music folders and drop them on iTunes. It will reload them into iTunes, make a new iTunes data file and they will be there to load on the iPod the next time you connect. Worked like a charm for me yesterday.

Re: Apple menu additions

2005-01-05 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Wed, 5 Jan 2005, Laurent Daudelin wrote: [snip] Have you tried that yourself? I just gave it a go, initially trying with an alias of my hard drive, thinking I could easily navigate to any folder on it. However, the Dock doesn't take it. I've tried with a simple folder, no go. It seems the

Re: Oh mega crap

2005-01-05 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Wed, 5 Jan 2005, Brian Rule wrote: Well, I have a partial backup, so I'm not completely screwed, just partially. I think about 75% of my itunes library is on my iMac, so that should help a great deal in the recovery process. I honestly assuemd that my iPod would work the same as my palm

Re: iPhoto (was: screen sizes vs. reality)

2005-01-04 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Mon, 3 Jan 2005, Andrew F. wrote: Iphoto, at least in the current version, makes all kinds of folders within folders that appear to have nothing to do with organizing pictures. There are folders for thumbs, and cryptic names to these folders and the folders inside them. I used it for a

Re: Less is more or Bigger is better

2005-01-03 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Sat, 1 Jan 2005, Andrew F. wrote: Bigger hard drive is always easy, and 1.33 vs 1.22GHz should be unnooticeable. I dimly recall that there's an issue concerning the ratio of the cpu and bus speeds? IE, wasted cycles waiting for alignment/synchronization. If true, the effect of a slightly

Re: Less is more or Bigger is better

2004-12-30 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, Jim Dynes wrote: No No No!! If a little is good, then more is better But less/little is only more in comparison *to* more; more cannot be better...unless less is best ! -- Non Illegitimi Carborundum -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: test

2004-12-29 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, Greg Gilmore wrote: this is the last straw i need this to get through . . . reading you loud and clear here, Vicki. Greg Yes - many, many times. On the G'List as well -- Non Illegitimi Carborundum -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: Entourage (Was: Apple Mail)

2004-12-28 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Sun, 26 Dec 2004, Kyle Hansen wrote: On 12/26/04 5:40 AM, Timothy Luoma [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: On Dec 25, 2004, at 10:30 PM, Frank P. Eigler wrote: On Fri, 24 Dec 2004, Dennis B. Swaney wrote: Outlook Express was just a basic email program. Outlook itself

Entourage (Was: Apple Mail)

2004-12-25 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Fri, 24 Dec 2004, Dennis B. Swaney wrote: Outlook Express was just a basic email program. Outlook itself is a Personal Information Manager (PIM) and contains email, contacts, calender, notes, plus a couple of more things. Entourage is the renamed Outlook for Macintosh. As I thought.

Thunderbird (Was: Apple Mail)

2004-12-25 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Fri, 24 Dec 2004, Dean wrote: Sorry Don't mean to change gears hear, but has anyone used Thunderbird? What do you think about it? Don't be sorry - but please *do* change the subject header next time :-) -- Non Illegitimi Carborundum -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/

Re: Applecare/when to buy

2004-12-18 Thread Frank P. Eigler
of that 30 day thing before. I have 4 days left on my warranty. I had been told when I inquired with Apple about the cost of Applecare, that as long as you purchase it within the first year of purchase, you're fine. Amber On 12/17/04 9:11 PM, Frank P. Eigler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Act

Re: Applecare for Powerbooks (extended warranty)

2004-12-18 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004, Kyle Hansen wrote: On 12/18/04 1:11 AM, Amber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: [snip] PS. I read somewhere that you have to buy it within 30 days of the one year initial warrant expiring. Is that a new policy or is it still within one year from the

Re: Applecare for Powerbooks

2004-12-17 Thread Frank P. Eigler
Act quickly if you decide to prchase it. I was told it had to be done with *at least* 30 days left on the original warranty. I was out of luck ... though lucky to date. On Fri, 17 Dec 2004, Amber wrote: The end of the first year of warranty is fast approaching for my G4 Powerbook and I am

Re: Please remove me from the list

2004-12-05 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Sun, 5 Dec 2004, Rose Sailcat wrote: Please take me off of your list. I can't hang. Thanks. Wel, Rose, you'll just *have* to hang in there until you follow the instructions to properly unsubscribe. -- Non Illegitimi Carborundum -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...

Re: Aluminum and Alzheimer's

2004-12-03 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Thu, 2 Dec 2004, Aaron Willems wrote: I can't believe you wrote this. Might as well stop using deodorant if your that paranoid. Did you know that Aluminum is an active ingredient of Right Guard? lol. There's a difference between a deodorant and an anti-perspirant. Anit-perspirants

Re: recommended partition size

2004-11-18 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004, rob wrote: Picking up a new pbook today. Since getting OSX I have partitioned the HD of the old Powerbook. What partition sizes are recommended for the current version of osx and the current powerbooks? Rob No partitioning is *required*. Depending on type of use,

Re: G 5 Powerbooks.

2004-10-15 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Fri, 15 Oct 2004, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Oct 15, 2004, at 8:34 AM, invicta wrote: Hello All, Any news when 5 G powerbooks will be introduced now that the 5 G iMacs are running ? Don't hold your breath. I think we're going to see Motorola's new 'dual core' G4's (essentially dual

Re: Anyone here use virtual PC?

2004-10-13 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Wed, 13 Oct 2004, Travis Martin wrote: You guys see them black helicopters circling? Lemme see if I've got this right...MS, one of the richest, most successful companies in history, is going to go out of their way to keep 1 or 2 % of users (that would be Linux, etc) of a product (VPC) that

Re: Anyone here use virtual PC?

2004-10-11 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: VPC is a nice add on for the mac, but definately not wirht the full retail price. BUt then again, what DOES MS sell that's worth their retail price? OBviously there are some very knowledgeable people on this topic here- anyone know of a way to

Re: Anyone here use virtual PC?

2004-10-11 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 10/11/2004 6:45:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Frank P. Eigler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What game are you referring to? StarFleet Command Sorry if I missed previous detail, but what's the problem? Won't run is fairly vague

Re: Command key

2004-09-28 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Dan Palka wrote: That's fine and dandy, and I usually do say Command when talking to other Mac users, but to myself and other non-mac users I still say Flower out of habit. I like saying flower, and if it was up to me, I'd say flower all the time. It makes the Mac sound

Re: Shutting down PBs at night

2004-09-15 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Tue, 14 Sep 2004, Kyle Hansen wrote: On 9/14/04 5:52 PM, MTH [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I don't have a powerbook, but my iBook has only been turned off once in the year and a half that I have owned it and that is when I shipped it back to Apple for service. I think

Re: National Enquirer (O.T.)

2004-09-08 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Wed, 8 Sep 2004, Bob wrote: The National Enquirer reports at 3:00 PM -0400 9/7/04, Anne Judge wrote: On Sep 6, 2004, at 3:56 AM, Bob wrote: [snip] Well, as I indicated, I'm prejudiced. With its x-settings and plug-ins, I can't see very many email clients measuring up to Eudora (with the

Re: AlBook vs. TiBook :o/

2004-08-27 Thread Frank P. Eigler
Thanks! I have a 867MHz TiBk, but your comments make my waiting for the G5 PBk much easier ;-) On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Larry le Mac wrote: At my previous job I managed to get my way and get an TiBook 550 and I was both impressed and happy with it. I subsequently changed jobs to another non-Mac

Re: Customizing OS X. . .

2004-06-28 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Mon, 28 Jun 2004, Alan C.Magnus wrote: On Jun 28, 2004, at 12:37 am, Laurent Daudelin wrote: In 10.3.x, if you do open a window, then select View - Show view options, then you have the ability to select a background, including a picture. -Laurent. Only in icon View?? Aha -

Re: PowerBook update.

2004-06-27 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Sat, 26 Jun 2004, Bob wrote: The National Enquirer reports at 7:57 PM +0200 6/26/04, Marcin Wichary wrote: : Are you buying this through a dealer? If so, they might set : this up for you - the partitions, that is, not the multiple OS install. I don't mind doing it myself, I only need to

Re: Applecare-type insurance

2004-06-27 Thread Frank P. Eigler
Tried that, but they still needed the 'book to be under current warranty before they'd take it under theirown. On Sun, 27 Jun 2004, Jim Katz wrote: There may be a fix for this in the aftermarket service contract world. I bought my TiBook from an authorized dealer and they have been doing my

Re: Customizing OS X. . .

2004-06-27 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Sun, 27 Jun 2004, Tim Gochnour wrote: On Jun 27, 2004, at 11:16 AM, Zoltan Batiz wrote: Hey folks. ..I have yet to find any pictures that will fit completely in my window backgrounds. It's always too short. I end up with a white area in my windows. Anyone know of a website that has

Re: Customizing OS X. . .

2004-06-27 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Sun, 27 Jun 2004, Tim Gochnour wrote: On Jun 27, 2004, at 2:31 PM, Frank P. Eigler wrote: On Sun, 27 Jun 2004, Tim Gochnour wrote: On Jun 27, 2004, at 11:16 AM, Zoltan Batiz wrote: Hey folks. ..I have yet to find any pictures that will fit completely in my window backgrounds

Re: PowerBook update.

2004-06-26 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Sat, 26 Jun 2004, Marcin Wichary wrote: Hi, It's me again. I have followed the advice of several people here (thanks again) and instead of a spiffed-up Combo edition I went for the stock SuperDrive 15 model. I ordered it today at a local Apple Store and I've been told I should

Re: Free Wi-Fi HotSpots. . .

2004-06-26 Thread Frank P. Eigler
Go to http://www.macstumbler.com/ It's free, but he does accept donations. I've a coffee shop not too far away that offers free WiFi, but they broadcast their connection so it's not an issue (on my TiBk OS 10.2.8 click on the Airport icon in the menu bar). Macstumbler finds it fine, however. On

Re: PowerBook update.

2004-06-26 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Sat, 26 Jun 2004, Marcin Wichary wrote: : Yes, you can install a different version of the OS on each partition. My : desktop came with 10.1 and as each upgrade has come out I've kept the old : while upgrading to the new. (Actually I do the same for updates. Once bitten : twice shy.) I

Re: Can System profiler be wrong?

2004-06-24 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 23/06/04 20:08, Frank P. Eigler at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you don't get any error message, then it's because the command is recognized. Now, why you don't get anything back, I don't know. Did you just do system_profiler to see or did

Re: Can System profiler be wrong?

2004-06-24 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004, Steve Fuller wrote: On Jun 24, 2004, at 1:51 PM, Frank P. Eigler wrote: On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 23/06/04 20:08, Frank P. Eigler at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you don't get any error message, then it's because the command is recognized

Re: Can System profiler be wrong?

2004-06-24 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004, Laurent Daudelin wrote: On 24/06/04 14:51, Frank P. Eigler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 23/06/04 20:08, Frank P. Eigler at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you don't get any error message, then it's because the command

Re: Can System profiler be wrong?

2004-06-23 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, Bob wrote: The National Enquirer reports at 1:22 PM -0400 6/18/04, Timothy Luoma wrote: Not sure how to tell how much RAM is installed via Terminal.app, but there may be one. username$ system_profiler -detailLevel -2 |grep Memory - Memory: 1.5 GB system: Command not

Re: Can System profiler be wrong?

2004-06-23 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Laurent Daudelin wrote: On 23/06/04 12:39, Frank P. Eigler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, Bob wrote: The National Enquirer reports at 1:22 PM -0400 6/18/04, Timothy Luoma wrote: Not sure how to tell how much RAM is installed via Terminal.app

Re: Can System profiler be wrong?

2004-06-23 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Laurent Daudelin wrote: On 23/06/04 13:09, Frank P. Eigler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Laurent Daudelin wrote: On 23/06/04 12:39, Frank P. Eigler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, Bob wrote: The National Enquirer reports at 1:22

Re: Can System profiler be wrong?

2004-06-23 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Laurent Daudelin wrote: On 23/06/04 13:35, Frank P. Eigler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Laurent Daudelin wrote: On 23/06/04 13:09, Frank P. Eigler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Laurent Daudelin wrote: On 23/06/04 12:39, Frank P

Re: Can System profiler be wrong?

2004-06-23 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Steve Fuller wrote: On Jun 23, 2004, at 1:08 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: On 23/06/04 13:35, Frank P. Eigler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Laurent Daudelin wrote: On 23/06/04 13:09, Frank P. Eigler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 23 Jun 2004

Re: another wireless question

2004-06-17 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Steve Fuller wrote: Just to clarify something I've seen in this thread, an Airport card is a wireless card that uses 802.11b to communicate between itself and a wireless access point (WAP) or other computers. This card requires an Airport slot to work. The Pismo only has

Re: out of curiousity

2004-06-17 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How hard is it for people when they respond to messages to CUT the below out of the response? Minimally difficult (I'm using PINE)...but it's actually required, I believe IAW the FAQ. Getting the list in digest mode it drives me crazy AND i have

Re: another wireless question

2004-06-17 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Steve Fuller wrote: On Jun 17, 2004, at 12:50 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: On 17/06/04 13:12, Frank P. Eigler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Steve Fuller wrote: Just to clarify something I've seen in this thread, an Airport card is a wireless

Re: wireless usb

2004-06-11 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, Zoltan wrote: On Jun 10, 2004, at 6:31 PM, Kurt Appling wrote: Hi all, is there yet a wireless method to use my usb printer with a TI8oo Besides the Airport method, I forgot that you can also simply plug a USB printer bluetooth adapter into your printer, pair it

Re: ...Panther + MS Virtual PC v6.1

2004-05-20 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Wed, 19 May 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have VPC 6.1.0, 10.3.3, 768mb, on a Pismo 500mhz. On it I run Windows 95, 98, and XP. If you have patience (lots and lots of patience), then everything seems to run OK. I use it primarily for MS Project and MS Visio for consulting projects.

Re: ...WiFi why?.....

2004-05-20 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Thu, 20 May 2004, plain*clothes wrote: I don't think any other mfr. has a router that will let you print to a USB printer connected to the router like the airport extreme. If there is, I'd like to know. that's my concern as well. I'll be purchasing a wireless station in the next few

Re: ...WiFi why?.....

2004-05-16 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Sun, 16 May 2004, MTH wrote: On Sunday, May 16, 2004, at 12:43 PM, Jim Scolman wrote: Good morning All, I live in the Seattle area and we have all of the electronic and office big box stores, independent Apple dealers, and at least two Apple Stores. I am getting ready to go home

Re: Thought I was ready to buy...

2004-05-11 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Mon, 10 May 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] I thought I was ready to buy a refurbished G4, 1GHz, 25, 40, SuperDrive from Apple for $1199 when I learned that DigiDesign says ProTools Free won't run in Classic. Gotta boot OS9. It's kinda weird to be steered away from the latest/greatest

Re: Micro$oft on the Mac

2004-04-30 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Fri, 30 Apr 2004, Jim Scolman wrote: Good morning, I find the spelling of Microsoft with a $ to be completely disingenuous..if you had been smart enough to buy, steal or create DOS you would be rich too. Do you believe Apple products are cheap, or Apple is not in the business to make

Re: After restart, cpu reduces speed almost half

2004-04-28 Thread Frank P. Eigler
Hmmm. Is there a relatively simple way to test cpu frquency? On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Bill Horn wrote: I talked to Applecare today concerning an unrelated problem and asked if they had decided what the problem was on reduction of cpu frequency after restart. He said he had never heard of the

Re: New PB user questions

2004-02-24 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, dan_A wrote: --- Thomas Ethen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have all of my computers partitioned onto two sections, one with OSX and one with OS 9.2.2. That way I can boot to either X or 9 and avoid the slow processing in Classic, since 9 runs much faster on my computers.

Re: Office X: Opening Excel

2004-02-09 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Sun, 8 Feb 2004, CONGELADORA MORELIA wrote: [snip] 4) File size: 290Kb (small but unfortunately containing important data). Despite lack of success, I'm still hoping, and I'm still all ears to any advice. Not sure if I suggested this here or in another thread - if there's only one sheet in

Re: Office X: Opening Excel

2004-02-08 Thread Frank P. Eigler
What happens in these situations? Nothing? A warning/dialog box? My first thought is to check/repair permissions. Another would be to Get Info on the file, go to Open With, navigate to Excel, then verify to Always Open With Hmm - what size is the file? Do you know for a fact it's a legitimate

Re: Office X: Opening Excel

2004-02-08 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Sat, 7 Feb 2004, Kris McGrath wrote: I admit up-front- this isn't the kind of advice I normally give. Try opening the file on a PC with MS Office. I had this happen for someone with an iMac DV, OS 9.1, Office 2001. I tried on a couple of different macs and didn't get anywhere. When I

Re: POL Re: [OT] Latin

2004-02-06 Thread Frank P. Eigler
LOL. No problem - it's my .sig On Fri, 6 Feb 2004, kochkodin wrote: [snip] ...Again, would someone repost the quote, please? Regards, Mike [snip] -- Non Illegitimi Carborundum -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com |

Re: GPS software

2004-02-05 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Bruce Mitchell wrote: I am definitely interested as I have been told by supposed experts that there is no Mac GPS software, only PC. But, I got a 404 message with no means of searching or trying the links since I don't know what you are suggesting we sign. I got that

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