Hold down the option key. That will give you all the options.
Gary
Richard A Hadfield wrote:
Hi Folks,
I would be grateful if someone could tell me what keyboard [if any]
combinations that force the computer [in this case FP iMac 10.3.4] to
boot from an exernal firewire drive [10.3]. Like the C
The last time I upped my HD in my Pismo--to the 60gb Hitachi--I managed
inadvertently to bend a daughtercard processor pin. Sometimes I got a
boot chime and no video. I would seriously check this as the cause.
Gary
Jeff Greffe wrote:
I think so ... it does seem stuck when I pull on the
9.5 mm will work fine. As long as it's not larger than the original
drive in height.
Gary
James Sanderson wrote:
I am looking to replace a 20 GB TravelStar (the older type) in my WS I
and have found some laptop HD's that are 2.5 and 9.5mm high for a
good price. Does the height matter or do
I've got a 7200-rpm, 60gb Hitachi in my Pismo. Works nice. As for the
chatter--try resetting the PMU on the clamshell. That might quiet it
some. Going with the 4.86 gb drive is probably not much of a solution.
You didn't say which clamshell she has, but wouldn't that drive be
smaller?
LaCie has a press release here: http://www.lacie.com/news/news.htm?id=10059
You need examine your drives to check the version of the firmware
installed. LaCie has firmware updaters on their site. I assume you have
another machine which you had these drives attached to. Go into Apple
System
I was under the impression that it was NOT renewable. I've got it on in
iBook that is due to expire this coming August.
Gary
P. H. Adams wrote:
On Mar 14, 2004, at 2:05 AM, Susan Platter wrote:
I never knew you could renew AppleCare for a further three years. If
I had known that, I certainly
Hold down the option key--that will give you the option to boot from
internal or external.
Gary
Dr. John Pullyblank wrote:
Having used Carbon Copy Cloner to put a bootable copy of my system
(ibook 900 mhz) onto a new La Cie d2 120 gig firewire drive, I am
trying to remember if there is a key
Sounds like the power inverter (I think that's what Apple replaced) as
opposed to the backlight. At least that's what it was on my son's 500
that showed similar symptoms.
Gary
BA wrote:
I have an IceBook 500 that probably needs to be repaired at a cost
of around $300US. Would you
repair
You might check here:
http://store.yahoo.com/smartdiskstore/lapbatcharan.html
Gary
Paul Nicholson wrote:
On Dec 11, 2003, at 7:05 PM, Paul Stamsen wrote:
Well folks,
We found the torx we needed, the proper pdf to take the WallStreet
apart
and put it back together (and I thought the 8500
Well, if you're running X on the iBook G3, you could boot the G4 in
target disk mode and use Carbon Copy Cloner.
Gary
deancuebas wrote:
Dear macusers,
Is there any automated way to have all my ³stuff² moved from my iBook G3
to my newer iBook G4??? I could always do it manually, but I'd hate to
The first class-action suit I recall against Apple was the over the
Performa series, which was advertised as PowerPC-upgradeable. Of course,
the upgrade was to replace the logic board for about $1K. The
class-action suit brought it down to the $600-$700 range.
And who can forget the
Have you tried resetting the power manager? Sometimes this works. Unplug
the AC adapter, pull the battery, and depress the reset button at the
hinge on the right side.
Gary
Charlie Meyerson wrote:
A puzzle:
iBook SE (Graphite clamshell) battery is relatively new (less than six
months) and as
Have you selected it in the Chooser? Does the icon appear there to even
select it.
I have to select my printer (Epson C42UX) just about every time with
certain apps.
Gary
Tekno Liber wrote:
Pismo - Mac OS 9.2 - HP LJ2500L
I cannot get my Pismo to print to an HP USB laser jet printer.
I can
Have you checked to see whether there are Mac drivers available from HP?
HP's site, the last time I checked--which has been several years--is a
nightmare.
I just went there and found nothing.
Gary
Tekno Liber wrote:
From: Gary D. Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Have you selected it in the Chooser
Well, that's what mine did before it went kaput.
Gary
Gregory Cortelyou wrote:
I know this topic has been discussed but I don't remember the details. The
battery on my Pismo has suddenly started staying in charge mode almost 24
hours a day. Always with 4 lights on and it stays very warm. I VERY
I have seen this several times--state law in Florida. The best I can
find is this from the Miami Herald:
Companies that sell insurance policies and provide service for
policyholders, and the agents who represent them, must be licensed to do
business in the state of Florida. This includes life,
This iBook does not have a PRAM battery. I think it uses a capacitor
that's good for a very short times--the time to unscrew the battery and
replace it--if you're lucky. The big battery is the only battery in it.
If the main battery is dead, you need to run it with the adapter and get
another
The problem with so many of these batteries--unless you buy them from
someone like bti--is that they have been on the shelf and die. I bought
two from overstock.com and they were d.o.a. i was able to bring them
back to life with a vst charger... others have not been able to do that
Mozilla is really nice and really fast. It sometimes does weird things,
though! I do like it's speed.
Gary
Steve Kidd wrote:
On Saturday, August 23, 2003, at 01:53 PM, Les Riess wrote:
I have a Pismo 400, OS 9.1, and am using Netscape 4.75. I am
increasingly having trouble loading some, but
How much RAM do you have installed and set aside for Netscape. I have 7
on my Pismo with a large amount of RAM. It works fine. I still have
4.78, but some webstires will not work. Opera is an option, and I'm sure
fellow listers will chime in on iCab. I like 7.
Gary
Nick wrote:
Netscape 7 is
Output via rca cables to stereo in... use something like Sound Studio or
Amadeus. Sound like this takes huge amounts of hard drive space.
Gary
Michael J. Granado wrote:
Hello,
I have a Pismo and would like to convert the audio from some educational
vhs tapes I have to mp3 format in order to
I used to get this message all the time on my iBook in 9.2.1. It doesn't
happen in X. Resetting PRAM always makes it go away. Running utilities
(DiskWarrior, etc.) inevitably shows no problems.
Gary
Dan| Colwell wrote:
Hi all,
I have a recurring error message. In the last 2 months it has
My Pismo had the same problem during a power outage. I was always
showing 4 lights and then the power went out and the battery was dead. A
good question to consider is how old is the battery? Three years is
about max life on those according to Apple. In any case, I bought a new
BTI battery.
If you buy dried black-eyed peas, they should probably be soaked overnight!
Gary
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Kind of like searching Google for French Military Victories
Gary
Kochkodin wrote:
On Thursday, July 31, 2003, at 08:56 PM, |n|i|c|k| wrote:
Try this very soon, before Google fixes its site:
1) Go to www.google.com
2) type in (but don't hit return): weapons of mass destruction
3) Hit the I'm
If it's drawing too much power, the OS will shut down the port. It's not
that. PC's tend to use that second USB-DC connector.
I've had three or four external drives like that--all work fine without
any external power supply.
Gary
Paul Nicholson wrote:
At 8:07 PM +0100 7/23/03, Roger
The same thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago. Battery Reset got
the same response, too. I ended up buying two BTI batteries from
MacConnection (with overnight shipping) for a little less than $300.
Make sure the batteries at $120 aren't reburbed... but carry the full
one-year
But doesn't this do exactly the opposite of what Keith wanted? This
slows it down. Can it speed it up?
Gary
Eugene Lee wrote:
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 10:28:33PM -0400, Keith Potter wrote:
:
:Does anybody know of an audio player (CD or MP3) for the Mac that will
: allow you to control the
I like SmallDog. It's just that from just about everywhere else I can
have products if not the next day in two days. That just isn't possible
(in my experience) from SmallDog.
Gary
Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Saturday, June 7, 2003, at 10:16 PM, Gary D. Adams wrote:
Both Powermax and Smalldog
Both Powermax and Smalldog are good. I've bought from both. Shipping
almost always seems to be faster and cheaper though from Powermax. It
takes time to get anything to anywhere in Vermont. ;-)
Gary
Peter Graening wrote:
Yes, you can place a phone order with Smalldog, even if you have never
Smartdisk.com has refurbed ones in stock fairly cheap.
g
If that's the same one as the Pismo (PB FireWire), they are hard to find
right now. I needed one because my (2nd) power supply had died recently
(the one I got after the original Yo-Yo adapter died). Both (IIRC) lasted
about a year and
Firewire networking has been around for a while. Check out
http://www.unibrain.com
Gary
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And-- it just doesn't want to load some pages
Gary
Luca Rescigno wrote:
Nick wrote:
I tried it, seems ok but still has a few rough edges...
Spill, dude...rough edges, what rough edges?
Here's my list so far:
1. No tabs (not really a rough edge, but I would have liked the feature)
Well, it wouldn't handle anything on my ISP's homepages But that may
be because my Airport was doing strange things--according to my son.
http://personalpages.tds.net
Obi-Wan wrote:
On 1/7/03 1:14 PM, Demetrius [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the
Cybertrough:
I've been using safari for
is for, it even says what page, what problem, etc, submit,
there is even a button for it.
David
On Tuesday, January 7, 2003, at 05:10 PM, Gary D. Adams wrote:
And-- it just doesn't want to load some pages
Gary
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Sherlock can be customized (click the Custom button) to search for invisible
files.
G
Sue Brown wrote:
Lauren wrote:
You might not be able to copy all the hidden files.
not sure if this is an appropriate question for this forum, but I
keep hearing about hidden files and at one point
Stupid Question #304: What version of Appleworks 6 are you using?
Could that be part of the problem?
I know there was a 6.0.4 and a 6.1 and perhaps a 6.2 and 6.2.4.
Gary
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Airborne. They are processed ASAP and sent back. I sent my son's iBook
in on Wednesday at noon and had it back Friday around 10 am. Of course,
I'm just a state away, but that really doesn't matter.
Gary
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George:
This is just a shot in the dark, no pun intended. I understand your
stress. Try two things. First, try resetting the Power Manager (Apple's
directions are as follows:
1. If the computer is on, turn it off.
2. Press the reset button on the rear of the computer. The reset
I've had two friends with the same drive and the same problem with
Toast. One downloaded Hotburn from Iomega's site and it worked. The
other had her CDRW replaced by Iomega as defective.
Gary
John Fox wrote:
Hi Listers:
I recently bought an Iomega Zip CD 650 4x4x6 drive from TigerDirect.com
My VST came with an extension, I think. Is that installed? Iomegaware.
Gary
Anthony Vo wrote:
Hi Listers,
After adding OS 9.2.2 (this came with a newer G4 tower) into my Pismo (320mb ram,6gb
Hd), the machine does not recognize VST zip drive (extension bay) but it 's mounted
under 10.2.2.
Do a search on Ebay for a similar machine. I paid $1000 for a 400 with
only 192 mb Ram and the stock drive back about a year ago.
Gary
Joseph Ferrare wrote:
I'm considering selling my Powerbook, but am completely out of my
depth trying to establish a fair asking price. It's in very
From what I've read backlight replacement on the Pismo is very
difficult, but I don't think you've got a problem with the backlight. My
Pismo does the very same thing. I've got the display set to turn off
when there is no activity.
Gary
K wrote:
Just a guess but the bulb may have been
Just had a Powerboy (one of two) fail. The problem was the firewire port
was loose on the board--probably from plugging and unplugging twice a
day when I take it to work and then back home. CompGeeks regularly
restocks them; so I'm looking for another one, too. You can pick them up
other
Anthony:
The Pismo is actually very easy to upgrade. Transinternational has
directions!
http://www.transintl.com/technotes/installhdpb.htm
Gary
Anthony Vo wrote:
Hi Listers,
I'm not comfortable to open my Pismo(400,OS10.2.1,320ram,6gbhd) so looking for an
external bootable HD. Please
Tom:
I've got a 7-port Belkin USB hub and it works fine. Check to make
sure you have the latest Apple USB drivers.
Gary
Thomas Ethen wrote:
I have a Belkin 4 Port USB Hub that doesn't seem to be recognized by my
Pismo running OS 9.2.2 and Belkin's site claims the driver should be
There are screens that you can mount to your laptop--actually
hoods--that enable you to see clearly. Seems like a pain to me. I've
tried only once (with a clamshell iBook) to use it in sunlight. Didn't
work very well.
http://www.pbzone.com/hoodmanreview.shtml
I was looking for info today on
I'm running 9.2.2 on my Pismo, and after a firewire drive crash (which
involved a forced restart while Netscape was active) I had a similar
problem. It took Netscape several minutes to recover. How long does it
sit and spin?
Gary
Philip wrote:
Hi,
I had Netscape 6 on an iBook (14) that
Have you reset the power manager?
PowerBook G3 Series (M4753)
1. If the computer is on, turn it off.
2. Simultaneously press Shift-Fn (function)-Ctrl
(control)-Power.
3. Wait 5 seconds.
That's definitely a possibility. happened to me the first time I tried to start
up after ramping the RAM to 1gb.
Thomas Ethen wrote:
Sometimes with a Pismo, you don't get the board with the RAM chips seated
properly and then the PowerBook will not start. I would check that first!
Tom
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That you see a Dot-F network indicates someone in your proximity has a WiFi
network that is password-protected. You need to go to the Airport SetUp
Utility and allow it to configure itself.
Gary
richard.lowrey wrote:
Hello, I recently purchased a store model ibook/500 and am attempting to
I don't have any experience with OS X.
g
richard.lowrey wrote:
That you see a Dot-F network indicates someone in your proximity has a
WiFi
network that is password-protected. You need to go to the Airport SetUp
Utility and allow it to configure itself.
Gary
Thanks Gary, I Have a
Not only do I used my with my G3 Powerbook, but also my Powerbook 3400.
Ralph Plumb wrote:
I use mine with my G3 ibook and my G3 imac.
Ralph
On Thursday, July 25, 2002, at 05:21 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was reading the specs on an Airport station and think it was telling
me that
Andrew:
The problem, if I recall, is not merely a machine-particular
problem--though the newer machines won't read the 800K floppies--it's also a
System-specific problem. I don't recall offhand where the breakdown was, but
I know it was somewhere around 8.6. Your solution is what I do.
Gary
I have 1 gb in my Pismo. I'm running 9.2.2 and the machine is rock-solid.
Gary
Michael J. Granado wrote:
I have 192mb of memory in my Pismo. In wanting to use Virtual PC
more, OS X in the horizon, and ram prices relatively cheap today, I
was planning on upgrading.
However, I've heard that
My son's ibook (dual USB 500) had that happen one time. Power Manager Reset
seemed to fix it.
Gary
Tobias Strohe wrote:
Dear Listessas, Listas,
my Mom-in-law is currently in China and her iBook (dual USB, 600, 640, 30)
quit letting her access the Internet. It sounds like a hardware issue.
VST has an eshop on Yahoo:
http://store.yahoo.com/smartdiskstore/exbaycddriv4.html
$199.
Gary
Michael Richardson wrote:
Does anyone know where I can get a VST expansion bay
cdr/w. I've seen people online selling them with there
powerbooks and was wondering where I might find one
for a
Kate:
You should have numbers for a name server address to be input into the
TCP/IP control panel in the area at the bottom where it says Name Server
addr.. Make sure where it says Connect via that you have Ethernet
selected as opposed to Apple GV/56. Where it says Configure you probably
Nancy:
Have you run Software Update recently? Perhaps there was a firmware
update? Just guessing.
Gary
Nancy Butts wrote:
Thanks, Jeremy. I did as you suggested. First I ran the Apple
Hardware Test CD with the OWC module in the upper slot, and the test
reported the upper slot as being
I agree with you, Remy. If they had sold the bare cases, they could habe made a
bundle. Of course, given what the prices were for these before they cleared them
out, they probably DID make a bundle. There are still some available at various
places for list price, which means, Mucho dinero.
;-)
Unfortuntately every single expansion bay hard drive is sold out. I found
out about 3 hours ago and they were already gone
boo hoo.
Thanks, Remy! I was looking for my brother this time!
Gary
Remy Davison wrote:
For all you collectors of expansion bay devices, especially Gary :-)
Laurent is correctBelkin also makes SCSI-Firewire. CompUSA had those in the same
half-price bin for $65.
Laurent Daudelin wrote:
on 16/05/02 02:39, Kochkodin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Another question for the cognoscenti of the list...Is there such a thing as
a
SCSI to USB
Kyle:
Have you checked out AP Scanner? It gives you a graph of your signal spectrum. You
might want to separate the channels (if you can manually select the channel on the
phone) at the far ends of the spectrum.
Gary
Well. It was really obvious to me that it was the phone. I was playing
Ah, but in most locales, to do that would be to risk eviction. Escrow!
Jim Freeman wrote:
What is it about landlords? I'm furious at mine right now because he's
dragging his feet on some long promised repairs. Why not put the next
couple month's rent toward that TiBook?
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Nancy:
I've got a SuperMac C600 at work on the network that does the same thing
(OS 9.1). I've messed with sleep settings, but it still goes to sleep and I
have to actually go down to the other office and click the mouse to get it
to show up. I think it's related to the settings, but I
Remy Davison wrote:
I officially declare, now, that Gary owns every possible expansion bay
device for the Lombard/Pismo ;-)
Actually, I don't have the CDRW the SuperDisk or the extra battery!
;-)
Let's see what you could have:
- Zip 250 and/or 100 (btw, noticed Mac Zone has the 100s
I've got an Airport Base Station because I wanted the Appletalk feature, but
I've heard good things about SMCthey actually support Macs.
Gary
JustinLee wrote:
No it [orinico cards] is INcompatible with OSX, though some people have gotten
them to work.
So what cards would you
They have cases for them. I did a search for Expansion Bay and found them.
http://store.powerbook1.com/pormedbayacp.html
They're $20. I just keep mine in a separate compartment of my laptop bag. I
have the CD/DVD, Zip 250, and 10 gb hard drive. I think they're fine that way.
Gary
[EMAIL
If anyone were to admit having this--or that it IS very good--having
take-apart manuals--would that be something Apple wouldn't like?
;-)
Gary
Donald Keenan wrote:
On this service manual topic, from time to time I see a cd on sale on
eBay that claims to be THE service manual in digital
After messing around with this a week, I finally figured out how to do it.
Since the card was made by Lucent/Orinoco, the same people who make Airport
cards, if you use Tomeviewer and extract the three Airport Extensions (Airport
Driver, Airport PC Card and Airport AP Support) and the
No problem. I think it will work with 8.6, too, though.
Gary
Bruce Johnson wrote:
Gary D. Adams wrote:
After messing around with this a week, I finally figured out how to do it.
Since the card was made by Lucent/Orinoco, the same people who make Airport
cards, if you use Tomeviewer
Thanks, Bruce. I could get access to a PC with a PCMCIA slot. That would be no
problem. I don't want to mess with it, though, if it's hopeless.
Gary
Bruce Johnson wrote:
Gary D. Adams wrote:
Well, I can tell you the Lucent Turbo Silver Lan card shows up on the desktop
of my 3400
Well, I can tell you the Lucent Turbo Silver Lan card shows up on the desktop
of my 3400 but is not otherwise detected by the software. I took a chance on
it. Oh well.
gd2 wrote:
Slightly OT, but I know many of you have old Powerbook 3400s and 1400s
around:
I'm looking for 802.11 cards for
I installed both, and neither sees the card. I also installed Wi-fi from IOXperts.
Same thing.
Clark Martin wrote:
At 7:48 PM -0500 4/18/02, Gary D. Adams wrote:
Well, I can tell you the Lucent Turbo Silver Lan card shows up on the desktop
of my 3400 but is not otherwise detected
Just for everyone's information, I got the drive from CompGeeks today,
unpacked it, hooked it up, and it showed up fine as a PC drive. Then I
reformatted it as a Mac HFS+ with two partitions. Works great.
In case any are interested, here's the URL:
Yes, the same manufacturer (NewMotion) makes a 3.5 enclosure, and it works fine,
too. I have both! Got 'em both from Computergeeks.com.
Gary
Laurent Daudelin wrote:
On 01/04/02 11:33, Kochkodin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So this means that if I go and get a 60gb hd for my Pismo, I can then
Start the PB up with a system CD. Then you'll have access to all the items in
the System folder.
Gary
Harper, Charlie T wrote:
I tried to backup my System Folder on my Pismo but ran into some problems.
I connected my Powerbook to my Cube via a crossover cable and began to copy
the System
Yep! That's the solution. I wasn't thinking.
Gary
Jeremy Derr wrote:
At 12.58 PM -0600 4/1/02, Harper, Charlie T wrote:
Start the PB up with a system CD. Then you'll have access to all the items
in
the System folder.
Response: But can I activate File Sharing having started up from the
Keith:
I don't know whether this will help or not, but have you tried doing a
reset of the PRAM?
Gary
J. Potter wrote:
The hard drive on my Pismo seems to have been fried. It's three-month
old an IBM Travelstar 30GB drive that I installed myself. I was running
10.1.3 and had just
Gene:
http://www.compgeeks.com has the cardbus 8gb drives for $79. I ordered one
today to see what it's like.
Gary
gd2 wrote:
Like someone else who posted recently about the VST Expansion Bay 10GB hard
drive, my shoplet.com order was just canceled; the e-mail says that the
manufacturer is
Thanks, Remy. I knew you'd have the goods on this.
Gary
Remy Davison wrote:
OK, group, here's a question some of you might find interesting--you in
particular, Remy.
Compgeeks again has their PowerBoy USB/Firewire (2.5) on sale. I have one
already that I put the HD from my Pismo into
I just picked up a VST Expansion Bay drive from SmartDisk on Monday for $50.
It's a 10gb drive, and so far it works like a charm.
Hi:
Forgive the long quote, but I wonder if anyone else has experience with
these enclosures? I believe others have mentioned these drives hanging
resulting in
keep checking back until they get more in
stock.
Gary
Billy Stidham wrote:
On 3/20/02 5:50 PM, Gary D Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just picked up a VST Expansion Bay drive from SmartDisk on Monday for $50.
It's a 10gb drive, and so far it works like a charm.
Where'd you get
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