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.
Amongst other things.
Shame to see this list
Stardate 060212.11:44 -0800. A subspace message from Gunni reads:
I tried to open the Digest email I received on Sunday, 12FEB06, and got
the alert noting that Digest Viewer cannot read this type of Digest.
Marginalized again,
I know how you feel. Google is the pits.
I've said three times
Stardate 060211.00:07 -0800. A subspace message from Amber Robey reads:
I just had my 15 AL PB keyboard replaced ... well, it's not exactly a
priority for me to fix it if they just don't light up..does it really
matter ?
Any suggestions ?
Yes.
Find another Apple reseller, and report
Stardate 060210.20:17 -0600. A subspace message from Jason Long reads:
Too late, I've already got one! smirk
... bastard :P
I didn't realize that there were so few sold. I was a bit leery of Powerlogix
as I'd read some of the upset customer reports on the xlr8yourmac database.
From my
Stardate 060211.11:19 -0600. A subspace message from B.L. reads:
the drive controller in G3 PowerBooks is incompatible with ATA-6 hard
drives. When replacing the internal hard drive, you should be sure to
obtain an ATA-5 compliant drive,
**
I've seen this warning posted
Stardate 060211.08:08 -0500. A subspace message from Dan Knight reads:
We're slowly moving the Low End Mac email lists from Maclaunch to
Google Groups, which we see as a real improvment.
Well, that's very disappointing.
I thought I'd found a nice little community-driven mailing list, I
Totally off the track, here, but seeing as I know a lot of you have
to deal with *shudder* Microsoft and Windows on a frequent basis,
you'll find this story amusing.
MS Anti Spyware flags Norton Antivirus as 'a malicious password stealer virus':
Stardate 060210.10:46 -0500. A subspace message from G Henry Taylor reads:
I'm trying to install OS X on a Lombard.
Which version of OSX? It's important.
Geoffrey
--
-- Endian Little Hate I --- --
I'm afraid music in the modern idiom is too
No need to quote all of my mail ;)
Stardate 060210.12:18 -0500. A subspace message from G Henry Taylor reads:
Which version of OSX? It's important.
OS X 3.0, not 10.4
Have you recently tried to upgrade the hard-drive? I ask because of
this little notice, from our very own databse:
Stardate 060210.12:38 -0500. A subspace message from G Henry Taylor reads:
It's a refurbished Toshiba MK6021GAS 60 gig. Boots in my Pismo.
Mmm, that's a compliant drive.
I think it's the processor in the Lombard. I have the same problem
when I try to install unbuntu to a smaller (4.35 Apple
Well ... some things just never cease to amaze me.
Does anyone here have the incredibly good fortune to own the very
rare PowerLogix BlueChip G3 Pismo 900 (yes, that's right, the
sexiest machine Apple ever made can run at 900 MHz) CPU upgrade?
No?
Want one?
Well, ya can't have one. Unless
Stardate 060206.08:21 -0800. A subspace message from R. P. Bell reads:
Thanks for all your input, most heartening :D
On #1, the scuffed rubber and chinks around the edges will hurt value, but I
still think you are in the ball-game with my estimate. The single
bad pixel is
only marginably
Stardate 060208.08:38 -0600. A subspace message from Wanda K. reads:
I'm trying to help a friend get a powerbook going. it is a 867 mgz 15 inch
that we can't get the battery out of. how does the latch work on the
battery.
Use a small coin to twist the latch to point the little dot to the
I now have a pair of functioning Pismos, and am after some idea of
how much they might be worth. Both cases are in good condition, minor
scuffing, mild key-marks on the LCD overlay, intact rubberising. I'll
put photos up if people are curious.
#1 is a PB 500 Firewire, 768/40/DVD, working
Tsk tsk, naughty top-poster! :)
Stardate 060208.21:08 -0800. A subspace message from R. P. Bell reads:
Most of us will tell you that, hands down, the Pismo is probably the brightest
star ever put in the notebook sky by Apple.
No argument - why else would OWC still be offering their G4
I've been sent some old P'Books (another Pismo another Wallstreet)
and the soft acrylic LDC overlay that's used is particularly marred
by screen-scratches.
I was hoping that the one with the Pismo would be in good condition,
but such is not the case.
Has anyone figured out a way of
Stardate 060206.10:53 -0800. A subspace message from Peter Webster reads:
It's as stable as it can be on my iBook 1.2, sys 10.4.4.
I couldn't even get it to launch, just a flicker in the Dock. (G3/300, 10.3.9)
(Don't laugh, this platinum beast still does everything I need from a
computer!)
Stardate 060206.17:12 -0500. A subspace message from Michael Cangelosi reads:
Well, it says it's not Jaguar-compliant, so . . . Does anyone know
whether a 10.2-friendly version is available?
There is and likely will not be a compliant version
Damn futurists ... I still like iCab, which
Stardate 060206.17:19 -0500. A subspace message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] reads:
These days, I'm so anti-commandline, I delete Terminal.app from all my OSX
installs.
Ouch. There are so many iface problems with Aqua and Finder, Teminal is an
essential app IMO.
Depends on what you do. OSX
Stardate 060204.10:01 -0500. A subspace message from Ruffin Bailey reads:
Has anyone had a problem with their screen flickering like there's a candle
behind it?
Either the EL element itself is dying, or the board that generates
the necessary high voltages is failing. You're on last legs
Stardate 060204.12:14 -0500. A subspace message from Kevin O'Grady reads:
Just got a PB 1GHz laptop ... I tried to get it to load OS 9, but
kept getting
a flashing icon even after using my OSX 10.4 DVD to erase and install OS 9
drivers.
Where are you getting your Mac OS 9 from?
If you're
Stardate 060204.11:06 -0800. A subspace message from J Schooster reads:
I have a very old G3 PowerMac (the beige one, desktop,
not the tower) and I'm trying to transfer information
from it to my new 17 G4 laptop ... or to an external
hard drive that I have for backups.
In your shoes, I would
Stardate 060204.11:43 -0800. A subspace message from Geno reads:
On 2/4/06 11:06 AM, J Schooster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a very old G3 PowerMac [and a] new 17 G4 laptop ...
They both have ethernet connectors so you can just connect the G3 to the G4
with an ethernet cable and they
Stardate 060204.15:30 -0500. A subspace message from Andrew in Ann Arbor reads:
I've been pursuing the USB to SCSI adaptor question so I can connect
my Pismo running Tiger to an assortment of older Powerbooks (SCSI
disk mode).
So far I have not found an adaptor that will work in OSX.
And
Stardate 060204.16:08 -0500. A subspace message from Andrew in Ann Arbor reads:
I have got the 9.2.1 to 9.2.2 update, is there any benefit to going to 9.2.2
Oh, *hell* yes.
Stability.
OS X will work (after a fashion) with 9.2 and 9.2.1, but it *expects* 9.2.2.
Apply the update,
Stardate 060204.13:31 -0800. A subspace message from l s reads:
I have a Wallstreet that I am trying to connect to
my cable modem. I know the modem works, because I can
connect with my BW.
This could well be an issue with your modem, and not the laptop.
You see, cable ISPs used to be
Stardate 060203.11:05 -0500. A subspace message from Andrew in Ann Arbor reads:
I'm using Mail in Panther ... The cursor does end up above the quote ...
It does WHAT?!? Have the Mail devteam been spending too much time
stuck inside Outcroak or something? Methinks we should all write to
the
Stardate 060203.11:52 -0500. A subspace message from Laurent Daudelin reads:
1. It's logical. It shows the flow from message to response.
Historical note: RFC 1855 (which is what these rules are based on)
grew out of the inherent patchiness in UseNet NNTP propagation --
no-one could
I'd been given a Pismo (yes, givem, the last of the truly gorgeous
laptops Apple ever made) but it wasn't going ... it *had* been
functioning, but was then stored (with a full charge) in the bottom
of a filing cabinet for two months before I got my lucky li' mitts on
this G3/500/768MB/20GB
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