Re: Pismo upgrades: The BlueChip G3 900 MHz

2006-02-10 Thread Jason Long
Too late, I've already got one! smirk 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, but I got lucky with no problems and no delays once I'd decided not to wait for the just announced 1

Re: Mail.app and Keychain

2005-11-09 Thread Jason Long
It does seem likely to be a timeout as my DSL connection has been very intermittent of late. I've had times though when the DSL appears to be working fine, but I've had to restart Mail as it was always asking to the password every time it tried to access the server. From: Anne Judge [EMAIL

Mail.app and Keychain

2005-11-07 Thread Jason Long
Folks, Mail will often, but not always, ask for my password even though it's not changed for years. This was a problem in 10.3 and continues even today (3 times thus far). I always reenter it and click the box to add it to the Keychain, but it just doesn't seem to stick. I've run Preferential

Re: monitor stand for Bookendz docking station for PIsmo

2005-03-22 Thread Jason Long
I'm not sure that you can run a Pismo closed with or without an external monitor without a hack of some kind. I ran mine with a 17 VGA monitor with a spanned desktop. I elevated the Pismo, on a two-bay external HD case, so that its screen was roughly level with the monitor. This left most of

Re: OWC RAM?

2005-03-07 Thread Jason Long
I've bought RAM for my C-600, Pismo and iMac G5 from them and have never had any problems with them. Jason -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs

Display Acting Up? / Bad RAM Stiks? / (Was Jaguar Install on Wallstreet)

2005-01-06 Thread Jason Long
that?? Display Going out? Or does it just don't like the RAM Sticks I put in which I got from OWC the other day. Running OS X on it now.. Much faster with the 320 MB RAM In it... Jason On 1/6/05 12:00 AM, Clark Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 5:35 PM -0600 1/5/05, Jason Long wrote: Yeah

Wireless Card... Mac OS 10.2.8/DI-514 Router

2005-01-05 Thread Jason Long
Hey Anyone know a good wireless card that will work with my 266MHz Wallstreet which has OS X 10.2.8 on it, I already have a wireless network at home which is running off a DI-514 Wireless router... Thanks for the help in advance. Jason -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: Jaguar Install on Wallstreet

2005-01-05 Thread Jason Long
Yeah that Sleep 'n Reboot method worked great! Thanks!! Jason On 1/4/05 10:18 AM, Mikael Byström [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Timothy Domst said: The conventional wisdom is that cheap RAM sticks often cause bad OSX installs, if you have a doubt about a stick then take it out for the install

Jaguar Install on Wallstreet

2005-01-03 Thread Jason Long
Hey How can I get Jaguar to install correctly on my 233MHz 320MB RAM Wallstreet... Every time I boot off the Jaguar Cd it works... I do see the apple booting up logo... But past that I don't but a bit yeah on the screen at the languages selection screen, but the screen is too dark almost

Wireless Card for Wallstreet?

2005-01-02 Thread Jason Long
Hey All, I'm wondering what kind of wireless card I should get for my 233MHz Wallstreet which I should be getting in the mail soon.. I already have a wireless network, the wireless router is a DI-514 D-link thanks for the ideas in advance... Jason -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: Ram in a Wallstreet

2005-01-01 Thread Jason Long
Will a 256 RAM Stick out of a BW G3 work in a Wallstreet?? I have one coming in which has 64 MB RAM needing to upgrade it as soon as it gets in. Jason On 1/1/05 1:28 PM, PETE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ha! You do get what you pay for! I guese when I'm ready to buy I'll go with macsales. Pete.

Modem problem

2004-06-21 Thread Jason Long
Folks, My DSL moden got fried by a near by lightning strike right before I went out of town and I've been using my internal modem until my new DSL modem arrives. However it no longer recognizes a dial tone. I can no longer check the modem box when trying to setup a new location in the network

Re: Alternate supply for PowerBook

2004-04-14 Thread Jason Long
I had to buy an new power supply for my Pismo when my yo-yo started sparking. Kensington has one that works both from a wall socket as well as airplane and cigarette lighters with different adaptors. Kinda pricey, but as flexible as can be, especially since it works with several different

old Mail messages

2004-02-02 Thread Jason Long
Where does Mail.app keep its messages? I ask because I recently had to reformat my internal HD and tried to clone it with Carbon Copy Cloner although it hung up in the middle of the process. Anyways, I'm hoping that the old messages/mailboxes were copied over as I tried to finish the job

Re: G3/900 for Pismo?

2004-01-22 Thread Jason Long
I've not noticed any problems with excess heat or even reduced battery life with my upgraded Pismo, but then I generally use an external keyboard and monitor with my Pismo perched up on top of my dual HD case so its monitor is almost level with the external monitor. This exposes most of the

Re: G3/900 for Pismo?

2004-01-21 Thread Jason Long
I made the upgrade back in November and am quite happy with it. I got about a 30% increase in database processing speed and would do it again. However it did take about two weeks before I got my processor back. I'd bought one off ebay to use in the meantime, and later sold it for over twice as

Re: Broadband Question

2004-01-20 Thread Jason Long
I've used SBC DSL for the last year and have been pretty happy. Very few outages (like maybe one?, but I don't really remember). Jason _ Let the new MSN Premium Internet Software make the most of your high-speed experience.

Re: Hard Drive Advice for Pismo

2004-01-12 Thread Jason Long
Then I'd get an external firewire HD. Your cost per GB is far cheaper if you go with a 3.5 HD. And if you're collecting MP3s then you really want as much space as you can reasonably afford. I'm running with an external 60 and 120 GB HD and there's only about 45 GB free between the two due to my

Re: Pismo HD

2004-01-12 Thread Jason Long
The easiest way is to just get a 911 case for the 60 GB once you dismount it from the iMac. That way you can switch the 60 GB between computers as you see fit. If you do get an external case get one that doesn't need a fan; you'll appreciate the quiet. The real question about replacing your

Re: Hard Drive Advice for Pismo

2004-01-11 Thread Jason Long
The first question is what do you have now? If you've got the original 6 or 10 Gig HD then I'd definitely upgrade the internal to at least 40 Gig. Exactly what you upgrade to depends on your budget and needs. You should consider putting your old internal drive in an external case if it's of

Re: Larger-than-120GB Hard Drive formatting

2004-01-04 Thread Jason Long
It actually depends on your Firewire enclosure. Older ones are only ATA-5 compliant so cannot go beyond 128GB. Newer (more expensive) ones are ATA-6 compliant and can handle some ungodly size of HD. Jason From: G [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL

Re: Pismo improvement

2003-12-07 Thread Jason Long
I think that it will around the same price, but don't hold me to that. Jason Also be advised the Powerlogix will be using G3/1000 chips beginning sometime in January. They offered me the option of waiting, but I needed mine ASAP in case I get deployed. Yummy! Did they give you any idea on the

Re: Pismo improvement

2003-12-06 Thread Jason Long
I just upgraded my Pismo yesterday from 400 MHz. I really didn't bother to benchmark anything except my massive genealogy database in Reunion as other people have already provided them. Find time dropped from 3:43 to 1:40 Merge time dropped from 7:38 to 5:21 No problems with installation and

Re: Pismo improvement

2003-12-06 Thread Jason Long
It's all over the usual Mac rumors sites like http://www.macosrumors.com/ and http://www.appleinsider.com/. Although it seems likely that the desktops will be running G6s aka PowerPC 980 chips by that time. Also be advised the Powerlogix will be using G3/1000 chips beginning sometime in

Re: Pismo improvement

2003-12-06 Thread Jason Long
Eugene, Lighten up, man! I rather expect that Apple will follow the same pattern it did with the G4 with the first notebook variants of the new processor following about a year or so behind the desktops. Sure the timing's variable, but I have every confidence that they will stuff a G5, almost

Re: Virtual PC6/Pismo 400/OS9

2003-11-26 Thread Jason Long
I just got my copy of VPC 6 for my Pismo 400 with 1 Gig of RAM. Windows 2000 runs fine, although a bit slow to load. It runs Family Archive Viewer just fine, but that's hardly a real test. I'll have to see just how it does with more demanding programs. Jason

VPC 6 on a Pismo/400

2003-11-01 Thread Jason Long
Has anyone had success running Virtual PC 6 on a Pismo? Microsoft says a minimum rating of 500 MHz is necessary, and that upgrades are not supported, but my Pismo is only a 400 MHz and I need to run some PC programs. I'm using Panther, which I really like, but Thoth 1.7.1 and Reunion 8.04 now

Handspring Treo in OS X

2003-07-03 Thread Jason Long
Folks, I'm considering purchasing a Handspring Treo cell phone/PDA at the end of this cell contract. Does anyone have any experience in using the Treo with OS X? Or any general experience with it? Jason _ Tired of spam? Get

Re: New Drive Issues

2003-06-07 Thread Jason Long
on 6/6/03 8:14 AM, Marc van Gemert at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's correct, if you have that WD 120 gig HD (BTW do you have the one with 2 or 8MB cache?) you have to yank every jumper on it and use it jumperfree, that's what I heard a while ago on another list when some one used it in a G4,

Re: running pismo closed

2002-11-20 Thread Jason Long
on 11/19/02 10:23 PM, Hal at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a pismo powerbook that I've been using almost since they were introduced. I often run it closed, connected to external keyboard, mouse and monitors (I have this setup both at work and at home). I recently had it upgraded by

Re: OT: Problems with Samsung ML-1220

2002-11-10 Thread Jason Long
on 11/5/02 10:08 PM, John Haumann at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday, November 5, 2002, at 08:52 PM, Jason Long wrote: Just in case I'm totally out to lunch, what extensions do I need to have activated to print? Right now I have PrintMonitor and Printing Lib active in addition

Re: OT: Problems with Samsung ML-1220

2002-11-05 Thread Jason Long
on 10/28/02 4:20 PM, John Haumann at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday, October 28, 2002, at 02:50 PM, Jason Long wrote: I recently bought a refurbished Samsung ML-1210 laser printer for my Pismo. I've got an M:-1430 (uses the same drivers) and it prints fine from iMac, iBook

OT: Problems with Samsung ML-1220

2002-10-28 Thread Jason Long
Folks, I recently bought a refurbished Samsung ML-1210 laser printer for my Pismo. Unfortunately I cannot print because I always get a printer is busy message from every program I've tried so far and then it cancells the print request in both OS 9.2.2 and 10.2.1. I've reinstalled the software

Re: Fair Price for 2000 Firewire Ed Powerbook?

2002-09-22 Thread Jason Long
I paid $860 for a Pismo of the same speed, smaller HD, only 128 Meg of memory, and fewer accessories but a better software selection (Photoshop 7 and Office X). I'd recommend that you track the auctions on E-bay to get a feel for the general run of prices so you can set your reserve price

Pismo and ADB/USB adapter

2002-09-04 Thread Jason Long
Folks, I'm running my Pismo with an external monitor and my old ADB keyboard and Orbit trackball through a ADB/USB converter. I'm wondering what sort of capabilities I'm losing by retaining my older gear since I cannot use the right button of my Orbit for anything under Mouseworks. And, when my

Re: hard drive choices (any comments or advce between the two) orother recommendations

2002-08-30 Thread Jason Long
on 8/30/02 5:10 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: so i am looking at these 2 drives for a powerbook pismo 500 - any comments or other remcommendations in the same area (30 - 40 gb drives) and can i find them cheaper anywhere? and all url's appreciated. IBM Travelstar