Re: iBook as Desktop

2006-02-15 Thread John Slavin
I you're happy with computer power and speed, I'd buy a nice monitor and an external keyboard and mouse. Then when you later upgrade, you'll be good to go with a nice monitor, or perhaps a monitor for spanning. John On Feb 15, 2006, at 8:34 AM, Matt and Sue Halter wrote: On Feb 14

Re: on line privacy

2006-02-13 Thread John Roberts
On Feb 13, 2006, at 4:45 AM, Brian McEwen wrote: the CURRENT LIST is also archived publicly and indexed by google...it's a huge source of spam. Well, that explains my spam problem. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Backlit keyboards

2006-02-04 Thread John McGibney
the screen a little farther addresses this issue. John -- If something goes wrong at the plant, blame the guy who can't speak English. - Homer Simpson -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web

Re: A cautionary tale for Sydney (.au) Macsters

2006-02-02 Thread John McGibney
-saga.txt (I posted ot to the list, but it's over the size limit). Does this look like a virtually mind PowerBook to you? http://brains.mine.nu/pismo/rest.jpg geoffrey -- Give us an update when you get it sorted out! John -- The man who gives in when he is wrong...is wise. The man who

Re: A cautionary tale for Sydney (.au) Macsters

2006-02-02 Thread John Roberts
On Feb 2, 2006, at 10:55 AM, Geoffrey Peters wrote: Does this look like a virtually mind PowerBook to you? Took me a while to figure this one out. I think you mean mint. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished

Re: CD-ROM booting

2006-02-02 Thread John McGibney
fine. Any suggestions? The drive starts to spin up, but it defaults to the hard drive before it can do anything with the CD. Caleb You tried C key at startup? Selecting the CD from the Startup Disk Control Panel? Command,Option, Shift, Delete at startup? Option key then select the CD? John

Re: i-pod ???

2006-01-28 Thread John Roberts
On Jan 28, 2006, at 2:01 PM, Woody Duncan wrote: I'm considering finally buying either a mini i-pod or the new one that holds photos (grandkids of course). Now I'm a mac person but I don't know much about how the i-pod loads music. Help me if you know. On either or both models: can I load

Re: feet

2006-01-27 Thread John Roberts
I had lost 2-3 of my rubber feet. This past summer I had to send my Powerbook in to Apple for a logic board replacement, and when it came back it had new feet. But I don't even like the rubber feet. I have my Pb on a piece of cardboard, which makes it easier to slide around on my desk and

Re: downloading movies

2006-01-23 Thread John Roberts
With MacTheRipper or similar programs, can I rip just a scene from a DVD or will it only take the whole thing? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks |

Re: printing ?

2006-01-20 Thread John McGibney
Look for an extension called print Monitor, do a get info (Apple- I), select memory and triple the amount thats there. John On Jan 20, 2006, at 1:14 AM, Caleb Cupples wrote: How much RAM does she have? Also, it may be a bug in the printer driver, so I'd try updating. Of course, if there's

Re: Battery Time Left (Pismo)

2006-01-20 Thread John McGibney
I use it on a TiBook and an AlBook both with 10.4.4. I've never had a problem with Panther nor Tiger. Try deleting theorg.orange-carb.SlimBatteryMonitor.plist file from your user/library/preference folder. John On Jan 20, 2006, at 2:50 AM, Daniel Colwell wrote: On Thursday, Jan 19

Re: system errors update

2006-01-20 Thread John McGibney
Do you have a second machine running X? If so link the 2 via firewire and start your problem machine while holding the T key. This will start it in target mode, the hard drive will show up as a firewire drive. Try running your diagnostics/repairs from the second machine. John On Jan 20

Re: Firewire horrors

2006-01-19 Thread John Siple
Bruce, Try altering the jumpers on the drives. If you can't get them to talk jumpering them to Master, try cable select. or vice versa. I rather doubt setting any of the drives to Slave will help, but you could try that too. John - On Jan 19

Re: system errors

2006-01-19 Thread John McGibney
be found at www.versiontracker.com. John On Jan 19, 2006, at 2:41 PM, sandra ragan wrote: I tried Protected mode but didn't try a different user... it's in Admin... I did try changing some of those setting which were not working right. Sandra Ragan www.plumdigital.com On Jan 19, 2006, at 11:33 AM

Re: Battery Time Left

2006-01-19 Thread John McGibney
I use SlimBatteryMonitor, it loads a menu icon that can be color coded, shows time left till empty, shows percent charged while charging and pops up a dialog box when the battery gets to 10% left. And its donationware, pay only if you want to. John On Jan 19, 2006, at 9:02 PM, Daniel

Re: Airport network problem

2006-01-19 Thread John McGibney
try starting here. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300661 Also I had to use Hex vs ASCII for password mode in order to connect to a Windows router. It has something to do with how the Mac Windows handle password encoding differently. John On Jan 19, 2006, at 9:12 PM

Re: guidance sought on keeping home synched between Powerbook and Desktop Mac

2006-01-17 Thread John Siple
I've been wrestling with this for a few months now and found that some things work and some don't. I don't think you can keep your entire home directory identical on the two machines using iSync. ISync in 10.4 will do a good job of keeping your iCal data in step, and works well with the

Re: guidance sought on keeping home synched between Powerbook and Desktop Mac

2006-01-17 Thread John Siple
! Sandra Ragan www.plumdigital.com On Jan 17, 2006, at 12:07 AM, John Siple wrote: I've been wrestling with this for a few months now and found that some things work and some don't. I don't think you can keep your entire home directory identical on the two machines using iSync. ISync in 10.4

iWeb vs. HomePage

2006-01-16 Thread John Bertram
those existing sites? Would also enjoy hearing (if all this isn't too far OT), which of HomePage's many limitations have been improved upon in iWeb. Thanks, John Bertram Toronto -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com

Re: security re: file sharing/networks

2006-01-15 Thread John Siple
Indeed. Aber's neighbor seems to think she's entitled to use the connection. That's rude. There might be other options though. I heard a friend mention that he had some router setting that allowed him to not broadcast the SSID. I wasn't too interested at the time so I didn't ask what brand

Re: no Battery Time Left on Pismo

2006-01-15 Thread John McGibney
Various upgrades to Tiger screwed up Apple's battery monitor software. Try using one of the freebee aftermarket ones found at versiontracker.com. They seem immune to the upgrade bug. John On Jan 15, 2006, at 6:42 PM, Andrew in Ann Arbor wrote: For some reason I can no longer get info

Re: security re: file sharing/networks

2006-01-14 Thread John Siple
On Jan 14, 2006, at 8:31 AM, Howard Katz wrote: There's a difference between sitting outside a public library that offers free internet (with the permission and understanding of their service provider) and sitting outside someone's home and accessing a wifi signal that wasn't locked down. To

OT: the long arm of the law

2006-01-14 Thread John Siple
So let's quit being paranoid and let some common sense prevail. Here here. The law is a very flexible thing folks. If all the laws were strictly enforced this country would come to a screeching halt. The underground economy alone is huge. None of those folks on craigslist are

Re: audio in- PBG4

2006-01-13 Thread John Roberts
Brian McEwen wrote: Is there a way I can record from a RCA photo plus out (from a cassette desk) to my 12 PB G4 without buying a solution like the $99 PowerWave? Can I just adapt to the mic jack? with a little electronics and very little cash outlay? On Jan 12, 2006, at 4:25 PM,

Re: Wireless router that handles AppleTalk

2006-01-13 Thread John Siple
levels one tiny tick. Not worth it. You da boss. Having that Mac gives you the big stick. John On Jan 12, 2006, at 10:19 PM, Clark Martin wrote: No, I'm not looking, I found one, by accident. I was trying to answer a question on Usenet about looking up AppleTalk info today. As I

Re: Wireless router that handles AppleTalk, oops

2006-01-13 Thread John Siple
oops. Sent that last message to the wrong subject line. It was supposed to be for Amber and her snoopy neighbor. Sorry, John -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished

Re: HD warranty question

2006-01-10 Thread John McGibney
with a software solution, it doesn't sound like I can get it replaced under warranty. Does anyone know? -- Non Illegitimi Carborundum Sounds like excessive dead spots on the drive to me, push to have it replaced. It will only get worse. Maybe just after the warranty runs out! John -- I know

Re: Intel Macs....

2006-01-10 Thread John Siple
On Jan 10, 2006, at 12:54 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: On 10/01/06 15:45, Michael A. Howard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bruce Johnson wrote: The New MacBook, just announced at Macworld. Dual core 1.67 and 1.83 Ghz, 15.4 displays, $2k and $2.5K respectively. Allegedly 4-5x faster.

Re: slightly OT-Router issues.

2006-01-05 Thread John Siple
to be the default ID of Linksys routers. The default password was just linksys, no caps. the default user name was blank (no name). John On Jan 5, 2006, at 4:27 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote: I've got a Linksys router that I bought to go with my new internet connection, but it's not seeing

Re: slightly OT-Router issues.

2006-01-05 Thread John Siple
to be the default ID of Linksys routers. The default password was just linksys, no caps. the default user name was blank (no name). John On Jan 5, 2006, at 4:27 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote: I've got a Linksys router that I bought to go with my new internet connection, but it's not seeing

Re: news group reader for Panther?

2006-01-05 Thread John McKay
it for about two years now, and am pretty happy with it. It has somewhat less in the way of quirks and weirdisms than the others, and is seems more stable than the average usenet reader. John the Baptist -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp

Re: G3 Wallstreet CDROM drive tray won't open all the way

2006-01-03 Thread John McGibney
I had a similar problem with my PB1400, it was the ribbon cable on the bottom. There was a kink in it. I had to tape it out of the way. John On Jan 3, 2006, at 10:14 AM, Edward Felberbaum wrote: I recently became the proud owner of an Apple G3 Wallstreet. The CDROM drive, M2451, has

Re: Lombard won't boot

2006-01-02 Thread John McGibney
Isn't the Lombard too old a design for Open Firmware? According to Mactracker Hardware Test isn't supported. The Pismo is the first Powerbook that is. John According to Apple: Beginning with Power Macintosh computers with PCI slots, Power Macintosh computers rely on a firmware operating

Re: Mac driver needed

2005-12-25 Thread John Roberts
i found this--maybe a OS9 driver since it's dated 2003? http://www.mustek.com/download/driv_scanr/english/1200ubplus.html On Dec 25, 2005, at 4:55 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Merry Christmas to everyone! Could someone show me where I can download a Mac driver for a MUSTEK SCANMAGIC 1200

Re: Airport Question

2005-12-23 Thread John Siple
hard drives or laptop screens. Routers get hot for some reason. They tend to break. John -- 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 on Sale

Re: Cleaning wipes for PB

2005-12-19 Thread John McGibney
I used them regularly on my PB1400 for years with no ill results. John On Dec 19, 2005, at 10:25 AM, AMBER K wrote: I was wondering about the baby wipe idea. They are pretty cheap and if alcohol free, would they do any damage to the screen, short term or long term ? -- Only when

Re: OT: Mac mini slowing down...

2005-12-19 Thread John McGibney
MacJanitor, Onyx (my choice) Cocktail, etc. can all be found at versiontracker.com. If you're looking for just about any software try there first. Including upgrades for commercial programs. John On Dec 19, 2005, at 10:30 AM, Caleb Cupples wrote: Well, the only programs he uses with any

Re: OT: Mac mini slowing down...

2005-12-19 Thread John Siple
walked through, or just the small amount of RAM. Best, John On Dec 18, 2005, at 8:34 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote: I've been talking with my grandpa, whom I converted to a Mac, but he's been complaining of his mini feeling slower than when it was new. I'm speaking from my limited experience

Re: Cleaning wipes for PB

2005-12-18 Thread John McGibney
I'll add my 2 cents too! Non-alchohol baby-wipes. they're also good for cleaning ink off your printer. John On Dec 18, 2005, at 9:38 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote: Now, here's my $0.02, but I've used several different methods to clean laptop screens over the years, but I've had no problems

Re: OT: Mac mini slowing down...

2005-12-18 Thread John Roberts
Check that the amount of RAM it thinks it has is the amount it's supposed to be. On Dec 18, 2005, at 8:34 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote: I've been talking with my grandpa, whom I converted to a Mac, but he's been complaining of his mini feeling slower than when it was new. I'm speaking from my

Re: OS X print to PDF issue

2005-12-13 Thread John Roberts
For what it's worth, there's a nice little program you can download called Combine PDFs by Monkeybread Software. It willdrum roll please. combine multiple PDF files into one document. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: slow lombard OS9.2

2005-12-12 Thread John McGibney
Monday morning blsss. ; ( actually it was probably just a bunch of cache files hanging around long past their welcome wore out. John On Dec 12, 2005, at 1:55 PM, Kristina wrote: I turned it off and had spaghetti for lunch, turned it back off, runs fine now...spaghetti tech

Re: iBook Logic Board extended repair program x2?

2005-12-09 Thread john ryan
3x the repair ssems to last for only about 4 months John --- Jean Sinervo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings ... Just curious if any of you have had to send an iBook G3 in more than once for video issues covered by the Logic Board Extended Repair Program. We sent one in several months

Re: G4-iBook w/o OS

2005-12-09 Thread John Siple
comes not only with an OS, but with other bundled applications that aren't part of the OS installation. So when comparing you may find that the loss of things like Appleworks or Quicken may factor into your cost analysis. Caveat emptor. John On Dec 9, 2005, at 9:40 AM, BGbank wrote

Re: Software piracy

2005-12-09 Thread john ryan
It does not indicate piracy in any way. For example when I upgraded tp Tiger I bought the family pack with 4 or 5 installs. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 12/9/05 1:22:31 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: One thing about the seller who has the iBook is that he is probably

Re: OS X print to PDF issue

2005-12-08 Thread john slavin
You can combine separate pdfs with Combinepdf: http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/Freeware/CombinePDFs.shtml On Dec 8, 2005, at 5:46 AM, Brian McEwen wrote: I'm printing to a pdf using OS X built-in print feature, and have an issue. I have to have a section break in the document, I want

Re: Safari problem ?

2005-12-04 Thread John Siple
with the password problems. Then go to the appearance preferences in Safari and make sure you have checked Western ISO as your default encoding scheme. Things change. John On Dec 3, 2005, at 10:29 PM, Amber R. wrote: On 3-Dec-05, at 10:18 PM, Clem Bacani wrote: Sorry - I didn't really state

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread John McGibney
correctly. HTH John On Dec 4, 2005, at 9:32 AM, Amber R. wrote: Hi, This is partially related to my previous question.It appears that eBay is not really that Mac friendly. In fact, in a discussion with one of their live help people today, I was told if you were using a regular computer

Re: Macs/Safari problems

2005-12-04 Thread John McGibney
for the suggestion regarding FireFox - it seems to be quite popular so I'm going to give it a try now. Amber Pulldowns work for me! Did you ever enable the debug menu in Safari? Select automatically chosen for user agent? John -- I know that God won't give me anything I cannot handle, I just

Re: Macs/Safari problems

2005-12-04 Thread John McGibney
you need a 3rd party utility like Safari Enhancer or Onyx both are available through Versiontracker.com John P.S. Amber, it was with Safari 10.4.3. Sounds like major directory, App, or pref. file problems with Safari. On Dec 4, 2005, at 5:38 PM, Shawn Harley wrote: How do you enable

Re: USBcam for 10.4/1.5GHz

2005-12-01 Thread john slavin
the iSight. However, knowing these limitations, it's still not a bad cheap alternative to the iSight. Also, as with many of these cameras, it performs poorly in low light conditions. It helps a lot to have a light facing you. John Slavin On Dec 1, 2005, at 6:12 PM, Brian McEwen wrote: Hi

Re: USBcam for 10.4/1.5GHz

2005-12-01 Thread john slavin
I should also add that you'll need iChatUSB. It's normally a 10.00 piece of software, but they have a special now for $5.00. Moreover, this software will let you run it on a G3 mac. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com |

Re: Drive Options for Wallstreet

2005-11-27 Thread John McKay
just ducky for reading CD or DVD format software. I bought it for a project some time ago, but ended up getting a Pismo, which has a completely different drive bay. If you want it, let me know your address, and I'll send it to you. John McKay On Nov 27, 2005, at 7:55 AM, Barry Muller wrote

Re: keyboard marks on the screen

2005-11-27 Thread John Roberts
I have a PB G4 400 MHz. I used to get gunk (oil/dirt) transferred from my keyboard to screen. A couple of years ago a wise friend advised me to keep a paper towel over the keyboard when the powerbook is closed. I use one sheet of Bounty Select-a-Size and it's just right. Now my screen

Re: used Apple Laptops

2005-11-26 Thread John Siple
is going to die. So my advice is to go ahead and get a relatively new iBook, but back it up fastidiously. John. On Nov 25, 2005, at 6:37 PM, The Northerner wrote: I have been trying out some various apple laptops, primarily for use as a writing tool, though I want to surf wirelessly. I have a 1400

Re: can't boot off disk?

2005-11-25 Thread John Siple
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. It's possible you have a bad CD drive and the hardware test routine didn't catch it. J

Re: Video bad after update to 10.2.8

2005-11-18 Thread John McGibney
Are you using a custom color profile for your screen? If so return to the Factory LCD profile and restart. John On Nov 18, 2005, at 10:52 AM, Clark Martin wrote: At 12:53 AM -0600 11/18/05, Hubert Phillips II wrote: Hi! I just updated my iBook G3/700 from 10.2 to 10.2.8. After

Re: mac to windows printing

2005-11-15 Thread John Siple
on the Pismo when you need to print. John - On Nov 15, 2005, at 12:48 PM, VICTORIA.DUGGAN wrote: Hi All Need help I have just set up a Mac for my friend. and i need to know how to set up the printer so the mac can use it also, This is how the set up works. Windows desktop running XP

Re: mac to windows printing

2005-11-15 Thread John McGibney
try these 2 apple docs at www.apple.com/support : Mac OS X: Cannot locate a shared Windows printer ... Utility will prompt you for a username and password when adding a shared Windows printer. These fields can be left blank if the computer sharing the printer is ... Document No. 301397

Re: Enabling Rendezvous printing

2005-11-15 Thread John McGibney
Check 'airport setup assistant' or 'airport admin utility' for printer sharing. John On Nov 15, 2005, at 4:10 PM, VICTORIA.DUGGAN wrote: Hi I think you need to enable printer sharing in the system prefs/ sharing this should enable the printer to be accessed by all the mac

Re: firewire connectivity

2005-11-15 Thread John Slavin
I don't know if you ever got any answer to your question, but here a pretty reasonable cost ($4.00) for the cable you need. http://store.sunshinestor.com/ie6pinto6pin.html I just saw the link for it on the AMUG page. On Nov 11, 2005, at 3:44 PM, Victoria Brandon wrote: Greetings listers

Re: Mac To PC printing

2005-11-15 Thread John
-- Vickie Seems like that Asante has a router that can be set as a PC print server and the PC does not have to be on. Printer port on the router. Accessible at all times. Will not work with the mac as the print server. PC has to do the dirty work. LOL John

Re: TiBook Lifespan

2005-11-14 Thread John Roberts
On Nov 13, 2005, at 9:08 AM, Don Sloan wrote: I am starting to worry a bit about the longevity of the 400 If it ain't broke, don't fix it. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our

Re: Recommend Skype/Snapz Pro compatible microphone/headset?

2005-11-10 Thread John Siple
I've experimented with iChat audio and find that the iMic works quite well with even a microphone as rudimentary as the old Apple lollipop mics from the LC II era. John On Nov 10, 2005, at 11:19 AM, w miller wrote: I bought one of the Griffin iMics and it works great. I use

Re: Wireless network problem - help!

2005-11-09 Thread John Siple
what's in the air. John --- On Nov 9, 2005, at 4:03 PM, Howard Katz wrote: One of my part-time jobs is working at a local university--I'm there now. I've used the wireless capabilities of my G4 15 AL unit for months here with no problems. Univ. network is open

Re: Wireless network problem - help!

2005-11-09 Thread John Siple
was running Panther. This baffles me because I've never had trouble connecting to anything I can see on wireless detectors (running a G4 iBook and Airport Extreme via Tiger). Wish I could be more help here. John -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Wireless network problem - help!

2005-11-09 Thread John Siple
On Nov 9, 2005, at 4:53 PM, Howard Katz wrote: Oh--and question--what would macstumbler give me that I'm not seeing with airtraffic control? I was able to see the network, the channel, strength, and choose which channel to connect to. Later..Howard -- Noise level and

Booting from an external firewire CDwriter problem

2005-11-08 Thread eric john
pressing the T and pressing the option key . . . my panther CD wouldn't just boot up. Can anybody give me another option? Thanks -- Eric John -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site

Re: Mail.app and Keychain

2005-11-07 Thread John Siple
but that didn't seem to provide a permanent fix. So is everyone who suffers from this mailzheimers syndrome running on a home network with some kind of DHCP router? Mine is a wireless/ wired LAN with four Macs on it. I suspect networking gremlins if all the sufferers are on networks. John On Nov 7

Re: Mail.app and Keychain

2005-11-07 Thread John McGibney
Its a mail server problem. If mail can't connect to the server it asks for your email password again. It assumes that you entered it incorrectly or it has changed since the last connection. Ignore it and it will reuse the original one on the next mail check. John On Nov 7, 2005, at 11:42

Re: Airport problem with 10.4.3

2005-11-03 Thread John McGibney
an upgrade. John On Nov 3, 2005, at 5:03 AM, Luis Sequeira wrote: After upgrading to 10.4.3, I lost the ability to connect to my Base Station. I noticed that shortly after the release of 10.4.3, there was an update for Airport and installed it, but it made no difference. Also, like other

Re: jumping cursor

2005-11-02 Thread John McGibney
(cell) 815-366-7962 (fax) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.freelanceforum.org/df Did you ever empty the cache files? Its in the Safari Menu pulldown John -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check

Re: 6 to 4

2005-11-02 Thread John
configuration control panel and they should have absolutely nothing to do with your operation. I do not have IPV6 Checked because it is not really in operation yet from the information my oxygen starved brain can absorb. John aka Dogbreath Life is too short

Re: Airport Card Causing Fritz? Is it Possible? Fixes?

2005-11-02 Thread John Siple
? You're in my neighborhood and we could try to recover your iBook with some boot disks I have here if you want. I'm in 98118, down by Sayers on 43rd. John On Nov 2, 2005, at 2:15 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Re: Airport Card Causing Fritz? Is it Possible? Fixes? So here's the deal

Re: AFP

2005-10-31 Thread John McGibney
The Appletalk protocol in Sys 7 is not compatible with Tiger. You need System 9.1 or better for Appletalk to work. John On Oct 30, 2005, at 11:35 PM, Frank Cornew wrote: Hello List: Can't get my Pismo running tiger to appletalk to an 040 based mac running OS 7.6.1. Get an error

Re: OT missing link to story

2005-10-31 Thread John Siple
Hoax. Always run a hoax check when something looks too sinister to be true. Check here: http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000317047049 Next year maybe, when the government thinks it has a mandate and has really stacked the supreme court. John On Oct 31, 2005, at 5:33 PM, Will S wrote

Re: slow startup on ibook G3 600mhz

2005-10-30 Thread John Siple
Are you kidding? 10.1 is a DOG! Nobody runs 10.1 these days. It's time to spring for a new Tiger. John On Oct 29, 2005, at 7:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am having an issue with my 600mhz iBook G3. I week ago I installed OSX.1 on it, and had no problems with it. Today I acquired

Re: Wallstreet and Duo

2005-10-28 Thread John Siple
Absolutely. The duo adapters also run clamshell ibooks. John On Oct 28, 2005, at 12:53 PM, TVirkkala wrote: I have a Wallstreet I. I used to have a bunch of Duos, before they were stolen. My Wallstreet runs on a Yo-Yo power adapter. I need another adapter. And I just found this: http

Re: Bootable Flash

2005-10-27 Thread John Siple
The old Mac Classic could boot with no drives at all. Had a bootable ROM. J On Oct 27, 2005, at 4:26 PM, Gerald Abreu wrote: I've heard that the Pismo is not bootable from a compact flash card. Does anyone know why? Also what is the last bootable Mac from a compact flash? Thanks, Gerald

[G-Books] PowerBoost for iChat

2005-10-26 Thread John Roberts
Only slightly off-topic I just downloaded a program (PowerBoost) that is supposed to let any Mac G4 host a multiperson video chat using iChat AV without the G5 requirement. It is done by the same group that did the iChatUSBCAm that I used successfully on my PB. It's $8 shareware

Re: Super Drive for Pismo

2005-10-24 Thread John McGibney
dealmac.com will list DVD sales on the net and in stores like bestbuy etc. The Pioneer 110 drive is down to about $50 from time to time. Add $25-50 for a USB-Firewire case. John On Oct 24, 2005, at 6:16 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Peter, Where would one look for these drives? Yours

[G-Books] bracket thingy

2005-10-19 Thread John Roberts
Would it be possible for the mail server to, if not done by the originator, append a [List Title] on the subject line of outgoing messages? All others lists I'm on do this. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com |

Re: [G-Books] bracket thingy

2005-10-19 Thread John Roberts
On Oct 19, 2005, at 1:51 PM, Clark Martin wrote: Would it be possible for the mail server to, if not done by the originator, append a [List Title] on the subject line of outgoing messages? All others lists I'm on do this. You mean that [G-Books] isn't good enough??? [G-Books] is

Re: [G-Books] bracket thingy

2005-10-19 Thread John Roberts
On Oct 19, 2005, at 2:58 PM, Tim Collier wrote: This might sound a little simplistic but I use Apple's Mail app in preview mode and I can see who or what list an email is addressed towhy fix it if it ain't broke? preview mode? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...

Wireless for Pismo to Airport Xtreme base

2005-10-18 Thread John W. Travis, MD (Jack)
What kind of card is best/compatible for a Pismo (Panther) to connect to an Airport Xtreme base? I've heard the original airport cards for the pismo are expensive so I'm hoping a less expensive and faster alternative is available for its slot. Thanks, J -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: router not working after Apple update

2005-10-18 Thread John Siple
You might try connecting via a wire directly to the router and checking the settings. The DI-514 used the IP address of 192.168.0.1 and the 524 probably uses the same one. But run through the LAN settings and see if by chance you have limited the wireless to some specific protocol or fixed

Re: Problem with Superdrive

2005-10-17 Thread John McGibney
Try running one of those cleaning CDs in the drive. Sounds like the eye is dirty. John On Oct 17, 2005, at 5:48 AM, Luis Sequeira wrote: Hi My machine is a Titanium PB G4, 1GHz with Superdrive. My Superdrive has developed a critical problem: it does not allow insertion of any discs

Re: Tiger and Safari problem

2005-10-14 Thread John McGibney
Sometimes I've had problems with safari after setting up an internet connection, a simple restart solved the problem. Relaunching Safari didn't always work. John On Oct 14, 2005, at 12:28 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings... and sorry for the cross post to this and the Ti list

Re: Tiger and Safari problem

2005-10-14 Thread John McGibney
you can run software update to get the necessary updates, bypassing safari. John On Oct 14, 2005, at 2:46 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Bruce that might help but to receive the upgrades/ updates, I need to get online first with the TiBook that received the Tiger install

Re: Clarification?

2005-10-12 Thread John Collins
how to access the internal door. At one point somebody indicated I needed a different front bezel??? but I couldn't figure it out. John On Oct 12, 2005, at 7:02 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Oct 11, 2005, at 9:19 PM, Dylan Moore wrote: Hey bruce, quick question- I'm probably misunderstanding

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2005-10-12 Thread John Slavin
to check her homeowners insurance, but I don't think she has any other option. Am I missing anything? John Slavin -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks

Re: 12 Powerbook G4: an AppleCare and AppleStore assesment

2005-10-09 Thread John McGibney
will show up on the other machine as a firewire hard drive. Hopefully you will be able to transfer your important files. You could also try fixing the drive using TechTool Pro, DiskWarrior or Apple's Disk utility from the second machine while the two are connected. John -- My dog is very

Re: 12 Powerbook G4: an AppleCare and AppleStore assesment

2005-10-09 Thread John Siple
data retrieval or tedious hunt for cheaper ways to fix things or find out why they went bad. John was right in suggesting the firewire boot as a possible way to get some data back. Disk Warrior is also very handy there. But actual data recovery, which is the kind of thing they do in clean

Re: FTP client for Panther?

2005-10-07 Thread john slavin
I really like Fetch, for what it's worth. John Slavin On Oct 7, 2005, at 8:48 AM, Misha Antonich wrote: Cyberduck. It's freeware amd works well. Or Fetch - free if you're a student. John On 10/6/05 9:58 PM, Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 07/10/05 00:40, Andrew in Ann

Re: airport express

2005-10-01 Thread John Siple
are being used. Or perhaps there's just something wrong with the Express. I use non- Apple routers and have little trouble with network reliability so the technology is certainly capable of reliable connections. John On Sep 30, 2005, at 9:05 PM, Dennis Goglin wrote: I got an airport express

Re: sluggish PowerBook

2005-10-01 Thread John Roberts
On Sep 30, 2005, at 10:23 PM, Claire Hart wrote: My PowerBook is running more and more sluggishly (is that a word?). I run Disk Utilities and OnyX probably weekly. What other routine stuff should I be doing? Thanks, Claire My Powerbook's performance improved dramatically when I

Re: faxing from my powerbook

2005-09-25 Thread John Siple
in the fax dialog box. J On Sep 25, 2005, at 11:10 AM, Paul Stamsen wrote: My reply follows quote. On 9/22/05, at 8:39 pm -0700, John Siple wrote: Running Tiger you can fax via the print menu. Take any document on your screen, tell it to print and then in the print dialog box you'll see a PDF

Re: Outgoing mail password

2005-09-24 Thread John Siple
I've had some smtp password problems recently, but not with Earthlink. I found that turning off my local router and restarting it so that it had a different DHCP ID address solved the problem. Running Tiger with Comcast and a wireless Buffalo AirStation router. J On Sep 24, 2005, at 9:49

Re: Xpostfacto

2005-09-23 Thread John McGibney
://eshop.macsales.com/OSXCenter/XPostFacto/ http://eshop.macsales.com/OSXCenter/XPostFacto/Framework.cfm? page=XPostFacto.html John On Sep 22, 2005, at 9:54 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does xpostfacto deal with the 8 gig limit as least in x 10.2 0r 10.3 ? This limit is a hardware restriction

Re: Updates for Pismo Rage card

2005-09-22 Thread John
-- I am wondering if there are or were any updates for the ATY Rage M3 display cards? I am sure this is a old and dumb question, but i can only see updates for desktops. Notebooks with ATI graphics has no information. John Life is too short to drink bad

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