Re: Clarification?

2005-10-12 Thread John Collins
I can confirm that it will go in--I have a QS dual 800 and I put one in--but I have never figured out how to get the access door to open. So I added an external on top and use it. Need is about gone since I only have some old files archived on Zips. I would be interested if anybody can tell me

Re: Hard drive for Pismo

2005-09-02 Thread John Collins
I just purchased and installed an 80Gb Travelstar from Newegg.com for a total price of $112 including shippi;ng. John On Sep 2, 2005, at 4:50 AM, Ed Zelinsky wrote: 60gb Hitachi Travelstar 2.5 9.5mm 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive, ATA/ 6 12.0ms 8MB Buffer Is this a good HD for my Pismo. I

Re: Portfolio 7 [Was: Best photo organizer]

2005-08-18 Thread John Collins
On Aug 17, 2005, at 2:51 PM, David Brostoff wrote: At 1:03 PM -0700 on 8/17/05, John Collins wrote: In your case having already learned the Portfolio system, etc. you would not likely have the problems I have had. snip So hopefully, that gives you an idea--I don't think my problems

FYI--Portfolio 7-new Yahoo list

2005-08-18 Thread John Collins
To all: After recent discussions around the topic of how to organize photo collections and that I am working to learn use Extensis's Portfolio software--I want to inform you that I have started a new Yahoo list on the subject. I was not able to get much help in my learning process so I

Re: Portfolio 7 [Was: Best photo organizer]

2005-08-17 Thread John Collins
On Aug 16, 2005, at 10:17 AM, David Brostoff wrote: At 7:38 PM -0700 on 8/15/05, John Collins wrote: snip I bought Portfolio 7. Now I am in the process of trying to catalog my files and it is a struggle (anybody on the list who uses it and is willing to help a newbie --let me know off

Re: best photo organizer, iPhoto question, Graphic Converter reccomendation

2005-08-16 Thread John Collins
On Aug 16, 2005, at 7:52 AM, Andrew in Ann Arbor wrote: G-Books wrote: I remember some of the previous discussion. At that time I was also trying to decide what to do. I had over 5000 in iPhoto and many more to come as I scan old slides and negatives. John When you organize scanned photos in

Re: best photo organizer

2005-08-15 Thread John Collins
On Aug 15, 2005, at 4:49 PM, Claire Hart wrote: What is everyone's favorite photo organizer? I have a gazillion photos on iPhoto, and when I save groups of them to CD for others to view who do not have Macs, the photos are divided into folders based on year, then month, then date. I asked

Re: Update

2005-07-13 Thread John Collins
On Jul 13, 2005, at 11:22 AM, Stuart Saunders wrote: .2 ;-) ... Intelligent design; Evolution in action. ©S.Saunders 2005 You evidently have not studied evolution. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Print Problem from Pismo

2005-06-11 Thread John Collins
I once again need some help. I am using 2 Pismos etherneted to a G4 QS with shared printing. I am using 10.3.9 and the 2 printers are connected to the G4. Problem is when I try to print from either Pismo the printer utility (Epson 820) gives the message unable to lookup host

My Pismo is dead-nothing?? Followup

2005-04-03 Thread John Collins
My original post--- It does nothing--no chime no lights. I think it is getting power thru the yo-yo since it gets warm on the back side--pretty much as normal. The battery is minimal so i am sure it is exhausted by now and doesn't seem to recharge when left overnight. I have tried a few things

Re: My Pismo is dead-nothing??

2005-03-08 Thread John Collins
Thanks to Malcolm, Laurent and others who commented. Nothing has worked-- I have another very basic Pismo on the way thanks to eBay and I will start with the Pram go from there. I will let you know the results. John in Tucson On Mar 7, 2005, at 5:50 AM, Malcolm Cornelius wrote: I assume from

My Pismo is dead-nothing??

2005-03-05 Thread John Collins
Now it is my turn to have my Pismo go dead. It is an upgraded G3 to G4/550 with 1 Gb RAM and standard otherwise. It does nothing--no chime no lights. I think it is getting power thru the yo-yo since it gets warm on the back side--pretty much as normal. The battery is minimal so i am sure it

Re: My Pismo is dead-nothing??

2005-03-05 Thread John Collins
On Mar 5, 2005, at 9:24 AM, Alan Miller wrote: On Saturday, March 5, 2005, at 10:54 AM, John Collins wrote a little more than what I left here..: Now it is my turn to have my Pismo go dead. It is an upgraded G3 to G4/550 with 1 Gb RAM and standard otherwise. It does nothing--no chime

Re: My Pismo is dead-nothing??

2005-03-05 Thread John Collins
And i agree, if I was not happy with Pismo, I would just sell it and move on... but can anybody answer my question about the Pram battery? snip I am looking for suggestions--one possibility that was mentioned in a previous post was that a bad Pram battery could cause it to go dead. Is this

Re: Pismo G4 upgrades

2004-08-29 Thread John Collins
Stuart-- late response but wanted to let you know I bought the Daystar G4/550 from them with the upgrade installed and have been very pleased with it after about a year of use. John in Tucson On Aug 26, 2004, at 6:52 PM, Will Schoumaker wrote: From: Stuart Saunders [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri,

Re: Best Place to sell Pismo

2004-02-11 Thread John Collins
Glenn-- I bought mine on eBay and have been pleased. I have sold and bought a lot and generally have never had a problem. Most ebayers are very honest and just looking for a good deal or to sell for a reasonable price. As with everything else, you still have to be careful. In selling just be

Re: GPS software

2004-02-06 Thread John Collins
Thanks for the info. The site worked fine for me and I have sent it on to all my friendly Mac'ers. I posted this message to the Tucson MUG NEED ALL MAC USERS TO SUPPORT REQUEST FOR GPS Software. An effort is being made to petition Garmin and Magellan to develop software for the Mac

Re: Ram upgrade enquiry on the Pismo

2004-01-24 Thread John Collins
Geoff-- An excellent response. I recently followed other listers suggestions and did the upgrade to 2 - 512s and all went well (I currently have the Viking 256 on eBay) but I have another question. My Pismo was an upgraded Daystar version to G4/550 and I went back to them for the purchase

Pismo Memory?

2004-01-06 Thread John Collins
My new to me Pismo has 256 Mb of memory in the J1 slot and J2 is empty. I think there is a difference in what can be put in. Can somebody give me some info or point me to an appropriate site. I want to add to the J2--What will work and any suggestions about purchase. Since i have not opened