Re: iBook freezes after waking up

2002-12-10 Thread John Haumann
On Tuesday, December 10, 2002, at 02:51 PM, Stan Michael wrote: I have an iBook 700 (128MB OS9.2.2) that freezes after waking up from sleep. I have heard of this problem before, but can't remember reading about a fix for it. Anyone know what I need to do? Look for an extension conflict.

Current OS on early G3's [was: Need help]

2002-12-07 Thread John Haumann
On Saturday, December 7, 2002, at 08:24 AM, Administrator wrote: On the older G3's you have to partition into 2 seperate partitions. OS X will only install on the first 8 gig of the HD. Sooo.. Create 1, 7.9 gig partition and then the rest in another. It's not just OS X... Some of the

Re: Appleworks problem

2002-12-07 Thread John Haumann
On Saturday, December 7, 2002, at 02:35 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a 3 year old I Book and installed Appleworks 6 a year or more ago. All of a sudden, I am finding it is taking 3 to 5 seconds for a letter to appear while I am word processing ; in addition, it is taking 30

Re: weird, (not-so-)random crashes in 10.2

2002-12-03 Thread John Haumann
On Monday, December 2, 2002, at 10:00 PM, Amber Rhea wrote: Like I said, this weirdness has started only since I've installed 10.2; things were fine in 10.1.5 and prior. Right-clicking does not cause problems in apps other than the ones noted, and the iChat business is just plain weird.

Re: weird, (not-so-)random crashes in 10.2

2002-12-03 Thread John Haumann
On Tuesday, December 3, 2002, at 02:30 PM, Amber Rhea wrote: Thanks for the suggestion! I created a new user account and logged in as the new user. I tried all the things that usually result in a crash, and all of them worked fine, no crashes. So I guess I have a corrupt file. :( Now how

Re: G4 Ti Powerbook accident :-(

2002-11-30 Thread John Haumann
On Saturday, November 30, 2002, at 06:04 PM, Susan Casey Bennett wrote: I thought it might be as simple as brightness, and but it is turned all the way up. Incidentally, turning the brightness all the way down then all the way back up makes no discernable difference to the screen. So maybe

Re: Insurance Coverage on BeerBooks et al

2002-11-26 Thread John Haumann
On Tuesday, November 26, 2002, at 02:55 AM, Obi-Wan wrote: Just a hypothetical question. Many have observed that hypothetical questions are are often about as useful as half a pair of pliers, and that they are typically employed to distract attention from a flawed argument whose wheels are

Re: Burn Windows CD on iBook?

2002-11-25 Thread John Haumann
On Monday, November 25, 2002, at 03:11 PM, Sque wrote: 50 odd programs to make and burn iso's, betcha they can. All 50 can burn hybrid disks??? My, oh my. John at Wood-n-Shavings, Inc. San Antonio, Texas -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Insurance Coverage on BeerBooks et al

2002-11-25 Thread John Haumann
On Monday, November 25, 2002, at 03:41 PM, Obi-Wan wrote: I asked a group of my friends and co-workers this morning and *all* of them thought that it was an accident on your part and that your insurance company should not be held responsible. My friend Theo stated that if you had used

Re: wiping hard drive clean

2002-11-23 Thread John Haumann
On Saturday, November 23, 2002, at 02:19 AM, Obi-Wan wrote: I am not saying that this thread, or your concern, is invalid... or even that your question is invalid. What I am saying is that you are not EVER guaranteed safety of data without destroying the drive...basically. OK Obi-Wan,

Re: wiping hard drive clean

2002-11-23 Thread John Haumann
On Saturday, November 23, 2002, at 02:30 PM, Obi-Wan wrote: There was just a issue raised on the local TV station last week about this very topic, concerning Government HD's that were going to surplus sales and the safety of information that was previously on the drives. The conclusion

Re: Firewire + iBook (white) Problem with 9.2.2

2002-11-20 Thread John Haumann
On Wednesday, November 20, 2002, at 05:07 PM, Larry Blodgett wrote: I have one of the 15 white iBooks. I dual boot this laptop with MacOSX and MacOS 9.2.2. The firewire works fine with MacOSX but it just does not work at all with 9.2.2. I have reinstalled the 9.2.2 update twice. I have

Re: wiping hard drive clean

2002-11-18 Thread John Haumann
On Monday, November 18, 2002, at 08:10 PM, Geoffrey Loeffler wrote: I have to send my 40 GNX back to trans intl, very loud and clicking sounds coming out of it right from the start and continued for last 30 days. I need to wipe this drive clean, really clean. Will apples disk utility on

Re: .Mac or .Crap?

2002-11-05 Thread John Haumann
On Tuesday, November 5, 2002, at 06:56 AM, Bob wrote: My .Mac account had roughly 30-40 email messages in the inbox (albeit, in a read state). Roughly, around Nov. 1st/2nd I now only have (2) in the inbox and did NOT delete any of the previous messages. Anyone else experience this kind of

Re: OT: Problems with Samsung ML-1220

2002-11-05 Thread John Haumann
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 to the Samsung PrinThru. Jason Samsung SPL(v1.62) is the only

Re: OT: Problems with Samsung ML-1220

2002-10-28 Thread John Haumann
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, and Pismo. I assume you've been to samsungprinters.com for the latest

Re: FW: remote access control strip module glitch

2002-10-21 Thread John Haumann
On Monday, October 21, 2002, at 07:27 AM, Greg Gilmore wrote: Got no response to the following. Just thought I'd swing it by one more time: Might anyone know why my TiBook 667/OS9.2.1 hangs for several seconds when I choose 'Connect' from the Control Strip Remote Access module and fails

Re: Suggestions for partition

2002-10-05 Thread John Haumann
On Saturday, October 5, 2002, at 07:13 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm also in the process of upgrading to 40GB. Would I install OS X in the First 8GB partion, then 9.2 in the next 8GB and the rest for storage. Since you are talking about doing this installation on an older

Re: WallStreet hard drive

2002-09-19 Thread John Haumann
Yep. The 40 GB one I bought most recently was made in Hungary. The drive arrived with minimal packaging and, at first, I sorta wished it would have come with more documentation. When I thought about it though, I probably wouldn't have been able to read it anyway. My Hungarian is very

Happy camper with Mac OS-X (v10.2.1)

2002-09-19 Thread John Haumann
On Thursday, September 19, 2002, at 11:34 AM, Ryan Stewart wrote: 10.2.1 is out... And works like a champ on my rev.B iMac. OS 10.2 had unceremoniously broken my Spressa USB CD-RW; 10.2.1 seems to have fixed it again, just as unceremoniously. John at Wood-n-Shavings, Inc. San Antonio,

Re: OT: installed 10.2 on iMac and now get blank screen

2002-09-09 Thread John Haumann
On Monday, September 9, 2002, at 04:05 AM, Michael J. Granado wrote: While I'm still waiting for my copy of Jaguar to come through the mail for my Pismo, my parents just got a copy to install on their iMac DV 400 Special Edition. After installing the OS which went fine, the computer was

Re: minor cracks

2002-09-08 Thread John Haumann
On Sunday, September 8, 2002, at 11:26 AM, Demetrius wrote: If there are minor cracks on the laptop (corner areas mostly) can they be replaced? I would think that one crack would be as good as any other. What do you have in mind? John at Wood-n-Shavings, Inc. San Antonio, Texas

Re: 10.2 / Pismo battery life

2002-09-04 Thread John Haumann
On Wednesday, September 4, 2002, at 09:30 AM, Jim Freeman wrote: My battery life has gone to almost nothing with 10.2. I was down to maybe half an hour before that. Now it won't even hold a charge when it's sleeping. Caffeine, that's the answer! It's curious that such a big issue still

Re: Energy saver problems under Jag?

2002-09-01 Thread John Haumann
On Sunday, September 1, 2002, at 10:29 AM, Jim Eddy wrote: Has anyone else noticed their powerbook won't sleep under the energy saver pref? My bronze will sleep under the sleep command, and wakes up without problem (faster than 10.1.5), but won't sleep if unused for any length of time set.

Re: OS 10.2 is shipping to preoders NOW

2002-08-17 Thread John Haumann
On Saturday, August 17, 2002, at 04:18 PM, James wrote: I got a invoice notice from apple today the 17th of Aug 2002 that my OS X 10.2 has been shipped out today. The notice said that item was shipped sooner than expected week ealier than privous release date anyone else get this

Re: Screw problem

2002-07-27 Thread John Haumann
On Saturday, July 27, 2002, at 12:27 AM, Obi-Wan wrote: Fuse the tip of an old screwdriver to the damaged screw head with a dab of epoxy. When the epoxy has hardened, twist the screw out. That would take patience, but DAMN will I use that technique in the future. Great idea! Yeah,

Re: Screw problem

2002-07-26 Thread John Haumann
Fuse the tip of an old screwdriver to the damaged screw head with a dab of epoxy. When the epoxy has hardened, twist the screw out. John at Wood-n-Shavings, Inc. On Saturday, July 27, 2002, at 09:44 AM, Al wrote: putty around the screw to catch any filings? Al Ryan Coleman wrote:

Re: Upgrade

2002-07-18 Thread John Haumann
You wouldn't pay $20 for a month (or two, or three) of free gas, but take offense instead? I guess things like road-service agreements seem like rip-offs, too. Get a grip, Michael. On Thursday, July 18, 2002, at 12:20 AM, Michael Bryan Bell wrote: That is like a gas station saying come

Re: OS X nested Preference problems

2002-07-08 Thread John Haumann
Has anyone else tried running the repair permissions script more than once? When I ran it the second time, I figured that no new changes would have been made, but I figured wrong. One day had elapsed between the two. When I ran it a third time (a day later) more changes were reflected in

Re: shutting down pb pismo

2002-06-30 Thread John Haumann
On Saturday, June 29, 2002, at 09:24 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote: 4. A colder computer is a happier computer. Constant heat form even nominal operation will reduce the longevity of your mac. Sounds cute, but there is no basis in fact for this statement. A cold computer is one that is off,

Re: shutting down pb pismo

2002-06-30 Thread John Haumann
On Saturday, June 29, 2002, at 09:24 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote: 5. Leaving your Mac on all the time is the equivalent of leaving your car idling all the time. The tires won't wear, the transmission won't wear, and your headlights won't burn out, but it's still running. I was going to let

Re: Pismo battery loose in battery bay--normal and PRAM battery?

2002-06-15 Thread John Haumann
On Saturday, June 15, 2002, at 05:48 PM, Dwight Hines wrote: My regular battery, albeit loose, holds a charge well and has done so for 2 years. I do use battery amnesia every couple of months or so. Why? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Rage Pro support in Mac OS 10.1.5

2002-06-05 Thread John Haumann
On Wednesday, June 5, 2002, at 07:18 AM, Dennis SCP wrote: Can people who updated to 10.1.5 please respond with their experience with Rage Pro support? I believe the slideshow can show you, as it adds zooming and scrolling (panning) when 2D hardware support is found. You may also want to