Re: G3 300 MHz upgraded box and DVD Player

2004-06-24 Thread John Kamimura
Its been a while but I think that there was a problem with the version of the DVD Player software that is installed with 9.2 I believe that you needed to use version 1.3 John >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/23/04 09:07 AM >>> Hi Laurent, Yeah, I know, my Lombard works fine with DVD in OS 9. This issu

Re: CardBus SCSI Card?

2004-06-09 Thread John Kamimura
Orange Micro made (or still makes) a Firewire to SCSI converter. Adaptec made a PC Card -> SCSI card. The OM converter works well in 9 on a Lombard and according to OM, it works in X as well. J >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/09/04 21:49 PM >>> Hello All: Here is a stupid one for you: I am suddenl

Re: What is a Lombard DVD card?

2004-05-17 Thread John Kamimura
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/17/04 19:03 PM >>> I have a 333 Mhz Lombard and when I recently upgraded the CD-ROM drive to a DVD drive, I found that it actually played DVD movies. Cool! Subsequently, I noticed that in the Apple System Profiler, it states that there is a DVD card present. My question is

Re: Help to install panther in the lombard

2004-03-27 Thread John Kamimura
Some Lombards can't/won't install OS X due a problem with the CPU and/or memory. You may want to check out the macfixit. com web site under the portable macs forum for the threads on problems. Some things to try from the threads reseat the CPU and RAM install OS X with only the original Apple RA

Re: Looking for MacAlly cardbus USB driver

2004-02-10 Thread John Kamimura
I don't remember installing either... Checking the Macally web site and it says you need to have the following: *MacOS 8.6 or later *USB for Cardbus driver from AppleĀ® J >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/09/04 21:38 PM >>> HI Gang, I lost my driver for my MacAlly PCMCIA cardbus USB adapter when my

Re: want wireless for my Lombard

2003-12-13 Thread John Kamimura
John writes: I have the Cabletron/Enterasys Roamabout wireless card that is on the Wegener site listed below. There is a driver for it on the Enterasys site and it works under OS 9. Works OK on my Lombard and previously on a wallstreet. I can't say how good the range is as I don't have anythin

Re: Can't SwapHardDriveInWallstreet

2003-11-29 Thread John Kamimura
I'm not sure if this will help or not but have you looked here http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/PB_G3/wallstreet_hard_drive/index.html for info on the Wallstreet hard drive upgrade. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/29/03 19:37 PM >>> I have a Wallstreet. It has a 500mhz upgrade of some kind and 1

Re: Giving up on Lombard OS X

2003-10-06 Thread John Kamimura
I mentioned earlier that there was a thread over at Macfixit on problems with OS X and LOmbards Here is the URL http://www.macfixitforums.com/php/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=Forum35&Number=178765&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1 If this doesn't work do a search in the portables forum for "OS X

Re: Giving up on Lombard OS X

2003-10-04 Thread John Kamimura
I think that there was a thread on this at Macfixit - some Lombards with a CPU made during a specific time frame had an issue with the installation of X I'll see if I can track down further info for you J >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/04/03 16:39 PM >>> Well, it's got me beat. A dozen attempts and I

Re: MAC BATT Re: Pismo Battery dead

2003-06-25 Thread John Kamimura
Does Batttery Direct have this as part of their regular services or is it something that this specific store does? Do you have any other information that might be helpful for other Canadians living close to a Battery Direct? I'm thinking about running into their Burnaby store to have this done.