wireless printing

2005-01-23 Thread Kurt Appling
Hi all,sorry if this has been asked before,I have a TI8oo with B-model airport card,I also have a usb cannon printer,what do I need to get, to print wirelessly? TIA if there is more than one way to do this. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: battery

2004-08-07 Thread Kurt Appling
RE: one trick I know is to cool the battery in the refridgerator for a half an hour first,a hot battery will misread as full charged,also try to be sure the battery is completely drained to start with.as it may have enough voltage,but no amperage reserve On Aug 7, 2004, at 1:31 PM, pamark

Re: Ancient printer drivers

2004-07-23 Thread Kurt Appling
RE, you may also want to try a search of twocows site for out of date drivers Hmmm, from the article, it seems to imply that there is an OS limitation with the Stylewriter II, ie may not work with OS 8+. Am I interpreting this correctly? By the way, THANKS to HAL who emailed me a disk

OS 9

2004-07-11 Thread Kurt Appling
Hi all, what is the key combo to press while starting up mail in os9 to rebuild ? thankyou in advance -- 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

wireless usb

2004-06-10 Thread Kurt Appling
Hi all, is there yet a wireless method to use my usb printer with a TI8oo -- 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! | Support Low End

Re: Safari causing freezes in early G3's with Jaguar?

2004-05-26 Thread Kurt Appling
Re; I had that problem also, I deleted it and reinstalled it,then it was OK.I dont know why really, except it just did not load completely the first time, it also happened to me with explorer On May 25, 2004, at 6:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello troopers, Anyone have any experience with

Re: Is it time to upgrade?

2004-05-12 Thread Kurt Appling
Re, this is just my opinion of course, but, I personally think that a pismo is reaching the age that money for upgrades would be better spent on a later model TI, leaving your pismo as is,while Im sure the 667 is a very good machine, I can also tell you panther is not very fast on a

Re: returned messages

2004-05-02 Thread Kurt Appling
Thankyou, can you tell me if it will harm my machine, or just ignore it entirely which I plan to do. On May 1, 2004, at 8:52 PM, Kurt Appling wrote: hi all, I am occasionaly recieveing notices of mail unable to be delivered to such?such address, but I havent mailed such a thing to anyone

returned messages

2004-05-01 Thread Kurt Appling
hi all, I am occasionaly recieveing notices of mail unable to be delivered to such?such address, but I havent mailed such a thing to anyone, is this normal or some kind of spam trick, tia for any info how to fix -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: wireless USB

2004-04-21 Thread Kurt Appling
RE; thankyou,, I have learned to ask here before spending money. On Apr 20, 2004, at 9:59 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 20/04/04 18:54, Kurt Appling at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I am useing a TI800 and D-link wireless internet, my question is how well does lynksys wireless USB work

Re: Applecare in Florida

2004-04-21 Thread Kurt Appling
RE; I know what you mean about comp-usa, the store in tampa is just awful,yet the superstore a couple of miles from me has been excellent, they really vary alot here. Does CompUSA offer their warranty even if you did not purchase the computer from them? I do not like using CompUSA for

Re: OS 9 WMV Player

2004-04-21 Thread Kurt Appling
RE: I honestly dont know what the deal is with the microshaft media player,I had it working in os 10.2,I upgraded to 10.3 and it hasnt worked right since, I can use it OK with pre-existing WMV downloads,but I cannot download WMV's since I upgraded,in fact only with I-cab do downloads work,and

Re: Applecare in Florida

2004-04-20 Thread Kurt Appling
Re; true,for some time now only buissness is allowed appllecare, the alternative is comp-usa offers their own warranty,there may be others also On Apr 20, 2004, at 12:04 PM, Wayne wrote: I want to purchase Applecare for my 700 mhz Ibook. It is my understanding you have up to 1 year from

wireless USB

2004-04-20 Thread Kurt Appling
Hi all, I am useing a TI800 and D-link wireless internet, my question is how well does lynksys wireless USB work for peripherals and mac's? i saw it in sams club,is it OK or is there better? TIA -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: New Powerbooks announced / I bought my first Mac today

2004-04-19 Thread Kurt Appling
RE, congrats,welcome and best wishes. On Apr 19, 2004, at 10:26 AM, Timothy J. Luoma wrote: http://www.apple.com/powerbook/ I have ordered my first PowerBook today :-) Product Name: PowerBook 1.5GHz (15.2 TFT) Options: 065-5069 1.5GHz PowerPC G4 with 128MB Graphics Memory 065-4861

Re: 60GB 7200RPM or 80GB 5400RPM

2004-04-01 Thread Kurt Appling
Re; actually if the transfer rate in bits per-- is on the boxes ,compare these for a more accurate measurement of usable speed. On Apr 1, 2004, at 11:35 AM, Nick Marshall wrote: On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Sam wrote: What would you buy? I'm really stuck here. I can't decide which drive to buy for my

Re: Bottom of Wallstreet gets hot

2004-03-29 Thread Kurt Appling
Re; I had similar idea,I used two pieces and put a fan inbetween, best wishes On Mar 28, 2004, at 9:13 PM, Rad Craig wrote: Sure, that would be great. That's what I was thinking of, some type of an insulating cover on the bottom or some way to insulate it from my lap. Rad... Hector I Macedo

Re: 9.2

2004-03-25 Thread Kurt Appling
Re: I have TI 800, running panther,panther I installed first then OS 9.2, the difference in later models is they arent supposed to boot in os9 for start-up ,at presant when os9 is used,click hardrive icon,then click on os9 desktop and os9 starts with osx in the background I have forgot this

Re: Sound advice needed

2004-03-17 Thread Kurt Appling
RE; I dont know about the speakers in the 17in, but on average, i really dont know any laptop with good built in speakers for music.the answer is usually a good set of headphones for traveling jsut my opinion of course. best wishes On Mar 17, 2004, at 6:05 PM, Tom Meade wrote: For setting up

Re: Best laptop for $750?

2004-03-16 Thread Kurt Appling
Hi, my opinion,check both small dog and even the apple home page for refurbished with warranty,my favorite is the titanium powerbook,the pismo is also excellant but reaching the age that battery is becomeing an expensive issue,also speed.I also would not rule out an icebook,also a good machine

Re: weird email/yes

2004-02-17 Thread Kurt Appling
RE,yes I too have been recieveing alot of weird reply's I did not send,and alot of emails that are very misspelled gibberish,with only the header reading clearly, I dont know what it is all about, but I suspect other peoples PC's are screwed up and sending out stuff. Im glad I have a mac, just

slow panther

2004-01-31 Thread Kurt Appling
Hi all, I am useing panther in a TI 800 w/512 megs ram,and am anoyed that my machine is now noticably slower in functioning than it was running the earlier 10.1 and os9.2,,internet especialy , startup is about the same. is there something I should download for this? or is this how it is

Re: lombard bronze restart

2004-01-29 Thread Kurt Appling
RE, LOL worse I had everything plugged-in but turned off the switch to the wall socket,,duhh it did'nt charge very good On Jan 28, 2004, at 10:29 PM, w miller wrote: I'm actually embarrassed to admit this, but it's happened to me a couple of times and after getting really depressed, I

Re: Help with Pismo and TV

2004-01-07 Thread Kurt Appling
Re; yes,when playing DVD out to TV. I use S-video out and put the screen to sleep On Jan 7, 2004, at 2:05 PM, Tom Roth wrote: Can you turn off the Pizmo's LCD display and run video out the external port only? -tom -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Panther browser choice

2004-01-05 Thread Kurt Appling
Re,nope, I have not found those in panther,,10.2 was easy and well marked but here I have found no sign On Jan 5, 2004, at 1:10 PM, Frank P. Eigler wrote: On Sun, 4 Jan 2004, Kurt Appling wrote: Hi all, I am just starting out with panther 10.3, on a Ti 800 I did not load older 9.2.2, my

Re: Wallstreet disk repair utility

2004-01-05 Thread Kurt Appling
RE, yes I would agree on disk warrior,however I too had a drive die, and the system still recognized it presant ,but it would not start-up,a simple test is see if it will start from CD On Jan 5, 2004, at 12:49 PM, Justin Petersen wrote: Long story short, I was doing a few things on my

Re: Panther browser choice

2004-01-05 Thread Kurt Appling
Thankyou, just what I needed, I just thought I couldnt find it, I didnt realize it was left out completely best wishes On Jan 5, 2004, at 7:48 AM, Jan Musil wrote: Try http://www.clauss-net.de/misfox/misfox.html Or if you have access to Jaguar you can follow this hint:

Re: Panther browser choice

2004-01-05 Thread Kurt Appling
Thankyou,thats is even easier yet still, best wishes Hi all, I am just starting out with panther 10.3, on a Ti 800 I did not load older 9.2.2, my question is about how or can I choose different default browsers than just safari? thanks in advance. The irony in Panther, now that the Internet

Panther browser choice

2004-01-04 Thread Kurt Appling
Hi all, I am just starting out with panther 10.3, on a Ti 800 I did not load older 9.2.2, my question is about how or can I choose different default browsers than just safari? thanks in advance. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: TiBook vs. AlBook ??

2003-12-15 Thread Kurt Appling
Re; Im not sure about earlier Ti's but my TI 800 also has two antenae covered by plastic ,andI have not noticed any trouble with wireless,however I have no other device to compare it with. It's much more than a theory. If you look up the side of the display of the AlBook there are 2

auto-fill

2003-12-03 Thread Kurt Appling
Hi all,does autofill work now in os10.3thankyou. -- 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! | Support Low End Mac

installing Panther

2003-11-22 Thread Kurt Appling
Hi all,I want to get panther later on,my question is about loading it,I still have OS9.2 and with OS10.2. os9 must load first, when I install panther,must it again load first, or after panther? I am using TI800 TIA. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

panther

2003-11-12 Thread Kurt Appling
Hi all, I want to know more about panther,Ive looked at the ad's and most of the new features I dont need,my question is does it work any better? thanks in advance -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | --

a question about panther

2003-11-10 Thread Kurt Appling
Hi, I am still useing a TI 8oo,I have both jaguar and OS9.2 installed,my question is about sherlock, I think I like the OS9.2 version much better than the jag version, what is it like with panther? thanks in advance -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

panther?

2003-11-05 Thread Kurt Appling
Hi all, is panther now available or are they just taking orders in advance? thanks in advance -- 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: 2 ma [OT]

2003-09-29 Thread Kurt Appling
RE; I would think hospital equipment standards to be about the best,in residential electrical,GFCI outlets for use around damp conditions are trip at 5 miliamps And as a biomedical engineer, I know you can kill someone with 2 milliamps in the right circumstances, check the standards for

Re: journaling

2003-09-25 Thread Kurt Appling
RE; thankyou, I will try journaling, as for coctail it was a maintenance program, free download from the apple site. Hi all,I have had cocktail installed for some time now,I would like to ask what is journaling? I'll have to ask you what is cocktail? Journalling is a technique where

journaling

2003-09-24 Thread Kurt Appling
Hi all,I have had cocktail installed for some time now,I would like to ask what is journaling? -- 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: I got mine!

2003-09-16 Thread Kurt Appling
re; I too am in the tampabay area, no applecare in fla. however comp-usa offers 2year store, warranty to start,and can be extended later.so far thats all I know of On Tuesday, September 16, 2003, at 09:55 PM, Lewin A.R.W. Edwards wrote: One peculiar thing, I tried to purchase the AppleCare

Re: Torx number

2003-08-30 Thread Kurt Appling
Re;if you move your book around very much,you may also want a tube of (loc-tite blue) so as to secure the screws from loss,do not use the red for this. What size torque screwdriver is necessary for separating the hard drive from its frame on a Pismo Firewire? It's a #8 Is this the only

Re: backlight problems

2003-08-20 Thread Kurt Appling
re; a pram reset may help,the button is under the delete key under the keyboard,and then remember your clock On Tuesday, August 19, 2003, at 06:14 PM, aramone 2 wrote: I have a G4 Powerbook (15) and it's having backlight problems. It started when a couple of times I left the lid open a few

OS X.3 panther

2003-08-18 Thread Kurt Appling
Hi all,I am trying to make sense of the upcoming panther OS,I have a TI PB 800, my question is after the installation,can I then readd os 9.2 for those few things I still use it for ,just as I am still useing this with OSX.2 installed? thankyou -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: OS X.3 panther

2003-08-18 Thread Kurt Appling
RE; you are right , I did not type that very well,I meant can I install the new panther and OS9.2 without partitioning the harddrive. and thankyou On Monday, August 18, 2003, at 06:43 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: On 18/08/03 18:25, Kurt Appling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all,I am trying

Re: USB hub

2003-08-03 Thread Kurt Appling
RE; Im useing a belkin,powered 6 port usb hub,with a TI PB 800 for about a year now,I have had no problems or conflicts with useing it.price was about 45 dollars US. O I need a USB hub with at least 4 ports to use with my G4/667 PowerBook/OS 9.2.2. -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: iBook sudden shutdown

2003-07-28 Thread Kurt Appling
Re' recheck energy saver serttings ,once in a great while, things change settings for no apparent reason On Monday, July 28, 2003, at 08:08 PM, Charlie Meyerson wrote: Forgive me if others have posed this question, but my clamshell iBook Graphite (SE) has taken to suddenly shutting down when

tiBook wireless

2003-07-22 Thread Kurt Appling
Re; wow sounds like for once i am lucky,I have a ti 800 with the two antenae inlets visable on each side ,so far its worked find with a d-link station, but Im glad it has the pc-card option just in case On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 03:03 PM, Paul Nicholson wrote: Ryan, Arrgh! This is what

Re: warranties

2003-07-18 Thread Kurt Appling
re; the serial number should prove its not stolen,therefor warranty registration should not be a problem if less than a year,or if you are purchaseing the extended care yourself,alot of used machines probably dont have original recipt,just check thats its clean numbers On Friday, July 18,

Re: warranties

2003-07-18 Thread Kurt Appling
re; I agree, the serial number should be on the case,and a call to local sheriffs office (here) would show a stolen property.if its clean you have no problem On Friday, July 18, 2003, at 02:06 PM, Illovox Media wrote: on 7/18/03 6:36 AM, Bruce Mitchell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where do you

Re: hot powerbook g4

2003-07-18 Thread Kurt Appling
re; well yes sort of, I use a bed tray with a hole sawed opening, and have a case fan and a transformer block mounted underneath,its homemade but cost me 30 dollars for the components.however mine is for home use, not really very portable. PB TI 800 On Friday, July 18, 2003, at 08:54 PM, David

Re: UPGRADE DECISIONS, what to do? Part A

2003-07-13 Thread Kurt Appling
RE; I think wallstreets are a good machine,and still useful for the basics, but I think the money is better saved for a good deal on a newer refurbished notebook deal with warranty. just my opinion THE SUBJECT MATTER: wondering what I should do about upgrading my wallstreet. I don't post

Re: 7200 rpm notebook drive

2003-07-11 Thread Kurt Appling
RE; I had heard of them being introduced, I would like very much to know how well it turns out, I am useing 40 gig 5400 rpm toshiba mine came with. TI 800 On Friday, July 11, 2003, at 01:39 PM, Mark Kippert wrote: Roger Shufflebottom on 7/11/03 11:12 AM wrote: For those who are interested, I

battery in refrdige

2003-07-03 Thread Kurt Appling
Hi all,I have gotten an explanation about putting a battey in the fridge before rechargeing,it seems many newer chargers have electronic senseing,so as an example,battery's in contractors tools left out in a hot truck,the charger misreads the high temperature as a short, and so will misread

Re: Pismo Battery dead

2003-06-27 Thread Kurt Appling
RE; yes I think you are right the battery is spent,reduceing the temp.before chargeing really only helps once in a great while,its sort of the last thing to try before replacement,but its a trick that has saved me from throwing away several units that just decided to work some more after all.

Re: Dead Bronze

2003-06-26 Thread Kurt Appling
re; the home depot has a small set of 6 micro torx screwdrivers for a few dollars, much like the sets for glasses and watches ,I expect that soon they will be common everywhere. On Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 06:41 PM, Hamlin Krewson wrote: On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 16:38:24 -0500, Bill Vader

Re: G5

2003-06-24 Thread Kurt Appling
RE; I have a G4 TI PB, I am going to venture a guess,,patience,,see what the new IBM chip does in the field first.I hope to soon ask among our fellow listers how fast-how hot etc. On Tuesday, June 24, 2003, at 09:39 AM, Brendan McAlpine wrote: The real question is, when do we get G5 powered

Re: Pismo Battery dead

2003-06-24 Thread Kurt Appling
re; to reset a battery I've had some success with complete dischargeing ,placeing it into refridgerator for several ,then recharge as usual.I've had ocassions of batteries reading as bad, if hot from use or chargeing. On Tuesday, June 24, 2003, at 12:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on

Re: G5

2003-06-24 Thread Kurt Appling
RE;look at the interior picture closely, I think those are plastic airflow chambers ,rather like funnels into the fans, 7 fans? are they serious? On Tuesday, June 24, 2003, at 12:14 PM, Mick Ring wrote: on 6/24/03 6:39, Brendan McAlpine at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The real question is, when

Re: gaps in frame TiPB G4

2003-06-22 Thread Kurt Appling
RE; TI PB 800, no gaps in mine On Saturday, June 21, 2003, at 06:02 PM, WNK wrote: On a G4 Ti PB. Has anyone noticed those occasional little gaps in the frame around the display, where the display meets the frame, when you are looking sideways, where you can the light from the edge of the

pay-pal

2003-06-20 Thread Kurt Appling
RE;I think that is good advice if you have to use pay-pal for anything ,however they are not covered by the same laws that protect if you use a bank or credit card.in my opinion just plan on loosing your money with no real recourse,because you probably will eventually. As for PayPal, I've had

Re: Anyone (esp. in the UK) purchased goods from WegenerMedia??

2003-06-19 Thread Kurt Appling
Re; just my own opinion,I dont personaly know anyone who has a pay-pal account that has not had trouble with them, On Thursday, June 19, 2003, at 03:42 AM, Andrew McCall wrote: Hi, I was looking for a replacement CDRW/DVD-ROM Drive, some more memory and some replacement rubber feet for a

Re: Bronze Powerbook won't charge Battery. SOLVED!!

2003-06-15 Thread Kurt Appling
RE; LOL no the PB,just the battery,and I myself havent tried it either :) best wishes On Saturday, June 14, 2003, at 07:41 PM, John Beringer wrote: Robert, Thank you immensely ! Your tip was right on the money, My wife happily reports that the bronze PB is now, once again, charging the

TI reception

2003-06-15 Thread Kurt Appling
RE; I have a TI, PB 800,with the two antanae one on each side,I have had no reception trouble,how much distance are we talking? or was some correction made in my machine? Anyone know how the newer AL books compare? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: Bronze Powerbook won't charge Battery. Please Help.

2003-06-14 Thread Kurt Appling
RE; I remember awhile back someone bouned theirs off the side of a dumpster and it started working again,dont know if it was the shock or the threat lol On Saturday, June 14, 2003, at 02:15 PM, John Beringer wrote: Well, I wish it were that responsive. I've tried that to no avail. The

Re: OT virus or other mail return weirdness

2003-06-14 Thread Kurt Appling
RE; Im getting tons of them also, I wonder if its a worm or virus thing? On Saturday, June 14, 2003, at 03:35 PM, Jim Katz wrote: Very strange stuff happening to me: I am receiving a larger and larger number of Message undeliverable returns every day, in many languages and formats. The

Re: Battery Monitor Question

2003-06-13 Thread Kurt Appling
RE: may I ask what OS ? as example OSX in energy saver has that feature and can be shown in upper border,either as time or percent,I have noticed it disappears in classic On Thursday, June 12, 2003, at 08:31 PM, K. wrote: A quick one for the list Does anyone know if there is a program

Re: Wallstreet Sleep

2003-06-11 Thread Kurt Appling
Re; omnidisksweeper is a download from apple under utilitys,its a payware to get all the features and its hard to tell its working,but I do notice a good difference useing it. PB 800 jag10.2 On Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at 10:37 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, the NOT sleeping would be a

Re: 17 PowerBook

2003-06-11 Thread Kurt Appling
RE; I am useing an earlier TI PB 800 without the backlit keyboard, is the keyboard interchangable between these machines? ? for the time being I get by OK with a flexlite On Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at 10:45 PM, Dwayne Walker wrote: Just my two pence for you Nick. I am typing this from my

Re: building a better mouse (was 17 Powerbook)

2003-06-11 Thread Kurt Appling
RE, well I agree about the scroll wheel,now that I have it I wouldnt go back,I have also gotten acustomed to useing two buttons, left single click,and right set to double click I could stand the one button thing (possibly) but it is totally not acceptable to not have a scroll wheel these

Re: G3 Series PB (wallstreet) 233 power supply needed

2003-05-31 Thread Kurt Appling
RE; though my question is for a Titanium PB 800, is the power supply transformer as comes from the factory 14volt, 65watts ??I remeber seeing this somewhere, but now I cannot remember where, to verify this correct , Or the specs of someother PB ???, thankyou in advance it sucks getting

Re: Wallstreet battery

2003-05-27 Thread Kurt Appling
RE; though not addressed to me, this is very helpful info,, thankyou On Tuesday, May 27, 2003, at 11:29 AM, Byron Gardner wrote: www.batterytech.com -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web

Re: Mysterious Pismo shutdowns

2003-05-15 Thread Kurt Appling
RE; famous words of a bank robber,, dont trust an automatic-- among other things :) It is those times when Bessie is sleeping and using only her battery that odd things happen. Very rarely -- maybe once every two months -- I will come back in the morning and discover that my laptop is turned