Re: replacement power supply for icebook

2003-10-26 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 10/26/03 4:20 PM, Remell Boyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I just bought a used icebook and I am dying to use it, but the power cable is non-functioning, its totally frayed and you can see the cables on the inside furthermore, I doubt if even electrical tape would help. I

Re: USB 2.0... [off-list sales wrong]

2003-10-26 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 10/26/03 1:41 PM, Andrew Kershaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Wait a minute, Mr. Hammad didn't post anything to the list! Read the darn header: From: Mohamad Hammad [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tekno Liber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: USB 2.0 compatible with USB 1.1 ? Date:

Re: ibook failure? =(

2003-10-14 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 10/14/03 6:46 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Call Apple and be prepared to give your serial # -- that's it. If there is AppleCare remaining you are covered and the serial # is all you need. As an Apple Service Tech I can assure you that that is not true.

Re: ibook failure? =(

2003-10-14 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 10/14/03 6:46 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: On 10/14/03 2:44 AM, jeff hewitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The unit ran fine for like a month before this started popping up. Since receiving the book I installed a pc133 ram chip Pull the RAM and try it for a

Re: Modem/Phone Help

2003-10-09 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 10/8/03 11:10 AM, Clark Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I suppose you already know this but one thing to try is to dial the number manually just to make sure you get a carrier. Does the phone show a connection. Also try using a terminal emulator to dial as a test. I

Modem/Phone Help

2003-10-08 Thread Kyle Hansen
Does anyone else out there have a Sprint PCS Vision phone that they are using as a portable modem for their laptop? I have a Sanyo 5300 and my new Albook 17 sees the phone and allows me to select it as a modem, but it won't connect. I *know* that it will work with this phone, because I have

Re: Is the 12 inch powerbook cooler?

2003-09-19 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 9/19/03 10:28 AM, Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: on 19/09/03 10:03, Neal Gordon at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone actually seen the new 12 inch Powerbook? I was thinking of buying a 12 inch PB previously but was a bit put off by how hot the machine

Re: I got mine!

2003-09-17 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 9/17/03 8:47 PM, Jim Schulze [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Oh, and a wonderful warranty it is. I bought the Compusa warranty when I purchased my TiPB new from them in 2001. 2 years later the battery is dying so I go back to get a new one under their 2 year warranty. Oh, the

Re: The new 15 G4

2003-09-16 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 9/16/03 5:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I placed my order for a 15 with my local dealer this morning...I hope Apple doesn't keep all the stock for their own stores and keep my dealer waiting! They aren't. I already have them in my store. We got the

Re: The new 15 G4

2003-09-16 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 9/16/03 1:42 PM, Thomas Ethen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I will wait also, as I hate being an unpaid (or paying for the privilege) Beta Tester for a new laptop. I'm not waiting. I'll have mine tomorrow. I'll keep you posted. They are very similar in case design to the

Re: (Why no extended warranty in Florida): Was: I got mine!

2003-09-16 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 9/16/03 10:39 PM, Gary D. Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I looked at the Florida statutes, and they are very complex and restrictive. Apple and a lot of other companies just don't want to meet the requirements. I am an Apple professional in the Tampa area. The real

Re: PowerBook G4 Titanium/Aluminium ???

2003-09-06 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 9/6/03 7:08 AM, Eugene Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Apple's documentation on this matter is rather poor because the company is intentionally pushing OS X. And they have been for a couple of years now. OS 9 is dead. Has been for at least 2 years. We should consider

Re: PowerBook G4 Titanium/Alloy ???

2003-09-06 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 9/6/03 2:38 AM, Tekno Liber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: From: Kyle Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can install OS 9 from the restore CD's. Is this true for any Classic bootable Mac ? I know this is not a G-Mac list, but it's the subject, not the Mac that's being

Re: unsubscribe

2003-09-06 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 9/6/03 7:51 AM, Matt Peacock [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Hi, Sorry for posting this to the list. I've tried both unsubscribe addresses, tried emailing the list mom but I'm still subscribed to G-Books. Could someone remove me please?! I manually removed you. -- Kyle H.

Re: PowerBook G4 Titanium/Alloy ???

2003-09-06 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 9/6/03 2:48 PM, JeffH [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: On Saturday, September 6, 2003, at 09:23 am, G-Books wrote: Apple has changed the format of the restore CD's a number of times. The most recent restore CD's require that OS X be installed. Then once you install OS X you

Re: PowerBook G4 Titanium/Alloy ???

2003-09-06 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 9/6/03 4:00 PM, Tekno Liber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: From: Kyle Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can't update an image. I have workarounds , of course, but that's not the point. Could you please give a short description of how as I'm stuck with my G4 that won't boot

Re: PowerBook G4 Titanium/Alloy ???

2003-09-05 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 9/5/03 9:17 AM, Tekno Liber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: From: Wayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Concerning the boot into OS9 issue, I believe that all new Macs starting with the snip I have just realised that the TiBook 867 sold in Sweden ships with OS 9 and OS X while the US

Re: Powerbook (firewire) power adaptor failure

2003-09-02 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 9/1/03 6:24 PM, Jackie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I always thought it was for just the bricks, too, but I personally know 3 Pismo owners who had their yo-yo adapters replaced by Apple. They filled in their Powerbook serial number and Apple deemed that they qualified. Could

Re: Powerbook (firewire) power adaptor failure

2003-09-01 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 8/31/03 6:04 PM, Jackie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Greetings, The yo-yo adaptor on my pismo died today. For the last week or so I've noticed that it's been very particular about sending power to the machine, even when it appeared to be plugged in (at both ends). After

Re: Torx number for Pismo HD

2003-08-29 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 8/29/03 1:24 PM, tivo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: What size torque screwdriver is necessary for separating the hard drive from its frame on a Pismo Firewire? Is this the only specialized tool necessary -- aside from a variety of small screwdrivers? Torx-8. Yes. I

Re: wallstreet pram? over busing? PMU trouble??? Oh my!

2003-08-22 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 8/22/03 2:05 AM, Eric Bigham \\'Yoshiki-san!'// [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Hi~ is the pram battery rechargeable on the Wallstreets? I've been having tons of trouble with my ebay-bought Wallstreet... I think the pram battery is dead, so I took it down to Battery Patrol

Re: wallstreet pram? over busing? PMU trouble??? Oh my!

2003-08-22 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 8/22/03 7:27 PM, Dan K [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Eric Bigham asked: is the pram battery rechargeable on theWallstreets? then Kyle Hansen replied: They are NOT rechargeable. Kyle is doubtless one of the most knowledgable PB and Mac techs with whom I've had the good

Re: PB G4 400 CD won't eject

2003-08-19 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 8/19/03 4:12 PM, Tom Ohmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Tried all usual things. Just get a rat tat tat noise from CD. Help. Thanks. Did you reboot and hold the trackpad button down?? -- Kyle H. Hansen It's Always darkest... right before it gets totally black. --

Re: hacked powerbook superdrive firmware

2003-08-14 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 8/13/03 12:15 AM, Peter Nacken [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: on 8/13/03 2:13 PM, Eugene Lee at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone here tried it? http://www.macnn.com/news/20593 http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?p=68197 http://superdrive.cynikal.net/ Funny eugene,

Re: Kanga won't boot (GLOD?)

2003-08-14 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 8/8/03 5:08 PM, macnifico [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Sorry to disagree, but GLOD happens in the Duo 2300 and in the PB 3400. Maybe not from the same exact problems, but that darn green light goes on and in 2 cases, there was nothing I could do to get them working again.

Re: Kanga won't boot (GLOD?)

2003-08-14 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 8/8/03 5:02 AM, John Acuff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 02:57 AM, Graham Wallis wrote: Are you trying to boot from a system disk or the internal hard drive? If you haven't tried it already try booting from a CD with an OS on it. Kanga's

Re: iBook 700 and date time error on start-up

2003-07-27 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 7/27/03 9:02 AM, Lewin Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Sounds like your PRAM battery needs replacing. But the iBook doesn't have a PRAM battery, does it? It uses the main battery to power the RTC You are correct. There is no PRAM battery in the iBooks. -- Kyle H.

Re: Ipod

2003-07-24 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 7/24/03 10:05 AM, Lewin Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I'm thinking of buying an Ipod. Can it work as a Firewire external disk drive? Joaquim Absolutely! Note, however, that you can't browse the contents of the drive using the iPod's interface... in order to

Re: disappointing tiBook wireless

2003-07-22 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 7/22/03 11:00 PM, Jim Katz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Yes, I have the same problem of low performance with an original TiBook and airport. It got worse when I had to have the display replaced, and now is essentially a range of 20 feet. My wife has a blueberry iBook and

Re: warranties

2003-07-18 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 7/18/03 4:40 AM, Michel Treisman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Hi! I have been offered a new and unused Titanium powerbook which the seller says he recently obtained from an Apple employee at Cupertino. But there is no proof of purchase with the machine. Without proof

Re: AOL taking over PPP?I

2003-07-11 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 7/11/03 10:09 PM, Andrew King [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Invoking the one removed principal... My dad is having trouble with PPP on his powerbook 1400 OS 8.1). PPP keeps resetting itself to AOL (and he doesn't have an AOL account). It won't let him create a new

LowendMac in Macworld Magazine (US version)

2003-07-09 Thread Kyle Hansen
There is a mention of Lowendmac.com in Macworld on page 58 in the August issue. Just thought I would share. -- Kyle H. Hansen It's Always darkest... right before it gets totally black. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com

Re: TiBook Hard Drive Failure

2003-07-06 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 7/6/03 11:43 AM, Ryan Coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I got my TiBook in December 2001. The HDD just failed. (The heads won't ride the platters like they should, making a 'click of death' sound). Has anyone else experienced such a failure yet? I have. I happened on my

Re: Using Epson Photo 700 with ibook 600

2003-07-04 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 7/4/03 5:53 PM, Roger Shufflebottom [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I have an Epson Stylus Color 850 which I used with my old PB G3 with serial port. On my G4 PB (OS X) I have had no luck at all getting it to work ( I have a Keyspan USB-serial adapter). It does work in OS 9 and

Re: Free wireless at hooters? [was Re: Any one heard ofCfgOpenTpt??]

2003-07-02 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 7/2/03 9:24 PM, Peter Nacken [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I have to ask...FREE wireless at HOOTERS? Now there is a dream come true :) now I just need a Hooters here in Fiji !!! You are in Fiji. Well wa. I feel so sorry for you not having any good wings.

Re: Paypal etc, was Re: Anyone ...

2003-06-20 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/19/03 9:34 PM, Brian Deuel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: OTOH, there is plenty of evidence of how criminal and corrupt these jokers are. But people are blinded, as usual, because of convenience. Oh well. I won't say I told you so when you get screwed. Evidence on the web

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

2003-06-19 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/19/03 4:02 AM, Kurt Appling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Re; just my own opinion,I dont personaly know anyone who has a pay-pal account that has not had trouble with them, That is not really on topic here, but I will respond with this. I personally have had a paypal

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

2003-06-19 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/19/03 3:01 PM, Harbourmaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I have to say that all of my dealings with him have been quite pleasant and straight forward and that I have no doubt that you shall receive the goods that you have paid for. David is an honest business person and I

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

2003-06-19 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/19/03 6:21 PM, Illovox Media [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: on 6/19/03 3:13 PM, Kyle Hansen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/19/03 4:02 AM, Kurt Appling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Re; just my own opinion,I dont personaly know anyone who has a pay-pal

Re: iBook CD drive upgrades?

2003-06-19 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/19/03 8:03 PM, Andrew Main [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Seems to me I remember seeing someone was offering upgrades for (dual USB) iBooks, to convert the plain CD drive to CDRW or Combo drive. I thought it was MCE, but I don't see anything on their site. Does anyone

Re: OT virus or other mail return weirdness

2003-06-14 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/14/03 4:41 PM, Kurt Appling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: RE; Im getting tons of them also, I wonder if its a worm or virus thing? There is a new strin of Klez and Bugbear circulating since last week. Could have something to do with it. People are subbed to this list on

Re: building a better mouse (was 17 Powerbook)

2003-06-12 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/11/03 8:23 PM, Steve Fuller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: On Wednesday, June 11, 2003, at 04:46 PM, David M. Ensteness wrote: Uhm, look closer and you will see they got over not invented here a long time ago ... Guess that explains the USB 2.0 ports that are built

Re: Apple store/Dealer in SF

2003-06-12 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/11/03 12:42 PM, Geno Endicott [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I have been trying to find the Apple Corp Store info on there site. I know it's there but can't find it. Anyone know where it is? Mapquest 1 infinite loop. It's on Campus. About 5 blocks off the 280. Easy to

Re: Apple store/Dealer in SF

2003-06-11 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/11/03 8:55 AM, Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Anybody know of a good Apple dealer in San Francisco? Planning to be there soon and planning to get a 17 PB. Thanks. I don't like the one that you will be referred to. Macadam. The owner is a pretentious ass and they

Re: Wallstreet Sleep

2003-06-10 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/10/03 11:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: All of the comments on NOT sleeping, but nothing on why this authorized service center said they could not tell me what the HARDWARE problem was? They mentioned it had something to do with their contract. So

Re: Wallstreet Sleep

2003-06-09 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/9/03 4:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: OK OK I know everyone hates this, but it is getting very annoying. My PB G3 series 292Mhz will sometimes half-way wake up from a sleep. I'll put it to sleep, when I try to wake it I do not hear the hard drive

Re: Wallstreet Sleep

2003-06-09 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/9/03 7:01 PM, Thomas Ethen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I agree! Most issues on any of the laptop lists I am on start with when it wakes up from sleep and the solution to all of this is to not let it sleep all the time. Even when they wake from sleep you only save 60

Re: Apple Authorized Reseller/Apple Specialist Question

2003-06-08 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/8/03 5:11 PM, Gary D. Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I like SmallDog. It's just that from just about everywhere else I can have products if not the next day in two days. That just isn't possible (in my experience) from SmallDog. If you are buying a new machine it

Re: Thread

2003-06-06 Thread Kyle Hansen
The other nanny here asked you guys to knock it off, and I am seconding his demand. Take this offlist or be prepared to be censored by someone in control of *this* list. Thanks Kyle H. Hansen G-Books List Nanny -- Jesus Saves...but Gretzky grabs the rebound and backhands for a goal!!! --

Re: unsubscribe

2003-06-03 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/2/03 6:57 PM, Jeffrey Wrobel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: unsubscribe Please read the footer. Kyle H. Hansen -- Jesus Saves...but Gretzky grabs the rebound and backhands for a goal!!! -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: PowerBook 12 Battery

2003-05-30 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 5/29/03 11:41 AM, Todd Ruch [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I just bought the 12 as well, and it has happend with mine a couple of times where it wouldn't go above 95%. I just discharged it and then it charged all the way to 100%. Which is the perfect way to deal with a

Re: Newbie

2003-05-27 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 5/27/03 6:32 PM, Robert Benjamin Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Hey, I agree with you. I'm just giving my personal experience and referencing what I've found on the boards. A reasonable solution would be to try to install Jaguar on the Wallstreet he's thinking of

Apple ADC/DVI converter

2003-03-31 Thread Kyle Hansen
. He he. Kyle Hansen -- Jesus Saves, but Gretzky grabs the rebound and backhands for a goal. -- 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: question

2003-03-31 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 3/31/03 5:08 PM, |n|i|c|k| [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: hi I see that some of the people have quotes at the end of their messages...Is that a g-book's feature an mail software feature or do you just write it in every time? n It's part of your mail

Re: Pink screen on startup on my Pismo?

2003-03-28 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 3/28/03 12:31 AM, Michael J. Granado [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Hello, Maybe this has been discussed on the list, but I haven't been keeping up with the discussion list for a long time. When I startup or wake up from sleeping, my Pismo has a pink screen. It only lasts

Re: BAA38B98.78AF%liriodendron@mac.com

2003-03-24 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 3/24/03 4:35 AM, muir mackean [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Boy, Apple thinks of everything - by the time you are back from the washroom your Pismo is up and running. Bet you couldn't get a PC to do that... Excuse me? Is this a deliberate flame? Kyle H. Hansen -- Jesus

Re: BAA38B98.78AF%liriodendron@mac.com

2003-03-24 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 3/24/03 8:48 AM, Eric D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: on 24/3/03 8:01 AM, Kyle Hansen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 3/24/03 4:35 AM, muir mackean [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Boy, Apple thinks of everything - by the time you are back from

Re: Interesting . . .

2003-03-22 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 3/22/03 1:52 AM, Kevin Stevens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: On Friday, Mar 21, 2003, at 22:09 US/Pacific, Dan K wrote: Here's an interesting tidbit I stumbled across on the ol' web-a-roni. . . about new huge-screen 'Book and fawlty sub pixls: Replace? Bright -

Re: 17 PowerBook vs Pismo 500 Xbench

2003-03-21 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 3/21/03 1:25 AM, Steve Fuller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: You probably would've been extremely happy with a 15 and it would be in your hot little hands right now ;-) That thought has crossed my mind. However, I have Alpha Geek status that I need to uphold.

Re: 17 PowerBook vs Pismo 500 Xbench

2003-03-20 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 3/20/03 10:45 AM, Steve Fuller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Kevin Stevens wrote: That the faster disk and extra 512MB are making more of an impact than CPU performance. Of course, I haven't done much real work with it yet. Glad you received yours Kevin. I'm still

Re: broken key on new 12

2003-03-17 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 3/16/03 2:00 PM, benoit [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Le dimanche, 16 mars 2003, à 19:48 Europe/Paris, P.F.Grenier a écrit : not really because my 12 had to be shipped back to apple europe in Holland (i live in normandie, in France). i should get it back next tuesday...

Re: Maxtor Hard Drives??

2003-03-17 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 3/17/03 2:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Is there anyone available this afternoon who could provide some commentary on Maxtor hard drives? CompUSA has a 120 GB drive on sale. I'd like to add it to my desktop machine (I know, this isn't a PowerBook

Re: Mac I-Pod for car?

2003-03-17 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 3/17/03 12:11 PM, James Rohde [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: On Sunday, March 16, 2003, at 01:48 PM, w appling wrote: Hi all, presantly Im still useing Tapedeck radio combo, about twenty years old, so far so great, but I would like to know If an I-pod can use a Y-RCA male

Re: broken key on new 12

2003-03-17 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 3/17/03 2:12 PM, Steve Fuller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Andrew Johnson wrote: Could it be that the AlBook's broken keys are related to people thinking that they're like the TiBooks (and iBooks) and are trying to forcibly remove the keyboards? The keys on the one at

Re: Aironet wireless dialup

2003-03-13 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 3/13/03 10:32 AM, Jim Eddy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Thanks, but that seems to be the problem. I can get the card to see the base, and I can change the base's configuration with Airport Admin Utility from the laptop, so I have a connection. I just can't figure out how to

Re: Wallstreet RAM question...

2003-03-13 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 3/13/03 1:03 PM, Geno Endicott [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I have a Wallstreet with two PC-133 256meg chips. One is 2-2-2 and one is 2-2- 3. Does anyone know the difference. My laptop seems to be having problems with the ram. Any ideas on how to fix this? 2-2-2 is slightly

Re: Aironet wireless dialup

2003-03-13 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 3/13/03 12:52 PM, Jim Eddy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: On Thursday, March 13, 2003, at 11:47 AM, Kyle Hansen wrote: On 3/13/03 10:32 AM, Jim Eddy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Thanks, but that seems to be the problem. I can get the card to see

Re: Aironet wireless dialup

2003-03-13 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 3/13/03 1:29 PM, John Slavin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Have you just opened the Network pane and set yourself to connect via Airport via DHCP server? Kyle H. Hansen Kyle: I just looked at my setup. In the network pane, I don't use Airport. It isn't even an

Re:

2003-03-12 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 3/12/03 2:48 AM, w appling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: RE; I live in central fla. not San Fran, however as just an Idea what to expect,, dial-up as low as $9.95 unlimited connection time,next AOL dial-up, around $30 dollars a month or road runner cable averages 44 dollars

Re: Hard Drive Updates

2003-03-12 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 3/12/03 4:36 AM, w appling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: RE; i should have included:: My notebook is A powerbook G4 800 TI, its (is) included in the manual that changeing hardrives is OK ,just dont break anything hope this helps Someone replied to one of my posts a

Re:

2003-03-12 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 3/12/03 11:20 AM, Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Kyle, How much are you paying monthly? -Laurent. The faster speeds and 5 IP's means that my bill has gone from $50 to $79/month. Still, Static IP's and that speed for $79 are a good deal. Kyle H. Hansen

Re: Hard Drive Updates

2003-03-11 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 3/10/03 11:00 PM, Christopher D Helmkamp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Someone replied to one of my posts a while back that changing the hard drive in an Apple notebook does not actually void the warranty, just anything you screw up isn't covered under your warranty. Can I

Re:

2003-03-11 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 3/11/03 4:57 PM, ari liebkowsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Hi there, Hope this is not too off the topic - I've just bought my first PBook and am waiting for it to arrive - much excitement! Can anyone recommend a cheap and reliable isp (I'm new to the San

Re: 17 Powerbook Delays

2003-03-10 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 3/10/03 5:55 PM, Steve Fuller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: well when ordering a brand new, not-yet-shipping product, it's probably not wisest to order from a catalog reseller if timeliness is important. why? because Apple ships to THEM, then they ship to YOU. the

Re: Wallstreet RAM question.

2003-03-04 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 3/4/03 5:59 PM, Jeremy Derr [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: it's also worth noting that very, very few processors run at exactly their marketed clock speed. a 233MHz processor is (IIRC) really only running at 232 and change. I will add to that by saying that my TiBook 667

Re: fsck weirdness

2003-03-04 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 3/5/03 12:38 AM, P.F.Grenier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: File System ChecK, sorry. You mean File System Consistency checK right??? That's what I thought. ;-) Kyle H. Hansen -- Macnobody. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: E-Mail Software

2003-03-03 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 3/3/03 12:18 PM, Clyde Kahrl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I'm thinking this is OnTopic because Email is so important to laptops. I use Eudora, but I think its is getting a little long in the tooth. I have several email POP servers and I need to be able to route incoming

Re: applecare relace battery?

2003-03-03 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 3/3/03 11:38 PM, Hal [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Anyone have experience getting Apple to replace a battery under Applecare? I have a battery on my TiBook that's maybe holding a charge for an hour and a half or so, when it used to hold it for 3+ hours. Think that'll be

Re: Hard drive testing question

2003-02-28 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 2/28/03 4:40 AM, Dwight Hines [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I'm interested, along with a few others, in going inside some bad hard drives. Does anyone have any suggestions on what type of equipment we should have to be doing that type of work? A clean room. --

Re: Pismo Hard drive advice

2003-02-28 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 2/28/03 5:04 AM, w appling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: RE; changeing hardrives is a user function,the instructions are included with my TI powerbook That is the TiBook. We are talking about the Pismo. I can't remember if a HD is a CIP (customer installable part) when the

Re: Pismo Hard drive advice

2003-02-28 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 2/28/03 10:10 AM, Thomas Ethen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: There is a step by step instruction on how to change the HD in the Pismo manual also. Then it's a CIP. -- == Kyle H. Hansen Apple Certified Technician

Re: Silly question (OT to PB)

2003-02-28 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 2/28/03 10:04 AM, Eric D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: What type of RAM does the Beige G3 take? I thought it was regular (new) PC66 DIMMs but someone is telling me that the Beige takes old style 168 pin RAM compatible with the pre-G3 PPCs. For some reason I thought

Re: FS: 60GB Apple/IBM OEM Travelstar Hard Drive

2003-02-27 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 2/27/03 6:32 PM, Dan K [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I think Kyle's point above regarding warranty was about the _drive's_ warranty, not that of the PB into which the drive would end up. AFAIK, Apple won't void your PowerBook's warranty for something which they themselves

Re: FS: 60GB Apple/IBM OEM Travelstar Hard Drive

2003-02-27 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 2/27/03 11:52 PM, P. Turtle-Bear Guillermo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: On 2/27/2003 6:30 PM Kyle Hansen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not if it is an Apple OEM drive. Apple buys drives from the major manufacturers and the manufacturers wipe their hands of them. If you buy

Re: TiBook power adapter issues

2002-07-18 Thread Kyle Hansen
Ryan Coleman wrote: Has any had a power supply fail because of a broken contact in the plug? Kyle, this is standard replacement under warranty, right? I have seen the TiBook power adapters fail on clients machines numerous times. It is covered under the 1 year warranty...providing that it

Re: taking apart a Lombard

2002-07-18 Thread Kyle Hansen
wjm wrote: -- I'm trying to replace the hard drive in my Lombard by following directions in the manual. According to the instructions, there should be tabs inside the expansion bays to release the keyboard. There don't seem to be any, and I have two Lombards to check. Any ideas Yeah.

Re: Comments on the Jaguar (OS 10.2) upgrade policy (there isNONE)?

2002-07-17 Thread Kyle Hansen
Michael Bryan Bell wrote: They're doing it for 3 reasons: 1) they're looking at a loss in the current quarter- which means any little bit helps if it will be a small loss. If you believe apple's statistics, there are 2.5 million active OSX users. If 5% of them preorder 10.2, that's

Re: overheating G3 MT

2002-07-14 Thread Kyle Hansen
Paul McGaffey wrote: Yay, Bruce! I Pulled RAM and it booted fine. HOWEVER, still no L2 cache.. 1meg is resident on the MaxPowr ZIF, I understand, so its not being recognized...hmm? Paul I looked around, and there I was, gone! Pull the Zif and reinsert. Also make sure that you have

Re: Lower slot RAM on PBG3/266

2002-07-12 Thread Kyle Hansen
gd2 wrote: Can anyone point me to a guide on installing lower-slot RAM on a Powerbook G3 Series 233Mhz? I'm not sure how the proc card comes out to get to the lower slot. To install RAM in your wallstreet just take off the keyboard, Heatsink and then the processor card. To remove the

Re: virii (OT)

2002-07-07 Thread Kyle Hansen
Donald Keenan wrote: In this usage, is virii pronounced as two syllables vir-ee or three vir-i-ee? Donald I talked to my friend at Symantec about this a few months back. Everyone calls it Virii. Pronounced Vye-Rye. -- == Kyle

Re: virii (OT)

2002-07-07 Thread Kyle Hansen
R. Hannes Niedner wrote: Hmmm Kyle, http://www.mcafeeb2b.com/naicommon/avert/avert-research-center/virus-glossa ry.asp#v http://www.perl.com/language/misc/virus.html http://www.cknow.com/vtutor/vtplural.htm so much about 'Technical Industry standard for the plural of Virus' I could

Re: virii (OT)

2002-07-07 Thread Kyle Hansen
R. Hannes Niedner wrote: Kyle Hansen wrote: I could surf and find 3 examples of links showing just the opposite. I just don't have that much free time. ;-) Kyle, Sure, you could and it would only take you probably 2-3 mins , that's how long it took me with Google. But you made

Re: shutting down pb pismo

2002-06-30 Thread Kyle Hansen
Walter R Basil wrote: On Sunday, June 30, 2002, at 09:17 AM, Kyle Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Reasons to shut down your Mac every night (even though Apple says it's ok so sleep it): 1. It is a waste of electricity. I could care less. I pay for it. If you could care less then you

Re: shutting down pb pismo

2002-06-30 Thread Kyle Hansen
Michael Bryan Bell wrote: This isn't true. It just isn't. If you really think it is true, back it up with hard data, until then I'll have to respectfully disagree. You do not need a $600 surge protector to get 90% safety from normal spikes /surges/short brownouts... More like $100-$150,

Re: shutting down pb pismo

2002-06-30 Thread Kyle Hansen
John Haumann wrote: 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

Re: Fussy iBook CD-ROM drive

2002-06-12 Thread Kyle Hansen
Amber Rhea wrote: I actually don't know *what* it was that I did that made it come out normally). I'm guessing some internal mechanism must be sticking; any ideas? Would something as simple as a shot of WD40 take care of it? I certainly don't want to damage any CDs, or the drive itself,

Re: losing value....

2002-06-01 Thread Kyle Hansen
Michael Bryan Bell wrote: Do you know *anyone* using a 486 running Windoze 3.1 as their main machine still? Unfortunately, yeah I know quite a few. Most of them are tied to it due to vertical market software. A 486 running 3.1 is not a good analogy compared to an 8500, more like the

Re: losing value....

2002-06-01 Thread Kyle Hansen
Travis Martin wrote: I completely agree with Kyle here, sorry Michael. Why is that not a good analogy? What was on the PC market in 1995? The conversion to Windoze 95 had just started and most people were using 3.1. The MOST advanced PC around that time for the consumer was a

Re: losing value....

2002-05-31 Thread Kyle Hansen
Aron Nelson wrote: That and the fact that PC's lose their value far faster than Mac's. How much is my TiBook 550Mhz which I bought 3 months ago worth now, compared to new then :-) Actually on the PC side, I haven't found this to be the case. If you buy the lower end - say a Pentium 4 @

Re: Manuals WARNING:o)

2002-05-30 Thread Kyle Hansen
Remy Davison wrote: What they were doing was widening the availability of Apple-knowledgeable techs, who did Mac repairs, but were never going to bother to become certified techs (I've seen the exams, they're damn difficult! You really have to be a hardware engineer - Kyle, are you one?).

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