Re: OS9 on a 12" G4?

2003-09-17 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
it in an OS9-supported Mac, install OS9 for any Macintosh, and then move the drive across? -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards (http://www.zws.com/) Learn how to develop high-end embedded systems on a tight budget! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0750676094/zws-20 -- G-Books is sponsored by <h

Re: OS9 on a 12" G4?

2003-09-17 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
it in an OS9-supported Mac, install OS9 for any Macintosh, and then move the drive across? -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards (http://www.zws.com/) Learn how to develop high-end embedded systems on a tight budget! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0750676094/zws-20 -- G-Books is sponsored by <h

Re: I got mine!

2003-09-16 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
ersons who do not use their computer to generate income) cannot purchase the AppleCare Protection Plan". You can get around this by getting a business license and buying the computer for the business. But I guess it's too late now :) -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards (http://www.zws.com/) Learn h

Re: PowerBook G4 Titanium/Aluminium ???

2003-09-06 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
So it makes sense to do things primarily to attract new users; existing Apple users are generally pretty loyal anyway, and have been since the days of the Apple II. -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards (http://www.zws.com/) Learn how to develop high-end embedded systems on a tight budget! http://www.ama

Re: Kanga won't boot (GLOD?)

2003-08-08 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
> GLOD is when the green light comes on and STAYS on and the machine is > otherwise dead. 3400c's and Duo's both have power problems that make the I personally experienced this on my PB1400cs/133, back in the day. -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards (http://www.zws.com/) Learn how to

Re: Ah, Pismo is all I was hoping for.

2003-07-16 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
> Other than the fact that Apple has already committed to a Windows > version of the software by Q4 2003? Darn, that was an accurate guess of mine :) [I was initially going to say "by the end of the year" but decided to push it back one quarter]. -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards (ht

Re: eBay

2003-07-15 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
it not worthwhile. The only reason I sold some vintage equipment to overseas buyers is because I wanted it to go to a truly good home. -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards (http://www.zws.com/) Learn how to develop high-end embedded systems on a tight budget! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0750676094/

Re: eBay

2003-07-15 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
r me if there's some problem/error where I have to make good to the buyer), extra expense and hassle in collecting money, ... Canada is relatively easy. -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards (http://www.zws.com/) Learn how to develop high-end embedded systems on a tight budget! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obi

Re: Ebay deals-Save your own life

2003-07-15 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
otherwise only have their bricks'n'mortar operation. -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards (http://www.zws.com/) Learn how to develop high-end embedded systems on a tight budget! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0750676094/zws-20 -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small

Re: eBay (another positive review)

2003-07-15 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
perwork to send things UPS, so I always have to use USPS to send these items. That means a trip on foot to the post office, rather than having the UPS guy simply pick up my parcel from where I work. Annoyance. -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards Available for ARM, 8051, x86, Linux, technical writing/proofreadi

Re: Buying new Powerbook

2003-07-14 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
> so what's your point? Excellent question. At this point, I've no idea. I'm sitting up injecting concentrated coffee into my eyeballs waiting for two banks on opposite sides of the world to acknowledge a transaction so I can feed the guinea-pigs and get a few hours'

Re: Buying new Powerbook

2003-07-14 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
ve less value). -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards Available for ARM, 8051, x86, Linux, technical writing/proofreading and other contract projects. http://www.zws.com/ Buy my book! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0750676094/zws-20 -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Sm

Re: Buying new Powerbook

2003-07-14 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
Consumer. Let's compare apples and apples here (no pun intended). -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards Available for ARM, 8051, x86, Linux, technical writing/proofreading and other contract projects. http://www.zws.com/ Buy my book! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0750676094/zws-20 -- G-Books i

Re: Buying new Powerbook (now the "wrong" Powerbook)

2003-07-14 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
he storage class wasn't widely implemented back then. -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards Available for ARM, 8051, x86, Linux, technical writing/proofreading and other contract projects. http://www.zws.com/ Buy my book! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0750676094/zws-20 -- G-Books is sponsored by <ht

Re: Buying new Powerbook

2003-07-14 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
ney that will buy you a new mediocre computer will buy you a couple-of-years-old-cutting-edge model. -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards Available for ARM, 8051, x86, Linux, technical writing/proofreading and other contract projects. http://www.zws.com/ Buy my book! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0750676094

Re: Buying new Powerbook (now the "wrong" Powerbook)

2003-07-14 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
> <http://www.geek.com/hwswrev/conel/mp3watch/> Pretty cool. I wonder why they didn't make the MMC removable. Looks like there ought to be enough space in that fat body. -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards Available for ARM, 8051, x86, Linux, technical writing/proofreading and other con

Re: Buying new Powerbook (now the "wrong" Powerbook)

2003-07-14 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
he machine is open". > My only beef with Jobs is that he's not created a 007 wristwatch with a > built-in iPod AND cell phone. Hmm. I could care less about the cellphone (email lets me deal with things in my own time), but an MP3 wristwatch sounds like a cool idea. -- Lewin A.R

Re: Ebay

2003-07-14 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
xtra middleman to the transaction. There are a lot of ads on ebay "get a PowerBook for $19.95!" auctioning some "information" (for "PowerBook" also insert "camcorder", "Xbox", "PS2", etc), but these are obvious scams and anyone who bids

Re: Buying new Powerbook

2003-07-14 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
ying for those upgrades, I'd expect to pay less than $240 total. Well, that's how I bid myself up across 'Book families and up several models :) Maybe my rantings will help crystallize your decision. -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards Available for ARM, 8051, x86, Linux, technical writing/proo

Re: Buying new Powerbook

2003-07-13 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
n them seem to love them. And it's slightly more OSX-friendly than Lombard. -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards Available for ARM, 8051, x86, Linux, technical writing/proofreading and other contract projects. http://www.zws.com/ Buy my book! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0750676094/zws-20 --

Re: 7200 rpm notebook drive

2003-07-11 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
is not drastically higher, then I guess it's worth it. -- -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards Work: http://www.digi-frame.com/ Personal: http://www.larwe.com/ -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drive

Re: 7200 rpm notebook drive

2003-07-11 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
ominal bandwidth of the UDMA66 interface (which is the Pismo's limiting factor) is 66.7 Mbytes/sec, so in the best case you could hope to double sustained transfer speed. -- -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards Work: http://www.digi-frame.com/ Personal: http://www.larwe.com/ -- G-Books is sponsor

Re: Upgrading to OSX

2003-07-11 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
> > I recently purchase a 333 Mhz Lombard that did not include a CD module. > If you find a bootable firewire CDRW somewhere you could do it that way, > but your best bet is to find that CD module. No FireWire on Lombard. I don't know if it can boot off USB CDs. -- -- Lew

Re: Advice on SoundSpeakers ??

2003-07-05 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
. For "computer-size" speakers I've never heard anything better. -- -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards Work: http://www.digi-frame.com/ Personal: http://www.larwe.com/ -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbis

Pismo 900MHz upgrade - experiences?

2003-07-03 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
I'm curious to hear from 900MHz Pismo owners - is it visibly, noticeably faster? Battery life not impacted too much? Not too hot? (The main gripe I have about my ThinkPad is that it gets too warm while I'm typing, and my fingers get sweaty). -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards Buy my book! htt

Re: Handspring Treo in OS X

2003-07-03 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
t; I have with it. I absolutely love this product. I just wish I could afford an 802.11b SD card to go with it... :) -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards Buy my book! <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0750676094/zws-20> -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog El