Re: Is my Wall Street's connection problem fixable?

2004-12-24 Thread Mikael Byström
Gary Goldberg said: Well, it's hard to believe that the line is noisy every time I've visited for the last 6 years If their line is noisy it's probably noisy all the time, so I don't see why it's so hard to believe. Also, it may be noisy to your modem (with your current init string) and not to

Re: Wallstreet LCD - compatibility?

2004-12-21 Thread Mikael Byström
Bill Gau said: Getting ready to replace a failing LCD on a PDQ (i.e., Rev. 2, 2nd generation Wallstreet) and I am wondering if there is compatibility betw. the Lombard LCD and possibly the Pismo LCD. Same dimensions, ribbon cables, etc. Does anyone know? I used a 13 from the WS I on my WS II

Re: Pismo Problems, Continued...

2004-12-21 Thread Mikael Byström
Laurent Daudelin said: is a common problem with the G3 PowerBooks. It's common with the machines that do not have effective cooling. Cooling paste is my advice and/or adding a custommade circular COPPER plate on top of the CPU, if there is any room. You can measure exact thickness with model

Re: Wallstreet Dead

2004-12-20 Thread Mikael Byström
Laurent Daudelin said: I think your hard disk is busted. Why? Shouldn't some serious errors turn up when running disktests? I think rather that there is a NVRAM or PRAM problem. Facing the same symptoms I'd start with a fundamental reset (starting up with Cmd-Opt-O-F and typing reset-nvram and

Re: Orinoco Gold and TiBook G4

2004-12-20 Thread Mikael Byström
Andrew F. said: Who is the vendor of the card? If its the Proxim card (or a number of other brands) it may be of a newer type that neither the SourceForge nor the IOExperts drivers support. It's Agere Systems and was made in 2002. It has 128bit RC4 encryption. Thing is it is known to work from

Re: G4 AlBook as a desktop ???

2004-12-20 Thread Mikael Byström
Did I miss the parts in this discussion concerning that you really can't run a PB G4 with the lid closed? Or was this assumed from the beginning and I missed that? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives |

Orinoco Gold on PBG4 troubleshooting...

2004-12-20 Thread Mikael Byström
I have now verified that the card seem to work in a PC. At least it blinks and is recognized by Win XP, whic installs the drivers. I didn't have a network to test with, though there is one in the house. On the PB G4 the symptoms are simply that no card is found and there's no discovery of a new

Re: Amazing Slow Downer

2004-12-20 Thread Mikael Byström
Dean said: There are several that will do musical notation. 2 off the top of my head are Finale, and Lime Notation. Some of the MIDI sequencing programs will also do notation like Digital Performer. I believe Kristina meant whether Amazing Slow Downer would actually by itself transcribe

Re: Orinoco Gold on PBG4 troubleshooting...

2004-12-20 Thread Mikael Byström
First of al, thanks Bob and Kenny for the response and URLs. I'm grateful. Kenneth Vann said: Hello everyone. Before you purchase any Orinoco card to use on the Mac, download the Orinoco Selection Guide. http://www.proxim.com/products/wifi/client/ORiNOCO_Client_Selection_Guide.pdf I didn't see

Re: Orinoco Gold and TiBook G4

2004-12-17 Thread Mikael Byström
Bob said: IOXperts driver should work. If not, I *know* the Sourceforge freeware driver works. I'll try that as well. Take a look at Ken Vann's excellent wireless list for your compatibility questions. http://www.home.earthlink.net/~kjvann/ Thanks. Do you have the right settings selected

Orinoco Gold and TiBook G4

2004-12-16 Thread Mikael Byström
Are there any reason why an Orinoco Gold card shouldn't work in the PCMCIAslot and IOXperts latest driver. IOXPerts state their software is compatible with both the card and all the Powerbook G4s. So what gives? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Aluminum and Alzheimer's

2004-12-03 Thread Mikael Byström
starfleet52 said: Quote From Website You sure do give impressive references. The Web! Wow, then I guess it must be true. Most experts will tell you, however, that aluminum is not a cause of Alzheimer's disease. You can safely continue using your antiperspirants, drink the city water (aluminum is

Re: lombard 10.3

2004-12-02 Thread Mikael Byström
Bob said: a number of (but not all) Wallstreet users had difficulties installing Panther when their Wallstreet had more than 384 MB of RAM. If I remember correctly this was only during installation. Post installation modules could be put back. -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: VGA out on my wallstreet

2004-12-01 Thread Mikael Byström
Dave NovaK said: The VGA out only appears to work under OS9. I primarily use 10.2.8 (like I'm doing right now), but I get nothing from the port when using 10.2.8. What gives? It works under OS X. In some cases you may need to reboot. PS: Does anyone have a spare logic board for me? My battery

Re: Dead Wallstreet

2004-11-24 Thread Mikael Byström
Pat Heidingsfelder said: So I figured I would break it open and unplug the pram battery. Please don't use such strong words as break around here. It's scary. Did you ground yourself when you took it apart? Tried it out, same thing. I am just going to have to unplug the pram, or could it be

Re: Pismo top half on a Wallstreet?

2004-11-22 Thread Mikael Byström
Zach Arace said: I have a broken Wallstreet display (hinges need to be replaced and needs a new display cable). Someone offered me a Pismo top half...Will this work? Nope. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished

Re: Phishies (was Re: Virus)

2004-11-16 Thread Mikael Byström
David Lesher said: The Phish wars are way past that... Past what? I see gif's with the URL embedded in the GIF similar. Your point being? In a text-only email message Gifs are largely irrelevant, reside on the hard disk or in my case, because of scripting, in my trash can. If one allow messages

Re: FileMaker II - 5.5... PANIC!! gb

2004-11-16 Thread Mikael Byström
Larry le Mac said: FileMaker II (1989) and I installed FileMaker 5.5 and it won't run, i.e. the file cannot be opened in FM5.5. Didn't you google? http://www.filemaker.com/ti/104814.html Also, this is quite offtopic here and you are more likely to get more useful responses at newsgroup

External TV-Tuner solutions via FW or USB

2004-11-16 Thread Mikael Byström
While I'd like an eyeTV I think I'll have to settle for an older second hand external device for now. What about Eskape TV? Does anyone have experiences with an Eskape TV product and 'books with processors in the 400 to 700Mhz range under Panther? Is the picture acceptable? Crashes seldom or

Re: new hd for pismo

2004-11-15 Thread Mikael Byström
Laurent Daudelin said: You would certainly see an increase in speed. What 7200 HD's doesn't consume a lot more power than 4200 ones? Or is more power consumption unaviodable? Are Fuijitsu 5500 fast enough and is perhaps to be preferred to 7200? I remember Fuijitsu meant that because of how dense

Re: Dead Lombard

2004-11-15 Thread Mikael Byström
Tom Burke said: Is their day finished? Not in such a sweeping way as your way of putting it suggest. It's not the common Mac users that subscribe to a list such as this one. This is a specialist crowd. And the list cater to people that like older machines, right? So where else would you be more

Re: Phishies (was Re: Virus)

2004-11-15 Thread Mikael Byström
Bruce Johnson said: Most often you're shown a html mail, which will display the correct link, or an obsfucated link which shows the correct link but actually takes you to the wrong place. It's not possible to show the correct link and end up anywhere else if you use only text, but it's equally

Re: Phishies (was Re: Virus)

2004-11-14 Thread Mikael Byström
Bruce Johnson said: always go and enter the direct web site address in your browser, log in and check from there. Don't click on the link. Good advice. Odds are the link will look very real, too, taking you to a realistic copy of the target's web site. But, if the URL really does revolve

Re: X on Wallstreet

2004-11-10 Thread Mikael Byström
Anne Judge said: The one think I want to add is a wireless card (for the internet radio allrecipes.com/epicurious.com), which I haven't done yet. I understand going to X complicates this, but I've only done casual reading, not serious research, so far. I had great results with Orinico

Re: Wallstreet and UDF

2004-11-06 Thread Mikael Byström
Pat Heidingsfelder said: What should I try next? Get some RAM, say 2 x 256 or 2 x 128 and install OS X? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks |

FireWire DVD-drive enclosures?

2004-11-06 Thread Mikael Byström
Any suggestions what brands for FireWire DVD-drive enclosures to look up? I tried to google but mostly found harddrive enclosures only. Are there any additional demands on a an enclosure when one fits a DVD drive inside? I ask as I have an older enclosure that used to have a harddrive in it, but

Re: TiBook display repair (follow-up)

2004-11-04 Thread Mikael Byström
John C. Swanson said: The in most laptops inverter is part of the display assembly, and I can't imagine that the TiBook is any different. The inverter will be replaced when you replace the display. If you're meaning the inverter board I'm pretty sure that this card is not a part of the diplay

DVD-RW in tiBooks (wasRe: UDF CDs in OS X?)

2004-11-02 Thread Mikael Byström
I've been meaning to ask if anyone know what the problem is with the titanium powerbooks and their inability to read DVD-RW discs. I have some I've burnt at 1x that won't be recognized in my PB G4 / 400. The drive is the MATSHITADVD-ROM SR-8187 Rev: HA 18 Can the firmware of this model perhaps be

External DVD burners compatible with PB G4?

2004-11-02 Thread Mikael Byström
Anyone used the BenQ DW1620A 16X Dual Layer or the NEC ND-2510 8X Dual Layer OEM in an external FireWire case to burn Data DVDs and images from video DVDs? For noncoded video I assume I need to make images first as I only have a 400Mhz G4? What firewire cases have you guys been satisfied with?

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-31 Thread Mikael Byström
Nils said: I'm sure you can do something also in your situation for improving heat dissipation. Please note that my fan did run and it didn't help half as good for dissipation than a copper plate and cooling paste. What OS were you running when the fan was coming on? OS X Jaguar. As I

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-30 Thread Mikael Byström
Nils said: Maybe the fan is OS controlled, and OS X lacks the ability to do it. ? Since I got my WS, I've been running OS X. So I'm not sure if the fan does come on when running MacOS 8 or 9. What version of OS X? Under Jaguar at least the fan did come on. I think also with XPF and Panther

Re: Wall Street and external DVD drive?

2004-10-30 Thread Mikael Byström
Gary Goldberg said: But is the Wall Street fast enough to play a DVD disk? I think not, due to the very slow graphics and limited VRAM. Possibly on the internal display perhaps. You don't say under what OS? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Wall Street and external DVD drive?

2004-10-30 Thread Mikael Byström
Ben Dyer said: If it's a G4/500 machine, it should be fast enough to do the decoding in software, probably under both 9 and X. Doesn't the native DVDplayer need hardware decoding, or was that just earlier versions? I can only say that a 400 Titanium is not enough to really really cut it if I use

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-30 Thread Mikael Byström
Nils said: Sadly, since there aren't any temperature reporting programs for OS X, Ehum: Temperature Monitor is an application to read out all available temperature sensors in Macintosh computers.. We try to detect all sensors on as many Macintosh computer types as possible.

Re: Disk maintenence tools

2004-10-30 Thread Mikael Byström
invicta said: It is acclaimed to be the best for a Mac. For what it does, yes, it is the best IMHO. It doesn't exactly match the feature set of Techtool though. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives |

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-30 Thread Mikael Byström
Nils said: I wouldn't have a problem doing that, if the product already supported my hardware to some degree and additional development was being persued. Talk to the developer. I have on going relationships with many. It can be very rewarding. Anyway, Temp readings in the WS are also dependent

Re: Powerlogix Wallstreet firmware needed

2004-10-26 Thread Mikael Byström
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I need to flash a 466mhz processor with Series II ROM with Series I ROM... If this version of the WS upgrade cards is anything like the 500Mhz variant, then I'm quite sure this *is not* possible. This was what PL themselves told me after I wasted a month and a half. --

Re: Does extra RAM make a significant difference in OSX?

2004-10-20 Thread Mikael Byström
Mark Philip said: If I was to upgrade the RAM to 512MB or higher, will there be a significant difference in performance? Yes. Or am I better off selling off the Pismo and perhaps getting an iBook G4 later on? That depends on your actual needs. A 400Mhz G3 will always be a 400Mhz G3. On the

Re: New iBook and price protection?

2004-10-20 Thread Mikael Byström
Andrew said: All you lose is the screen size, but you make it up in lighter weight and smaller form factor (my choice any day). IMHO, there's nothing making up for the loss of a 28% more pixels. But it all comes down to what one do with the machine of course. -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: New iBook and price protection?

2004-10-20 Thread Mikael Byström
John C. Swanson said: Does anyone know that the difference in the screen resolutions is between the old TiBooks and the new iBook. I personally could care less about the screen size as long as I still had the same or better resolution.\ All Powerbook titaniums, except the 17, since the 667 DVI

Re: G 5 Powerbooks.

2004-10-15 Thread Mikael Byström
Frank P. Eigler said: I thought that most of these issues would've been dealt with considering they have G5 servers And G5 servers are as thin as the current Powerbooks? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished

Re: Anyone here use virtual PC?

2004-10-13 Thread Mikael Byström
Travis Martin said: You guys see them black helicopters circling? Lemme see if I've got this right...MS, one of the richest, most successful companies in history, is going to go out of their way to keep 1 or 2 % of users (that would be Linux, etc) of a product (VPC) that is maybe 1 or 2 % of

PB G4 667 DVI backup battery only with PMU-card

2004-10-10 Thread Mikael Byström
I seem to lack the proper manual, but isn't it odd that a place like Wegenermedia only want to sell the backup battery for the Powerbook G4 667 DVI only with the PMU board? Are they fused as one item physically or it just an Apple repair/spare part thing? Would it be feasible to get just the

Re: Green light and spinning fan (Wallstreet PB)

2004-10-09 Thread Mikael Byström
Nils Mueller-Scheessel said: I remember, however, that someone on the list stated some time ago that the parts of the two series are incompatible. Is the PMU an exception, perhaps? The motherboards and CPUs may be, but many other things are identical AFAIK. I think this applies to the PMU,

Re: Pismo freakout

2004-10-09 Thread Mikael Byström
Charles Estabrooks said: The PMU card contains the battery connectors Ehm, doesn't the PMU control everything concerning Power Management also in the Pismo? If not, what does it not control and what controls it instead? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: Green light and spinning fan (Wallstreet PB)

2004-10-08 Thread Mikael Byström
Nils Mueller-Scheessel said: When I press cmd-shift-fn-power, the green light switches on and the fan starts spinning forever; this only stops when I press the key combination again. I had a WS I with those symptoms that a bad PMU. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...

Re: Pismo freakout

2004-10-08 Thread Mikael Byström
Joe Crow said: Starting about a half hour ago, if I move my laptop while it's running, it powers off, instantly. Black screen, totally dead. It'll boot back up (sometimes I have to hit the power button a few times) but everytime it does, the clock's been reset to mid 1969. I figure

prevent titanium from waking when lid is opened

2004-10-08 Thread Mikael Byström
I was going to ask whether it's possible to prevent the titanium series from waking when lid is opened under OS X Panther. Then I found out you can type in Terminal: sudo pmset -a lidwake 0. I seem to remember this was possible to set in Energy Manager in the Powerbook G3 series with Panther. But

PMU replaceable between PBG4 667 and 667 DVI?

2004-10-07 Thread Mikael Byström
Is the PMU replaceable between the Powerbook G4 550 and 667 DVI? -- 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

PBG4/400 firmware update delays fan cooling?

2004-10-07 Thread Mikael Byström
Is it a known fact that upgrading the firmware of the Powerbook G4 / 400 will make the fan go on much later resulting in a hotter machine? At least if one run OS X on it? I've had one of those and I'm hesitating upgrading the firmware of another. -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: Motorola V400 iPhoto on my PowerBook G3 via USB with OS X

2004-10-05 Thread Mikael Byström
macdaniel3400c said: In fact I don't even use OS X on that thing period because it runs so lousy and isn't worth my effort, nor is it worth the retarded drive partitioning that must be done. Panther ran as well as or better than OS 9 on my powerbook G3 series 266 (WS II or PDQ). So what if I

Re: GV Teleport 56 disconnects and bad communication

2004-10-05 Thread Mikael Byström
Bob said: Which is why plain old PPP didn't actually make sense. I wondered what they were using to control PPP (to the best of my knowledge PPP and MacPPP are not options for OS 9) My apologies for creating confusion. ARA didn't enter my mind as it isn't called that in the swedish version of

Re: Pismo vs ibook?

2004-10-05 Thread Mikael Byström
Andrew said this: I've carried heavy and/or bulky laptops around as well, and based on that experience have settled my preferences on the smaller and lighter machines. Most of the time the 12 PB is about right is about right, as I like to watch DVDs when I fly, which is far too often. I think

Re: Help is not helpful

2004-10-05 Thread Mikael Byström
Claire Hart said: I selected Mac Help under Library, and the Mac Help window filled in as it should. I clicked here and there, and it works fine. Yeah! I quit it, then opened it again, and it was blank again, requiring me to go up to the menu and select it again! Thanks for helping me get

Re: Motorola V400 iPhoto on my PowerBook G3 via USB with OS X

2004-10-05 Thread Mikael Byström
Dan Palka said: Panther ran as well as or better than OS 9 on my powerbook G3 series 266 (WS II or PDQ). No it didn't. Read my lips: on *my* powerbook g3 series 266. That was with only 384MB. It ran Panther from January to May this year. Please don't try and detract my personal experience.

Re: GV Teleport 56 disconnects and bad communication

2004-10-04 Thread Mikael Byström
Bob said: At the moment I'm going to try a reinstallation of the OS. I'll let you know how it turns out. Wow, that would be the last thing I would try. Check that, it wouldn't even be the last. I don't think your problem has anything at all to do with your System. Why, this is OS 9 after all.

Re: GV Teleport 56 disconnects and bad communication

2004-10-03 Thread Mikael Byström
Bob said: What OS are you using? OS X? Can you boot into OS 9? OS 9.0 at the moment. Going to try a reinstallation of 9.2.2. You can still [use zterm] if you want to confirm the connection. But as I said above, it sounds like that part is working. I'd say it is. What are you using for

Global Village TelePort 56 bad phone line modem script

2004-10-02 Thread Mikael Byström
Anyone have suggestions where to find a bad phone line modem script for the old Global Village TelePort 56 modem (standalone)? I'm at my mothers and their only modem have problems and one of these may be that we have the wrong modem script for their noisy line in 9.2.2(See other post GV Teleport

Re: OSX and re-building desktop?

2004-10-01 Thread Mikael Byström
Bob said: But there may come a time when you (the generic you) may want to perform these steps to correct a problem that you're having. Thanks Bob. I didn't know this stuff actually. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com

Re: OT Microsoft humor....

2004-10-01 Thread Mikael Byström
Laurent Daudelin said: Warning: the language is slightly obscene and vulgar at times... That was not a problem for me. However, I fell asleep. Hmmm... http://www.leftcorner.com/swg/ff/ff6.htm -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

ORiNOCO Gold 802.11b/a

2004-09-30 Thread Mikael Byström
Any warnings for using the ORiNOCO Gold Wireless 802.11b/a Combo LAN Card http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi? PAGE=PROFRAMEPROD_ID=737852 in the titanium powerbooks? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished

Re: Rebuilding OS X Desktop

2004-09-30 Thread Mikael Byström
MMB said: Thanks all who have been so reassuring re the repairing permissions on OSX. It should be noted that while important, repairing permissions in OS X does not perform a similar task as rebuilding the desktop does in OS 9. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...

Re: Blue screen

2004-09-30 Thread Mikael Byström
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Any ideas about what's going on Sound like you may need to reinstall the OS actually. But try first with another user and see if the problem goes away. If they do, run Prefscheck on your problem users prefs folder to find the culprits. If none found, remove the

Re: Command key

2004-09-29 Thread Mikael Byström
Dan Palka said: It has been the command key for +/- 20 years now... As it has been flower, clover, and everything else. Not in Apple materials or other Mac support pages. Possibly in email situations, but corrections are often made there as I did, because in Apple materials or other Mac

Re: Finally dare to ask a simple question because of this flower thing

2004-09-29 Thread Mikael Byström
Laurent Daudelin said: On the US Qwerty keyboard, yes, the Option key is next to the Command key. Although it might depend on the keyboard mapping you have. Since you're using OS X in another language, maybe you have a different keyboard mapping than the US mapping and maybe the Option key is not

Re: Wallstreet LCD backlight not turning on after wake from sleep / installing OS9

2004-09-29 Thread Mikael Byström
Bob said: Somebody help me out here, I don't want to give bad advice. Will Dave be able to **boot* into OS 9 is he didn't install the OS 9 drivers when he partitioned in OS X? He will be able to boot from CD, but discs will be unreachable. The CD booting will hoeever fix the black display

Re: Adobe InDesign CS on 14-inch G4 iBook...

2004-09-29 Thread Mikael Byström
Dan Palka wrote: You're right. Adobe InDesign IS the most terrible Quark Xpress wannabe ever crafted by human hands. That viewpoint doesn't matter if you're one of the people that only need a DTP app occasionally. If one does Indesign 2 at least is so easy to learn and uphold that Quark looks

Re: Wallstreet backlight, sleep issue

2004-09-29 Thread Mikael Byström
Aaron Lafferty said: doesn't do anything at all. I think newer pb's than the wallstreet actually have a backlight parameter in their nvram/OF the wallstreet most definitely doesn't ... How did you reach this conclusion? I don't follow. What is it with the OS 9 reboot merrygoround that you

Re: wallstreet LCD backlight not on after wake from sleep

2004-09-28 Thread Mikael Byström
Dave NovaK said: Just like the subject says, my Wallstreet's LCD backlight won't turn back on after it wakes up from going to sleep. I also have to manually hit the the brightness control button (either bright or dark) upon each bootup to get the LCD backlight going. I'm running 10.2.8, and

Re: wallstreet LCD backlight not on after wake from sleep

2004-09-28 Thread Mikael Byström
Bob said: Another option, though not as acceptable I'm sure, is revert back to OS 10.2.5 or 10.2.6. There appears to be a problem with update 10.2.8 for some users of G3 PowerBooks. This problem occurred already with 10.2.0 in WS II. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...

Re: Command key

2004-09-28 Thread Mikael Byström
Bob said: But I think what Mikael was trying to say (if I can try and translate his meaning) is that in language things go by specific names in order to be understood properly. And people who don't use the proper name for things aren't regarded as seriously as those who do, (If that's not

Re: My wallstreet and its booting

2004-09-26 Thread Mikael Byström
Dan Palka said: Brand new hard drive. Didn't fix the problem. OK , a PMU reset, How do I do this on the Wallstreet? From PowerBook and iBook: Resetting Power Manager: PowerBook G3 Series (M4753) 1. If the computer is on, turn it off. 2. Simultaneously press Shift-Fn (function)-Ctrl

Re: My wallstreet and its booting

2004-09-26 Thread Mikael Byström
Andrew Kershaw said: I suspect replacing the PRAM battery will solve the problem, but I haven't bothered. I don't think this is the reason, but I suppose it could if boot settings in NVRAM is needed and the backup battery is totally dead. Hmm, I had an upgrade card that wouldn't work before I

Re: OS X Database Recommendations (wasRe: Virus Software Recommendation)

2004-09-25 Thread Mikael Byström
Bruce Johnson said: For what it is, a simple, easy-to-use DB system for people who don't have gigantic needs, FM is excellent, Try extremely simple needs. And give up a proper normalized structure. Unless something big happened in version 7. But no reviews have metnioned anything that could

Re: My wallstreet and its booting

2004-09-25 Thread Mikael Byström
Malcolm Cornelius said: Remember that the delay is BEFORE the screen even turn son, or the hard drive spins up. Yup. That's a wallstreet, they all take forever to boot IMHO. My WS II booted in 40 seconds with 385MB installed with Jaguar and even less with Panther. -- G-Books is sponsored

Re: My wallstreet and its booting

2004-09-25 Thread Mikael Byström
Dan Palka said: The Wallstreet chimes, then does nothing for almost a minute. NOTHING. Not a blinking question mark, not a blank gray screen, but a DARK (a.k.a. NOT operating) screen, no hard drive noises, no cd noises, no noises whatsoever for a minute after the chime. Basically, the

Re: OS X Database Recommendations (was: Virus Software Recommendation)

2004-09-24 Thread Mikael Byström
Dan Scanlan said: Panorama, the most intuitive database program I've ever come across, works fine for me on OSX 3.5. What are the costs involved and are there learning materials like books or CDs? I've heard good things about Panorama for a long time, but I avoided because it was RAMbased.

Re: OS X Database Recommendations (wasRe: Virus Software Recommendation)

2004-09-24 Thread Mikael Byström
Erik Ness said: I use FM a lot, and keep an ear to the ground in the developer community, and this is a very nice piece of software. You mean you now at leisure can have multiple (more than 3) related databases on one layout without jumping trough rings while singin the marseljes like in a

Re: OS X Database Recommendations(wasRe: Virus Software Recommendation)

2004-09-24 Thread Mikael Byström
Laurent Daudelin said: I personally use AppleWorks. It has the same hurriedly ported to OS X feeling but it's easy to modify and use, and it was free with my PowerBook! But it's not a proper relational database (AW has a flat database only) and unless your demands are extremely simple, that

Re: Pismo vs ibook?

2004-09-21 Thread Mikael Byström
Kyle Hansen said: The bus speed is the same 100mhz. Actually is is 66mhz and not 50mhz! http://www.lowendmac.com/pb2/ibook3.html The system bus speed on a Pismo (powerbook FW2000) is most definitely 100MHz. You are incorrect. But it was the iBook 500 that was said to have a bus speed of

Re: PB G4 backup battery source?

2004-09-18 Thread Mikael Byström
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: eBatts.com Thanks, unfortunately they didn't have them. I wonder if cmos http:// ebatts.com/modelselect.asp?Model=3784305#CMOS%20Batteries is the correct category with them. No other candidates I think. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small

Re: Shutting down PBs at night

2004-09-16 Thread Mikael Byström
Kyle Hansen said: Myst is for those over 40. I'm not 40 yet. ;) Beside all the Myst games and Riven I don't do any games since the early nighties. I don't have the time. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com |

Re: Capacity of laptop batteries

2004-09-16 Thread Mikael Byström
What are you peoples experience with putting the Li-Ion bateries in the freezer for a few days? Can it as man I know said revive the capacity of halfbad batteries? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives

PB G4 backup battery source?

2004-09-16 Thread Mikael Byström
What are the best and low priced places in your knowledge? -- 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

Re: Dead superdrive -- Get a grip

2004-09-14 Thread Mikael Byström
Barton Brown said: I'm looking for a solution to my problem, not necessarily a UJ-815, and certainly not a critique of my intelligence. You certainly don't need any help in that department. Get a grip, man. You didn't even put a proper subject on your first post, which in my case meant your

Re: Wallstreet keeps shutting down

2004-09-12 Thread Mikael Byström
leif halvard silli said: I have a Wallstreet 1998 and to the right of the trackpad is situated one of the two expansion bays. I know this very well, but I was more thinking about pressing down on keys of the keyboard, which is right on top of the cooling plate. You wrote: THe link to the te

Re: Wallstreet keeps shutting down

2004-09-12 Thread Mikael Byström
leif halvard silli said: Also, as I said, I do not have a battery. Is it likely that a battery could help curing the issue, if it is the PMU? IMHO, no. And let us say that it is the PMU, could I then supposedly just buy/get a new PMU? Hopefully, yes. But only if it is the actual PMU acting up.

Need data for used PB G4 15' vs current PB G4 12'

2004-09-11 Thread Mikael Byström
There's 28% more screen real estate since 667 DVI in a 15' PB compared to the 12's, but anyone know of any speed tests with the current 12' especially that can be compared to results with the 15* 1.0Ghz and similar machines (that can be said to compete with the current 12'). I'd like to see in

source for iBook backlight bulb?

2004-09-07 Thread Mikael Byström
Anyone have suggestions what light bulb to look for and websites to look at if I want to replace the light bulb for the display in an iBook FireWire 366? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | --

Re: Wallstreet CPU Identification help

2004-09-07 Thread Mikael Byström
Ken, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: The microprocessor is a 233/0 Cache. Thanks, may I ask how you deducted this? (So I can learn something) -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for

Re: OSX backup shareware

2004-09-07 Thread Mikael Byström
I like Tri-Backup. -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html

FireWire via PCMCIA, Western Digital?

2004-09-06 Thread Mikael Byström
I've been offered a Western Digital Firewire/iLink PCMCIA Card, but I have problems finding data on that car on Google. Anyone know anything about these cards and how they work with Panther? I'm going to use it on my Powerbook G4 / 400 to get by the dreadful state of the builtin FW and make use of

Wallstreet CPU Identification help

2004-09-06 Thread Mikael Byström
Can you guys help me with identification of an original Apple card? I have spare Wallstreet processor daughter card and lack a wallstreet I to verify what version it is. I testdrove this card once, but I didn't pay attention to the data, as I was more interested in the upgrade card I had. I think

Re: Wallstreet CPU Identification help PROPER URL

2004-09-06 Thread Mikael Byström
Mikael, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: http://99mac.se/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3121 and http://99mac.se/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3122 -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web

No battery in Powerbook G4 550 Titanium

2004-09-03 Thread Mikael Byström
I need some suggestions what to look for in a Powerbook G4 Titanium 550, which refuses to see, except for the first 5 minutes, and also don't charge batteries, even if known to be good and fully working in other Powerbook G4s. Typical behavior is that when battery is inserted and machine is

Re: extreme prices for non-extreme Airport cards....

2004-09-03 Thread Mikael Byström
Clyde, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: A: Source for what? you can always get the old orinoco (roam about) cardbus cards from Wegener for $28--it comes with an OS9 driver but you have to download a $20 driver to use OSX from IOXperts, or orange micro--although maybe proxim is now giving the

Re: ibook SE

2004-09-03 Thread Mikael Byström
larry, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I know that there was cdrw available aftermarket. He was talking, I thought, original.. I kinda missed the point of regarding the situation years ago. Hmm, I still think I do, so no wonder that eluded me. But the there were part does give away something like

Re: OT- need some help with backlight

2004-09-03 Thread Mikael Byström
Tom, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: If you need a new backlight, www.digikey.com or www.jkl.com sell them. How do one know what backlight to look for? Any ideas? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | --

Re: ibook SE

2004-09-03 Thread Mikael Byström
Dan, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Or you haven't yet but are willing to try it? I am willing to try VLC, perhaps tomorrow, as ADP is regarded as long gone more or less by myself. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com |

Re: ibook SE

2004-09-02 Thread Mikael Byström
larry, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: You are correct, there were no combo drives available so I should have put dvd/cd drive. Well, you're not correct these are unavailable, look here: http:// wegenermedia.com/ibookcdrwhome.htm However, if a superdrive is worth the cost is up to the potential

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