Re: using external monitor with a pismo.

2005-06-21 Thread Nick Marshall
window type of icon. Pressing it mirrors the displays. Possibly the Pismo has this also. -- Nick http://www.izap.com/~pinnacle therhythmex: AIM, Jabber, and Yahoo Messenger ID So have I become your enemy by telling you the truth? Galations 4:16 [NASB] -- G-Books is sponsored by http

Re: Converting music tapes to the computer

2005-06-04 Thread Nick Marshall
. A stereo adapter has a second band below the tip. -- Nick http://www.izap.com/~pinnacle therhythmex: AIM, Jabber, and Yahoo Messenger ID So have I become your enemy by telling you the truth? Galations 4:16 [NASB] -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Pismo - Modem.....

2005-05-31 Thread Nick Marshall
are the way they are. You can get any where from 2.4kbit to 48kbit connection on a v.90 or v.92 modem. It's all in the lines and modem pools on the other end. You can change between the v.xx protocols and try to get a better connection, but that's about it. -- Nick http://www.izap.com

Re: Another Opinion wanted

2005-05-27 Thread Nick Marshall
a millions option? -- Nick http://www.izap.com/~pinnacle therhythmex: AIM, Jabber, and Yahoo Messenger ID So have I become your enemy by telling you the truth? Galations 4:16 [NASB] -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com

Re: Burning mad, Firewire problem

2005-05-27 Thread Nick Marshall
On Fri, 27 May 2005, Brent Baeslack wrote: Dear G-Books List and Nick, My replies to Nick appear within his questions. At 3:30 PM -0400 5/25/05, G-Books wrote: Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 21:44:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Nick Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Burning mad, Firewire problem

Re: Another Opinion wanted

2005-05-26 Thread Nick Marshall
switch to 800 at millions. Then I got the 2MB vram upgrade and then I was 1024 the whole time at millions. If you hold down the option key and select the color prefs does it give you the option for millions at 800? -- Nick http://www.izap.com/~pinnacle therhythmex: AIM, Jabber, and Yahoo Messenger

Re: Another Opinion wanted

2005-05-24 Thread Nick Marshall
at the same time. Kinda pricey though. $350 at OWC. -- Nick http://www.izap.com/~pinnacle therhythmex: AIM, Jabber, and Yahoo Messenger ID So have I become your enemy by telling you the truth? Galations 4:16 [NASB] -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: MOTU FW interface and PB [was: Need tips for using...]

2005-05-24 Thread Nick Marshall
On Tue, 24 May 2005, Francesco sciacca wrote: MOTU Fastlane USB MIDI interface connected to the second USB port. MOTU 896 Firewire interface connected to the Ti and a 120GB OWC Firewire drive connected to the 896. Nick, thanks for sharing that. I have a setup with some similarities

Re: Mac OS X.3.9 on Wallstreet 233MHz?

2005-05-24 Thread Nick Marshall
that unacceptably slow. I find OS X.3.9 runs well on a 400 MHz iMac, but my son finds it slow. It's all relative. Nick wrote: I would stick with 9 on that machine. My buddy has a 500Mhz Pismo and it runs X ok. A bit pokey, but it goes. That is what I was thinking about. You consider OS X on a 500 MHz

Re: Burning mad, Firewire problem

2005-05-24 Thread Nick Marshall
from the PB to the QS. Do you have a non US keylayout? Any key modifiers? Is the keyboard on the Qs on a hub? Are the Firewire ports on both machines good? Is the cable good? I've only done this once and it worked for me, so I'm throwing out ideas. .nick On Tue, 24 May 2005, Brent Baeslack

Re: Another Opinion wanted

2005-05-24 Thread Nick Marshall
On Tue, 24 May 2005, Tom Peterson wrote: Nick Marshall wrote: On Mon, 23 May 2005, Tom and Lisa P wrote: What would be better for running OS X on a Wallstreet (yes, I know a WS isnt an optimal solution); a G3/500 or a G4/400 ? Unless the apps you are going to use have been

Re: Mac OS X.3.9 on Wallstreet 233MHz?

2005-05-23 Thread Nick Marshall
a 500Mhz Pismo and it runs X ok. A bit pokey, but it goes. Possibly the Wallstreet users will be able to give you a better idea on how X is running. Good luck, -- Nick http://www.izap.com/~pinnacle therhythmex: AIM, Jabber, and Yahoo Messenger ID So have I become your enemy by telling you the truth

Re: Opinion wanted

2005-05-19 Thread Nick Marshall
a new laptop, take the HD out of the ibook mini, put it in a firewire case and either sell the ibook mini as parts to part collectors or sell the parts yourself. Oh yeah, if the RAM is compatible put that in the new laptop also. .nick On Thu, 19 May 2005, Laurent Daudelin wrote: I'd like to have

Re: sick PB G4/400

2005-05-13 Thread Nick Marshall
something is coming loose? CPU, RAM? -- Nick http://www.izap.com/~pinnacle therhythmex: AIM, Jabber, and Yahoo Messenger ID So have I become your enemy by telling you the truth? Galations 4:16 [NASB] -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp

Re: tiger, g4 ALbooks, and quicktime....

2005-05-13 Thread Nick Marshall
to see what is going on. ? On May 13, 2005, at 06:55, Nick Marshall wrote: On Thu, 12 May 2005, Jason wrote: I don't get it, everything was supposed to be better in the video world, but now, quicktime is stumbling like crazy, slow slow slow... Anyone else have this, and/or know what

Re: OS X upgrade for Lombard

2005-05-09 Thread Nick Marshall
the modem issue. It would dial normally around 5x, then take multiple attempts, then around the 12-15th time it would kernel panic. Make sure you can get 10.3.8/9 installed when you do the Panther install. -- Nick http://www.izap.com/~pinnacle therhythmex: AIM, Jabber, and Yahoo Messenger ID

Re: Tiger and video card

2005-05-08 Thread Nick Marshall
processors as appropriate. My guesstimation is there must be some code that says what level of core image functions have to move to the video card and what can be run on the cpu. My further guess is anything that is real time oriented has to be on the video card. Pure speculation. -- Nick http

Re: Doesn't anyone wait anymore?!

2005-05-07 Thread Nick Marshall
sustain [or burden everyone with] constant 12-18 month upgrades. I believe it was Phil Schuller [sp?] who said that the upgrades will slow down, and it will probably be more of a 2 -2.5 year schedule. -- Nick http://www.izap.com/~pinnacle therhythmex: AIM, Jabber, and Yahoo Messenger ID So have I

Re: Doesn't anyone wait anymore?!

2005-05-05 Thread Nick Marshall
shipping. Bleeding edge I'm not. I usually only upgrade when an app that I use is upgraded and requires an OS upgrade. So far I'm safe. :) From the many reports out there it seems Tiger is pretty stable for a major OS upgrade though. -- Nick http://www.izap.com/~pinnacle therhythmex: AIM

Re: generic screen w/no Finder in OS X?

2005-03-31 Thread Nick Marshall
chance have an alias to the HD in the dock? She could ctl-click it and navigate to the utlities folder and open Activity monitor or a terminal and check to see if the finder is running. She could launch the finder from the terminal: 'open -a Finder' Just throwing out ideas. HTH, -- Nick http

Re: Receiving faxes-follow-up

2005-03-25 Thread Nick Marshall
job. If that doesn't work maybe restart the SystemUI service? I've personally never done that, and I'm not sure what ramifications it would have on the rest of the window server processes. Probably safest just to reboot. :-( .nick I'll have to restart before I can even send this message

Re: OWC RAM?

2005-03-08 Thread Nick Marshall
site. They have a great warranty and return policy so if you do get a bad chip, you can get it replaced. -- Nick http://www.izap.com/~pinnacle therhythmex: AIM, Jabber, and Yahoo Messenger ID Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed

Re: Has Everybody heard? Steve Jobs is doing fine in hospital!

2004-08-02 Thread Nick
for Jobs that he's rich. Poor people don't do as well with cancer treatments as do rich people. That's because they often get different levels of care. Yes, I saw it last night on the news. I'm sending my prayers his way for a fast recovery. -- Aaron Willems -- Nick http

Re: Can System profiler be wrong?

2004-06-25 Thread Nick Marshall
some work and some don't. At least you got some output. nickm% system_profiler | grep Memory Memory Overview: nickm% I'm running 10.2.6. - Nick aka Baby Hog http://www.izap.com/~pinnacle therhythmex: AIM, Jabber, and Yahoo Messenger ID Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how

Re: Mail question

2004-04-24 Thread Nick Marshall
Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com --- - Nick aka Baby Hog http://www.izap.com/~pinnacle therhythmex: AIM and Yahoo Messenger ID Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt

Re: Audio Editing

2004-04-01 Thread Nick Marshall
On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Thomas Ethen wrote: What programs do I need to use to edit audio files and then save them back as an AIFF or MP3 file? You could give Audacity a spin. It's free and has most of the features needed to edit audio. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ - Nick aka Baby Hog

Re: 60GB 7200RPM or 80GB 5400RPM

2004-04-01 Thread Nick Marshall
firwire drive also. :) HTH, - Nick aka Baby Hog http://www.izap.com/~pinnacle therhythmex: AIM and Yahoo Messenger ID Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other. Mark 9:50 [NIV] -- G-Books

Re: 802.11g base units besides AirPort?

2004-03-29 Thread Nick
Any 802.11g Linksys will work. But it'll have to be configured using the Windoze laptop. After that it act the same as an Airport. N on 3/29/04 10:02 AM, Timothy J. Luoma at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I plan to get an AirPort+Modem for my home, but for my office I'd like to get a less

Re: iBooks vs. the World

2004-03-27 Thread Nick Marshall
through again. on 3/26/04 9:52 AM, Nick Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 09:07:08 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: laptop comparison? In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Rad Craig wrote: Which would you pick between a G3

Re: laptop comparison?

2004-03-26 Thread Nick Marshall
apps are going to shine on the G4. I personally would chose the 667 as it is a 15 [the size is perfect, I have the dvi version] and I can do video spanning. So make an inventory of what you want to do and weigh the cons and pros of screen resolution and spanning vs portability. HTH, - Nick

Re: CF Image Recovery

2004-01-01 Thread Nick
Sandisk has a software called RescuePro bundled with their 1GB Extreme cards. It is supposed to be able to help you retrieve the files. N on 1/1/04 6:23 PM, Kochkodin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Say Hasta la Vista, Baby...They are truly goneOnce you reformat the card, it wipes the

Re: Panther and Norton

2003-12-28 Thread Nick
I agree. Avoid Norton at all cost! It's worse than the worst virus! Only time my Pismo on OS9 crashed (And needed a system re-install and hard drive re-format!) was when I used Norton to Optimize the drive. N on 12/28/03 9:32 AM, michael Vogt at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would not also use

Re: Pismo improvement

2003-12-06 Thread Nick
on 12/6/03 12:34 PM, Jason Long at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: .. .. Now I can wait until the Powerbook G5s come out next Fall! Jason Powerbook G5 are coming out next fall??? Where did you hear that? n -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

(OT) compiler

2003-11-19 Thread nick
ive got 10.2.8 does the terminal have a built in c++ compiller? and if not does anyone know of one i can download thet works well?? thanks nick -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site

Re: video capture

2003-11-15 Thread nick
i am using a wallstreet 266 with a firewire pc card, a analog to digital converter, an old sony handcam(without dv out), and imovie 3it is kinda low qualitybut that might just be that my macs video prossesor cant play te high quality..other than that it works fine ^-^ n On

Re: Mac OS X 10.2.8 update

2003-09-23 Thread Nick
Same here, no difference on a Pismo 500/1gig/40gig n on 9/23/03 9:24 AM, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 23/09/03 07:58, David Harris at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Apple released in software updates Mac OS X 10.2.8. I downloaded it last night. Boy does it make a difference.

whats happaning to my wallstreet?

2003-09-22 Thread nick
hello all, i have a ws 266mhz in 10.2.6 and latly its been doing weird things first was after i was just done playing starcraft online and i quit out.. once it was quit i went to apple menue and shut downafter several seconds a bizzare warning came up in several languagesi

Re: PowerBook G4 Titanium/Aluminium ???

2003-09-05 Thread Nick
No new Macs will boot into 9. N on 9/5/03 6:07 AM, Tekno Liber at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just started a new job where I have managed to convince the guys that I need a Mac, but I am having a slight problem deciding which one to buy (the budget isn't huge). Either a 12 or a 15,

Re: PowerBook G4 Titanium/Aluminium ???

2003-09-05 Thread Nick
The 15 TiBooks can boot in OS9??? I thought that they could not. N on 9/5/03 1:02 PM, Frank P. Eigler at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 5 Sep 2003, Tekno Liber wrote: From: Frank P. Eigler [EMAIL PROTECTED] So if I want a new PowerBook that will boot into Mac OS 9, my last chance is

Re: Which Powerbook?

2003-09-04 Thread Nick
Max the RAM to 1 GB, and yes the 5400 rpm, 16Mb cache will make a difference. I have the 40 Gig, 5400 rpm, 16 Mb cache model and 1 GB Ram on a Pismo 500, Photoshop 7 and AI 10 work pretty well. Although they run faster with that configuration in 9... N on 9/4/03 11:21 AM, Vic Duong at [EMAIL

Re: Which Powerbook?

2003-09-04 Thread Nick
I just checked, 15 TiBooks are not available at the McGill University Computer store. This surely means the new model is coming. N on 9/5/03 12:47 AM, Paul Nicholson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday, September 4, 2003, at 04:20 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: NO. NO. NO. Don't get a 15

Re: Which Powerbook?

2003-09-03 Thread Nick
on 9/3/03 9:59 PM, Jim Eddy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Her needs are: email and internet access,, at school and at home Word processing (MS Word) for academic writing. Possible multimedia presentations in class--probably Powerpoint since the IT at the university is predominantly PC. We

Re: DVD on Wallstreet

2003-09-01 Thread nick
will the dvd player run in classic mode??? i am asking this becouse i just orderd a dvd player and decoder for my wallstreet...and my wallstreat will not boot into mac os9!! ak anyone know either how to get it to boot into nine or if you have tried to do it in classic please tell me!! ps

Re: DVD on Wallstreet

2003-09-01 Thread nick
well it is the os 9 boot cd that came when i orderd os 10and since i never had to specify a computer im guessing its as generic as you get how would i check my hard drive??? could it be a firmware thing..the harddrive was upgraded when i got my wallstreat and has been giving me

Re: DVD on Wallstreet

2003-09-01 Thread nick
yes on both...it does mount fineand work on other computers...and before i installed os X on my computer i had os 9 working perfictlythen (of course) it would boot into nine and onto a 9 cd...this only started now that i have os X on my HD... i dont think that anything has happend to

Re: Powerbook (firewire) power adaptor failure

2003-08-31 Thread Nick
I had the same problem, that Yoyo sucks. I'm on my second one in 3 years. Got a repllacement from an Apple dealer for CA$120. N on 8/31/03 2:04 AM, Brian Burge Hendrix at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, The yo-yo adaptor on my pismo died today. For the last week or so I've noticed

Re: Update Netscape for Pismo?

2003-08-23 Thread Nick
Netscape 7 is painfully slow on a Pismo. I know, I tried it on my Pismo 500. Upgrade your Netscape to 4.78 N on 8/23/03 4:53 PM, Les Riess at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Pismo 400, OS 9.1, and am using Netscape 4.75. I am increasingly having trouble loading some, but not all, Web

Re: [OT] Unix gurus: help!

2003-08-21 Thread Nick
You gotta love this list! An incredible source of information from knowledgeable gurus from as far away as Norway! N on 8/21/03 10:33 AM, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 21/08/03 10:16, Eugene Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 09:16:08AM -0400, Laurent

Re: reccomendation, replacement for 1400?

2003-08-18 Thread Nick
The 12 PB has no PC card slot. But if you are using them only for data transfer, u could use a USB card reader...so I'd go for the 12 for portability. You don't have to be a power user to use OS X, no point in staying with OS 9 unles you have some specific software that only runs in OS 9. OS X

Re: OS X (10.2.2) successful on Wallstreet

2003-08-02 Thread nick
it worked perfictley on mine which was a 233mhz but i gave it a 266 chip it has 320 mb of ram ind is fully upgraded to 10.2.6i did have to partition the drive into 8gb and 12gb to make it work tho otherwise it says it is not in the first 8 gb even if the hd is wiped clean the only

Re: How much play in a Pismo clutch?

2003-07-31 Thread Nick
Same here. 3 year old Pismo 500 here. N on 7/31/03 11:21 AM, Pauline Turtle-Bear Guillermo at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday, July 31, 2003, at 08:52 AM, Lewin Edwards wrote: Hi all, I just noticed that my Pismo has about 1/2 of play in the LCD hinge (measured at the free edge

Re: eBay (another positive review)

2003-07-15 Thread Nick
on 7/15/03 11:17 AM, David Taylor at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can echo the same experience with dozens of happy purchases and sales of fairly major technology items. The important thing is the obvious one: in 99% of cases if the deal sounds too good to be true, it is. To counter that I

Re: Handspring Treo in OS X

2003-07-03 Thread Nick
Handspring has been bought by Palm. From my personal experience Palm products work well with OS X. I don't see why it would not work. I have a Palm Tungsten T PDA and it works great with my Pismo 500 running on X 10.2.6 N on 7/3/03 6:21 PM, Jason Long at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Folks, I'm

Re: Pismo (IBM HD)

2003-07-02 Thread Nick
I switched my old 12 Gig Pismo HD with a 40 Gig 5400 rpm, 16 Meg Buffer, Toshiba. Amazingly quiet and fast. I probably got my speed doubled on OS 9. N on 7/2/03 4:05 PM, Gene Bogart at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First: I plan to swap out my noisy buggy old IBM Travelstar 20 MB. But what

Re: Battery dead

2003-06-23 Thread Nick
My Pismo Battery is slowly dying, I'm lucky if I get 20 minutes out of it. I bought a new battery from Madsonline for 150$, now I get 4 hours on my Pismo 500/1Gig/40Gig Nick on 6/23/03 5:53 PM, Gary D. Adams at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The same thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago

Re: Are there any alternatives to Aqua window manager?

2003-06-22 Thread Nick
Hmmm. I have a Pismo 500/1Gig RAM/40 Gig HD/10.2.6 no speed problems here. Running Entourage, Photoshop 7.0, Safari, iTunes, Limewire...no problems at all. Oh yeah, also running Airport, surfing wirelessly. And haven't shut down comp in months, just sleep it. You might need more HD space. N

Re: Webcam and NetMeeting ?

2003-06-22 Thread Nick
You can Cam with Yahoo on OSX. N on 6/22/03 10:09 PM, Donald Keenan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jeremy: I just borrowed a book on webcams to learn about them. (I doubt macs will be mentioned at all.) I just assumed that if I wanted to broadcast or stream from a website, having a mac is

Re: Webcam and NetMeeting ?

2003-06-22 Thread Nick
As long as your camera can be used on your Mac it will work with Yahoo. It's not Camera dependent. Works also in OS 9.2 N on 6/22/03 10:21 PM, Donald Keenan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday, June 22, 2003, at 10:15 PM, Nick wrote: You can Cam with Yahoo on OSX. N Nick

Re: OS 10.x upgrade CD advice

2003-06-21 Thread Nick
It won't work on your Pismo, these are machine specific CD's. I have a Pismo 500 and I installed 10.2.6 with no problems at all, works great. What you need a non-machine specific OS X 10.2 CD. N on 6/21/03 1:50 PM, Doug Hinschberger at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm finally considering

17 Powerbook

2003-06-08 Thread Nick
Could anyone using a 17 Powerbook comment what they like and don't like about it. Defects? Problems? Prices have come down C$600 on the 17, sooo I'm thinking about getting one. Using a Pismo 500/1Gig/40Gig now. N -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: Bouncing Messages...A Real Pain...

2003-04-05 Thread Nick
No I click delete... on 4/5/03 11:04 AM, K. at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jeremy, Thanks for the info...But is it still necessary to do the reply thing? Mike K -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives

Pismo X 10.2.4 and Palm Handheld

2003-03-31 Thread Nick
Hi I updated my OS to 10.2.4 from 10.2.3 and since then I cannot sync with my Palm Handheld. It was working fine with 10.2.3 Anyone have the same problem? -- Nick The average human produces 25,000 quarts of spit in a lifetime, enough to fill two swimming pools. -- G-Books is sponsored

Re: TiBook going crazy... shorting out

2003-01-26 Thread Nick
Thermoindock found on Versiontracker at http://www.versiontracker.com/mp/new_search.m?productDB=mode=QuickOS_Filte r=search=thermoindockx=0y=0 Nick on 1/26/03 3:43 AM, Ryan Coleman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After about 45 minutes of use at home or work (but not at my local coffeeshop

Re: Reviving Pismo Battery?

2003-01-22 Thread Nick
Got the same problem as you, I have a 2 year old Pismo 500 and I'm lucky if I get 30 minutes out of my battery. N on 1/22/03 9:52 PM, Scott Crick at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All! This is my first post here, so hopefully I don't break too many rules... ;-) I have a Pismo (Rev. B)/400

Re: 4200 vs. 5400 RPM?

2003-01-14 Thread Nick
Laurent, I had a stock 12 Gig 4200 rpm Toshiba in my Pismo 500. Before moving to Jaguar I replaced it with a 40 Gig 5400 rpm 16 meg cache Toshiba, the difference in speed when I boot in 9.2.2 is just amazing, HGE difference, and 10.2.3 seems as fast as in G4 Titaniums (at least the first

Re: 4200 vs. 5400 RPM?

2003-01-14 Thread Nick
whenever I replace that drive. The only problem, kinda, is that those 5400rpm drives tend to be on the expensive side! Nick, you're talking about a Toshiba. I guess you like it so far. How long have you been using it? Care to give more details about it, like the model number, etc.? Thanks

Re: serial printer with Lombard

2003-01-09 Thread Nick
Does the Apple 4/600 laserwriter have appletalk? If it does you can use a localtalk to ethernet bridge like the asanteprint. Nick on 1/9/03 10:59 AM, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 09/01/03 10:45, Mike Amato [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 1/8/03 5:17 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: The 17 PowerBook

2003-01-08 Thread Nick
I'm drooling! I want one! (Not that I need one! My Pismo 500 is more than adequate for what I'm doing) n on 1/8/03 11:07 AM, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 08/01/03 10:33, Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The gee-wiz factor is killing me. After watching the PowerBook intro

Re: Safari - Apple own web browser

2003-01-07 Thread Nick
I tried it, seems ok but still has a few rough edges... on 1/7/03 3:05 PM, Mark at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know anything about it yet, but the last item shows that it can block pop-ups. http://www.apple.com/safari/ I'll have to download the beta and test drive it. -Mark --

Re: windows laptop to powerbook software conversions

2002-12-18 Thread Nick
Check out this link: http://www.apple.com/switch/howto/move2mac/ on 12/18/02 6:11 AM, Christopher Hack at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: finally persuaded a good friend to ditch his expensive, slow, constantly-crashing windows laptop, and switch to a powerbook. I have moved a decade or so of word

Re: Mac OS 9 vs. X

2002-12-18 Thread Nick
on 12/18/02 11:15 AM, Dan Knight at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Finally, although OS X is as stable as you can imagine, OS X applications aren't. Believe it or not -- and it surprised me -- Internet Exploder 5.1.x is more stable under OS 9.x than IE 5.2.x is under OS X. Ditto for iCab.

Re: Wallstreet vs Canon PowerShot camera Help

2002-12-12 Thread Nick
I have a Powershot G2 and a Pismo. I almost never use the USB connection because it is s slow, I just plug the CF card into a PC card adapter and read it from my PC slot, it a whole lot faster. on 12/12/02 10:11 PM, Norm Kamp at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm considering purchasing a Canon

Re: Jaguar comments others

2002-12-10 Thread Nick
on a Pismo 500 with 1 gig of RAM and it is as fast as 9 was. nick -- 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: memory partitions

2002-12-08 Thread Nick
on 12/8/02 2:38 PM, Michael Richardson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear List, How do I go about increasing memory to my programs in OS X.1.5? I know in OS 9 I just had to select the application and get info from the file menu. That does not seem to work in OS X. Any help will be greatly

Re: Entourage, iCal, or Palm Desktop?

2002-11-25 Thread Nick
I've tried iCal, imail and whatnot but have gone back to Entourage. As much as I want to stay away from MS products...I find Entourage to be a much better all-in-one solution for managing my contact lists, do e-mail and track my schedule... Just my 2 cents worth... N on 11/25/02 11:04 AM, Ryan

Re: true maximum

2002-11-14 Thread Nick
on 11/14/02 7:13 PM, hal9000x at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the maximum ram one can install/use in a G3 PB pismo 500 FW? I have seen conflicting numbers. I currently have 768. 1 gig (one 512 Meg module in each slot (upper and lower)) N -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/

Re: Yo-yo failures

2002-11-02 Thread Nick
Could you tell me where you got your BTI power adapter? Thanks n on 11/2/02 9:12 AM, George Gunderson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday, Nov 2, 2002, at 00:10 US/Eastern, Charlie Meyerson wrote: For the second time in less than a year, I've just received a replacement yo-yo

DVD writer for Pismo as an Expansion bay?

2002-11-01 Thread Nick
Anybody know whether there exists a DVD-writer for the Pismo as an expansion bay? nick -- 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: IBM 20GB PowerBook drive

2002-10-24 Thread Nick
to bother me. Does anyone else have one of these drives? Do you find it makes any noticeable noise? I'm thinking maybe I should return it (to Googlegear) for exchange. Andrew Main It should be very quiet, you should return it, you prolly got a bad one. nick -- G-Books is sponsored by http

Powerbook 190

2002-10-04 Thread Nick
I have an old Powerbook 190, I mistakenly erased the whole hard drive without backing up the system software. I heard that 7.6 is the highest OS it can rrun but the copies of 7.6 I found on ebay are all on CD's. Is there a way of transferring the OS on floppy from the CD and then install the

Re: chasing jaguars on wall street

2002-10-02 Thread Nick
/support/worldwide.aspx My advice is to Max your RAM and get a bigger faster hard drive. I'm running a pismo with 1 gig and a 40 gig 5400 HD with Jaguar, it runs faster than my original pismo ( 256 meg ram 12 HD) on 9.2.2 nick -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: dvd video ?'s

2002-09-27 Thread Nick
on 9/27/02 10:22 AM, Ira Griffin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now that I have updated to jag, my dvd plays only audio. has anyone else had this problem? Ira What machine r u running it on? I have a Pismo and DVD's play much much better than in 9.2.2 nick -- G-Books is sponsored

Re: Looking For Network Laser Printer

2002-09-26 Thread Nick
I have an HP Laserjet 5MP connected via an Asante Localtalk-to-Ethernet bridge to my hub which is connected to my Airport base station. I print to it wirelessly with my Pismo 500 running 10.2.1 nick on 9/26/02 8:44 AM, Walter Basil at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Right now, I have two iBooks

Re: Toshiba HD

2002-09-25 Thread Nick
I got it at www.harddrive.com for $190, u could prolly get it cheaper these days...Took me about 30 mins from the time I opened my computer to the time I closed it. nick on 9/25/02 10:43 AM, ezelinsky at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My Pismo came with a 10 Gig Toshiba, I recently changed

Re: Outdoor screen

2002-09-24 Thread Nick
for the old one? Thanks, JRA My Pismo came with a 10 Gig Toshiba, I recently changed it to a 40 gig Toshibaso quiet and sooo fast... nick -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web

Re: airport card problems?

2002-09-22 Thread Nick
I recently installed an airport card in my Pismo and bought the new Airport base station, set it up and was really amazed at the range I got. I live on the 18th floor and went down to the outdoors parking lot of the building and lo and behold I could connect to my base station!!! Nick on 9/22

Re: Netscape 7 not opening

2002-09-22 Thread Nick
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Re: WallStreet hard drive

2002-09-17 Thread Nick
Fujitsu in my Wallstreet II and it's quieter than the 15G IBM in my Powerboy FW drive. Got the Fujitsu from PBPARTS. Gene I recently installed a 40 Gig Toshiba, 5400 rpm, 16 Meg cache, s quiet I have to stick my ear to the keyboard to make sure it's spinning! Nick -- G-Books is sponsored

Re: Networking Powerbooks

2002-09-17 Thread Nick
what I am doing wrong? Nick -- 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

Re: surface scan

2002-09-11 Thread Nick
You are right about Norton, I had Norton Systemworks installed on my Pismo under 9.2 and it crashed my computer all the time and at one point I had to reformat my hard drive lost hours of time and loads of data...It was worse than catching a virus. Since uninstalling it my Pismo has not had a

Re: Pismo/PowerBook hard drive upgrade

2002-09-05 Thread Nick
weeks ago. No problems at all, and the system runs much faster with the new drive. -pha Hi I'm in the process of changing my Pismo HD. Can it be done safely without removing the processor daughter card? Nick -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Pismo?

2002-09-04 Thread Nick
adapter is flimsy and the wire breaks and deteriorates easily. I'm on my second power adapter so far. It's not the adapter itself but the wire that goes to your Pismo...very fragile. Other than that the Pismo is Grat. nick -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: Pismo and 10.2 went well

2002-08-26 Thread Nick
2 gigs of HD space Wow! Good thing I'm waiting for my 40 gig HD replacement for my Pismo before going from 9.2.2 to 10.2 Nick on 8/27/02 9:06 PM, kevin webb at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Installation was about an hour for the upgrade on my Pismo 400 with 576 ram. Machine feels much

Re: Hard Disk Upgrade

2002-08-25 Thread Nick
the price difference? Anyone dealt with Harddrive.com before? Nick on 8/25/02 11:52 AM, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 24/08/02 12:28, John Callahan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to upgrade the hard drive in my Apple Powerbook G3 series Wallstreet. It now has

Re: Pismo and HP Laserjet 5MP

2002-08-21 Thread Nick
on 8/21/02 1:30 AM, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 20/08/02 23:02, Nick at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 8/20/02 10:30 PM, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 20/08/02 21:06, Nick at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I currently print via my Infrared Port

Re: Pismo and HP Laserjet 5MP

2002-08-21 Thread Nick
on 8/21/02 3:44 AM, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 21/08/02 02:30, Jon Glass at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 8/21/02 3:06 AM, Nick at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I currently print via my Infrared Port to the HP Laserjet 5MP printer. I tried connecting via the localtalk port

Re: Pismo and HP Laserjet 5MP

2002-08-21 Thread Nick
on 8/21/02 3:44 AM, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 21/08/02 02:30, Jon Glass at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 8/21/02 3:06 AM, Nick at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I currently print via my Infrared Port to the HP Laserjet 5MP printer. I tried connecting via the localtalk port

Pismo and HP Laserjet 5MP

2002-08-20 Thread Nick
Hi I currently print via my Infrared Port to the HP Laserjet 5MP printer. I tried connecting via the localtalk port on the printer with an AsantePrint Ethernet-to-localtalk bridge. But it's not working...Pismo does not see the printer. What am I doing wrong? nick -- G-Books is sponsored

Re: OS X 10.2

2002-08-14 Thread Nick
Anyone beta-tested Jaguar on a Pismo? If so, how does it run? nick on 8/14/02 10:22 AM, Jeremy Derr at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: During a break from Jedi Training, I heard Gregory Cortelyou [EMAIL PROTECTED] say: I don't know if it was on another list or on Apples OSX forum site but I

Re: Pismo power problem

2002-08-12 Thread Nick
design of the power supply unit. Flimsy cord that obviously won't last more than a couple of years. I had to shell out US$80 for a new unit that prolly won't last more than a year. nick -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com

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