Re: Playing CD's

2003-02-24 Thread Obi-Wan
On 2/24/03 9:03 AM, Ed Zelinsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Besides e-bay where are the best places to find a replacement Matsushita drive module for a Pismo. I have the dread M7931 DVD/CD that came with my Pismo and so far... so good. I would talk to David Wegener at

Re: Trading oversee

2003-02-24 Thread Obi-Wan
On 2/24/03 5:54 AM, GĂ©rard Mittaux-Biron [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: By beginning November 2002 I ordered PB Wallstreet batteries (internal + external) from WegenerMedia (ibookparts and powerbookpart stores on internet), for an amount of $225,00, using PayPal. I stand

Re: Trashing vs Shredding?

2003-02-19 Thread Obi-Wan
On 2/18/03 11:41 PM, Ryan Coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: There is only one secure way, it is what the government, and I, do: Get a drill with a 1/4 bit and drive the sucker into the platters. :) Of course, I know you want to keep the drive, so a couple of Zero Levels

Re: Treo As IrDA Modem?

2003-02-12 Thread Obi-Wan
On 2/12/03 2:25 AM, Jon Glass [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: on 2/10/03 4:51 PM, Mike Amato at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the infared on the 55o is different than the Treo's later version. I believe they are incompatible. If there was an ida it would be installed in the TCP

Re: Which Version MacOS for Pismo

2003-02-10 Thread Obi-Wan
On 2/10/03 3:54 PM, Stephen Bright [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Speaking as a musician I need OS 9. Maybe you use MOTU's Digital Performer, as I do. Also, graphic designers, probably the biggest core group responsible in part for Apple's survival, are slow migrating to X,

Re: AlBook in trouble....Pismo to the rescue!

2003-02-10 Thread Obi-Wan
On 2/10/03 4:18 PM, Mark Kippert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Sephee on 2/9/03 10:43 PM wrote: In less than 12 hours after she first got it, I managed to render my girlfriend's brand new AlBook into a sleek, aluminum Mactop-shaped paperweight. Everything's fine now though.

Re: Which Version MacOS for Pismo

2003-02-09 Thread Obi-Wan
On 2/9/03 4:45 PM, Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Bah, you'll see, once you get hold of OS X, you won't want to go back. I've been using a Macintosh since 1985 (Mac 128KB with an internal 400KB floppy at that time, with an ImageWriter I that I paid $2500 used),

Re: Icebook service manual

2003-02-04 Thread Obi-Wan
On 2/4/03 5:06 PM, Sue Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: try this, Mike.http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2/manuals.html As has been stated before posting links to the Apple Service manuals is not allowed on LEM lists. You could get LEM into a heap of trouble by doing so. I

Re: G4 Sleeve recommendations?

2003-02-03 Thread Obi-Wan
On 2/3/03 2:43 AM, wappling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I found an excellant foam padded case with a bit of extra room inside for my 15in pb. its black plastic,marked leatherwood,and was designed to carry delicate target pistols,price for this one was 24 dollars,great for

Re:

2003-01-29 Thread Obi-Wan
On 1/29/03 9:43 AM, Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: On 29/01/03 12:32, Shawn King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/29/03 10:56 AM, Christopher Hack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: can whoever moderates this list ensure that the discussion sticks to powerbooks, and not

Re: help! powerbook backlight problems

2003-01-17 Thread Obi-Wan
On 1/17/03 6:34 AM, frank hebbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: The problem is described below. It has now occurred four times, three times in the last 20 minutes. My girlfriend was working on her powerbook G4 just now, and the backlight on her screen went off. The keys for

Re: auto-dimming feature

2003-01-16 Thread Obi-Wan
On 1/16/03 12:36 PM, Shawn King [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: On 1/9/03 9:15 PM, Kevin Stevens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, I hope it'll be nice, though I'm a little concerned about the auto-dimming feature - all too often I don't agree with automatic stuff like that. I

Re: External drive not showing up on Pismo

2003-01-16 Thread Obi-Wan
On 1/16/03 9:43 AM, Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I had a problem with an external FW drive in a Rev1 BW; it wouldn't work until I upgraded the BW to OSX (which kinda sucked rocks, since the reason I was attaching it was to back the system up before upgrading it to

Re: MayDay: PowerBook G3 needs Mobo and processor

2003-01-14 Thread Obi-Wan
On 1/14/03 10:12 AM, Gabriel Aharon Diamond [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Aloha Geez! I am new the this list and here is my story. I took my pismo to the local Apple Service Tech for repair. I was told that the motherboard and the processor need to be replaced. It was made

Re: MayDay: PowerBook G3 needs Mobo and processor

2003-01-14 Thread Obi-Wan
On 1/14/03 1:20 PM, Obi-Wan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: It was made clear to me that this is a rare occurrence. I agree with that statement. I will second it. I would be willing to bet that it is not *both* the processor and the Mobo. Sorry for the repost

Re: The 17 PowerBook

2003-01-10 Thread Obi-Wan
On 1/10/03 8:19 AM, Phillip Burk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I know for a fact that there are some MP3 players that have USB2 connections. One of my coworkers has one and loves it. Not true. The iPod doesn't have a USB 2 connection. Are you saying that there are *other*

Re: The 17 PowerBook

2003-01-10 Thread Obi-Wan
On 1/10/03 8:56 AM, Jim Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: What's the brand? It would have to snake around from a USB port on the back of my Pismo. I can't believe they used to put ports on the back of laptops! It's a Kensington Flylight. I have one. I plug it into the back

Re: The 17 PowerBook

2003-01-10 Thread Obi-Wan
On 1/10/03 10:09 AM, Anthony Vo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I know for a fact that there are some MP3 players that have USB2 connections. One of my coworkers has one and loves it. Not true. The iPod doesn't have a USB 2 connection. Are you saying that there are

Re: 2 QUESTIONS

2003-01-10 Thread Obi-Wan
On 1/10/03 12:09 PM, Guy Masson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Hello list: 2 questions : 1. Is there a source for Super Drives for ice books? Not yet. 2. is there a method for repair for CD ROM Drives? For an Icebook? Remove and replace. It is not authorized by Apple

Re: 2 QUESTIONS

2003-01-10 Thread Obi-Wan
On 1/10/03 12:25 PM, Guy Masson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: What about a combo drive? Yes. -- == Kyle H. Hansen Apple Certified Technician Apple Solution Expert Macintosh Server Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: The 17 PowerBook

2003-01-09 Thread Obi-Wan
On 1/9/03 11:31 AM, Kevin Stevens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Predictably, both of the people who have grabbed the end of this towel and started shaking are affiliated with Apple in some way. I don't give a damn about promoting Firewire *or* USB. I'm just a user who is

Re: The 17 PowerBook

2003-01-08 Thread Obi-Wan
On 1/8/03 7:33 AM, Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: The one that made me go O-A, was the backlit keyboard (via fiber optics) that automatically adjusts to the environment, as well as auto adjusting the screen brightness. GEE-WIZ! Ya. That feature is something that

Re: The 17 PowerBook

2003-01-08 Thread Obi-Wan
On 1/8/03 5:27 PM, Justin Ancheta [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: And one little question: will Macs using old Airport cards be able to connect to Airport Extreme networks? I thought I read somewhere that 802.11g was backwards compatible with 802.11b, but I don't remember.

Re: Safari - Apple own web browser

2003-01-07 Thread Obi-Wan
On 1/7/03 1:14 PM, Demetrius [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I've been using safari for about an hour and have seen no problems loading any pages. Can you tell us what pages are not loading for you? I've been using for 3 hours and I can't find a single page it won't handle. --

Re: New Form Factor?

2002-12-24 Thread Obi-Wan
On 12/24/02 3:31 PM, James Rohde [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: On 12/24/02 2:30 PM, Andrew Main enlightened us by writing: Pismo going until I can get a 1GHz G4 iBook (with--I can dream--a more user-friendly case with rounded edges). Maybe all those of us who would like to

Re: New Form Factor?

2002-12-24 Thread Obi-Wan
On 12/24/02 10:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: You've gotta be kidding? My pismo is bulletproof, ti-books are way too fragile, ask anyone who own's one. If moving forward means introducing a more fragile product that when first released, had overheating

Re: Canon/Epson scanner recommendations

2002-12-20 Thread Obi-Wan
On 12/20/02 5:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Hi all, I wish to purchase a Canon/Epson USB scanner to connect to my Pismo. I'll be using OSX most of the time, so I'll need to have OSX connectivity either via Vuescan, Photoshop 7 or Graphic Converter X.

Re: Laptop Bags (Was: Re: My Accident)

2002-12-20 Thread Obi-Wan
On 12/20/02 8:11 AM, Andrew Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: There's another problem with Brenthaven in my opinion, all of their bags a) look the same and b) are not at all stylish. The only one that bucks the trend is the executive backpack, but even that is very boringly

Re: My Accident

2002-12-19 Thread Obi-Wan
On 12/19/02 12:45 AM, RogueWriter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I'd also recommend Western Pack's Day Trader with Laptop compartment. They're inexpensive, nice and darn near indestructible. http://www.treasureswest.com/Buy.asp?pt=SCE700%2FSCO1200 I swear by Brenthaven. I have a

Re: Laptop Bags (Was: Re: My Accident)

2002-12-19 Thread Obi-Wan
On 12/19/02 5:10 PM, RogueWriter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I have to agree, my only problem with Brenthaven is the price. There's no question that they are incredibly nice bags, but I had to go for something a little more conservative monetarily. I agree with your

Re: length of sig files

2002-12-17 Thread Obi-Wan
On 12/17/02 7:05 AM, James Rohde [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: List Nannies, can you please declare this thread over, done, dead? This thread is dead. And so are any related threads with new titles. Kill it. It's time to move on. Let's get back to what this list is all about.

Re: OS 10 vs Windows?

2002-12-17 Thread Obi-Wan
On 12/17/02 5:35 PM, David M. Ensteness [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Is this an honest question or a troll? The last reason I suspect this to be a troll is that you start by talking about how you are a Mac user and have been forever, but you want to compare Mac OS X to Windows

Re: OT -- opinions, statements, and signatures

2002-12-16 Thread Obi-Wan
On 12/16/02 7:46 AM, Thomas Ethen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Didn't this list use to be about G-Books and related information, or did I miss the part where the subject of the list was changed? I missed that part myself. Let's all PLEASE try to get it back on track. Please?

Re: Making choices

2002-12-13 Thread Obi-Wan
On 12/13/02 5:57 AM, Kochkodin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I called Mac Zone last night and told them that they lost a $2500+ sale due to this issue. I spoke with the night shift supervisor who said he was unaware of the situation and promisd to pass the info on to the day

Re: the good news is that carrying a Pismo can avoid breakingyour hip..

2002-12-13 Thread Obi-Wan
On 12/13/02 9:34 AM, David Stephenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I'm about to give up, and am really short of $ right now, so I'd like to avoid massive repair bills if at all possible. Anyone have any ideas before I pack it in? I agree with the others. Remove and reseat the

Re: Need help finding memory

2002-12-10 Thread Obi-Wan
On 12/10/02 12:55 PM, Gary E Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Happy holidays to everyone I need help finding memory. I need to get a low profile 256meg SDIMM for the lower socket in my wallstreet but can't find it anywhere. Does anyone know where I can get it? Go to:

Re: HELP!!!! PISMO DEATH???

2002-12-09 Thread Obi-Wan
On 12/8/02 10:37 PM, Hal [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Does anyone know how hard it is to replace the little plastic lens that covers the IR port on the Pismo? I just noticed that one of the ones I bought on eBay is missing that. Other than that it was in perfect condition.

Re: HELP!!!! PISMO DEATH???

2002-12-09 Thread Obi-Wan
On 12/9/02 5:36 AM, Jeremy Derr [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: On Sunday, December 8, 2002, at 12:02 PM, Kochkodin wrote: That's funny...the tech said the $50 was definitely in case they had to transfer the data to another drive then redo it back to the original...I was

Re: HELP!!!! PISMO DEATH???

2002-12-09 Thread Obi-Wan
On 12/9/02 1:31 PM, Jeremy Derr [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: most often, data transfer is essential when there is still troubleshooting to be done before the issue is isolated to a specific part. for instance, i often will perform a clean install of the Mac OS before

Re: HELP!!!! PISMO DEATH???

2002-12-09 Thread Obi-Wan
On 12/9/02 5:32 PM, Ian Haddock [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Whats a PEBKAC? A user error. It stands for: Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair. -- == Kyle H. Hansen Apple Certified Technician Apple Solution

Re: HELP!!!! PISMO DEATH???

2002-12-07 Thread Obi-Wan
On 12/7/02 9:25 PM, Kochkodin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Yep, Pulled the top 512 chip..no joy!! :( Apple wanted a CC # to hold $50 in case they had to transfer the data to a different HD during the repair. Regards, Mike K Not to make you more upset, but that is *not* why

Re: HELP!!!! PISMO DEATH???

2002-12-07 Thread Obi-Wan
On 12/7/02 9:25 PM, Kochkodin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Yep, Pulled the top 512 chip..no joy!! :( Apple wanted a CC # to hold $50 in case they had to transfer the data to a different HD during the repair. Regards, Mike K Do you have the stock Ram that came with the

Re: HELP!!!! PISMO DEATH???

2002-12-07 Thread Obi-Wan
On 12/7/02 10:02 PM, Kochkodin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: HHHMMM, That's funny...the tech said the $50 was definitely in case they had to transfer the data to another drive then redo it back to the original...I was surprised at this and made sure to double check about it..

Re: I-book video card

2002-12-07 Thread Obi-Wan
On 12/7/02 10:57 PM, wappling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Hi all, I want to ask about the 8meg ati video card in an Ice book G3 600, I want to upgrade to OSX10.2, which I think should have 32? will 10.2 work with only 8? It will work. how expensive and difficult is it to

Re: Insurance Coverage on BeerBooks et al

2002-11-27 Thread Obi-Wan
On 11/27/02 8:53 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: on 11/27/02 02:27, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote: Kyle has a good point in that many people do choose to do the right thing by their own standards, and I would agree with him on that. However, he

Re: Insurance Coverage on BeerBooks et al

2002-11-26 Thread Obi-Wan
On 11/25/02 10:34 PM, Geoffrey Loeffler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: This is not theft and is very offensive to call it that, but it seems some lads have special privileges in the sand box. We all have the same rights. This is an interesting conversation. Try not to belittle

Re: Insurance Coverage on BeerBooks et al

2002-11-25 Thread Obi-Wan
On 11/25/02 1:12 AM, K [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: ...Heard noise outside, ran to the door and dropped the 550... The display cracked and some stuff came loose inside..submitted a claim to Nationwide, they got an estimate of over $1000 to repair it so they sent me a check for

Re: Insurance Coverage on BeerBooks et al

2002-11-25 Thread Obi-Wan
On 11/25/02 6:50 AM, K [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: EXCUSE ME??? THEFT??? The damage occurred during the prevention of greater damage to my home...A police report was filed and the adjuster ( a Nationwide employee rather than an independent adjustment firm, BTW) had

Re: wiping hard drive clean

2002-11-23 Thread Obi-Wan
On 11/23/02 6:51 AM, Thomas Ethen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: There was just a issue raised on the local TV station last week about this very topic, concerning Government HD's that were going to surplus sales and the safety of information that was previously on the drives.

Re: wiping hard drive clean

2002-11-23 Thread Obi-Wan
On 11/23/02 6:53 AM, Thomas Ethen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: on 11/23/02 12:57 AM, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Folks, Can we move on to something more important? That thread is not leading anywhere. Come on, those are not the droids you're looking

Re: CDR/DVD drive failure on TiBook

2002-11-23 Thread Obi-Wan
On 11/23/02 10:23 AM, R. Hannes Niedner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: On 11/23/02 10:09 AM, Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a TiBook 667 GHz Ethernet Port and I thought that this model maybe does not have a manual eject? Did you try restarting while

Re: Are you sure you want to ... ?

2002-11-21 Thread Obi-Wan
On 11/20/02 10:42 PM, Kevin Stevens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: On Wednesday, Nov 20, 2002, at 22:15 US/Pacific, Jon Glass wrote: on 11/20/02 4:49 AM, Andrew Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hold alt when you choose the apple menu. Does that mean Option or Command?

Re: Are you sure you want to ... ?

2002-11-21 Thread Obi-Wan
On 11/21/02 1:40 AM, Kevin Stevens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: As for the Apple name, they're the ones who printed the keycaps. Does this also mean that I can't reference the ? key? Do I *have* to call it the /??? Let's turn this away from flaming and into reason. The

Re: wiping hard drive clean

2002-11-21 Thread Obi-Wan
On 11/21/02 5:37 PM, Geoffrey Loeffler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Any debate on Toshiba v IBM is like Coke v Pepsi. It was in fact Transinternational who advised the IBM 40GNX was better than the Toshiba, a view I agreed with after my research fwiw. As for Trans, It in fact

Re: wiping hard drive clean

2002-11-20 Thread Obi-Wan
On 11/20/02 9:56 PM, Geoffrey Loeffler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: This thread has been very interesting, and I thank all who have helped. So really there is no way to safely protect the information I have on this month old drive. It holds multiple online bank account

Re: wiping hard drive clean

2002-11-19 Thread Obi-Wan
On 11/19/02 12:27 PM, Dan K [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Ah, but Obi-Wan Kyle, what does it take to actually retrieve 'real' data from a zeroed-once (or twice or thrice) drive? Is there a practical way to do it without going through a pretty serious HW recovery effort? I

Re: wiping hard drive clean

2002-11-19 Thread Obi-Wan
On 11/19/02 3:54 PM, Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Obi-Wan wrote: All I am saying is that there is no real safe way to be sure that your data is 100% unrecoverable, which is what the person was asking. That's all. Well, there is, but you'll lose out

Re: wiping hard drive clean

2002-11-18 Thread Obi-Wan
On 11/18/02 7:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: In a message dated 11/18/2002 9:10:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I need to wipe this drive clean, really clean. Will apples disk utility on 10.2 wipe it so no info will be able to

Re: Flakey Mail

2002-11-14 Thread Obi-Wan
On 11/14/02 10:02 AM, Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Roger Shufflebottom wrote: When I moved over to OS X earlier this year I tried Apple's Mail program and concluded, as you say, that it was 'Flakey'. I've gone back to the tried and trusted Eudora - it does the

Re:

2002-11-14 Thread Obi-Wan
On 11/14/02 9:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Okay - I am new here to the G-Books page and probably asking an old question. But I just bought a great little Pismo 400 with 320 RAM, open box - new (no warranty) from CompUSA. Everything seemed to work

Re: my modem is back with 10.2.2

2002-11-14 Thread Obi-Wan
On 11/14/02 7:38 PM, Norm Kamp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: John: I believe yours is a Wallstreet I, I'm not sure. Anyway, I received Jaguar today from Apple and installed it into a partition that was clean. The version is just 10.2. Not currently running OS X, so I cannot

Re: wireless?

2002-11-05 Thread Obi-Wan
On 11/4/02 11:29 PM, wappling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Hi all, Im looking into connecting An I-book wireless connection to cable modem,My question is I see a number of brands and prices all over heck, is there any big advantage to going apple airport as to simplicity over

Re: Should Wallstreet wake when lid is opened?

2002-11-04 Thread Obi-Wan
On 11/4/02 6:31 AM, Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: on 04/11/02 08:31, Norm Kamp at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why do we keep beating this topic to death. The Wallstreet has never woken when the lid is opened and never will Because somebody declared yesterday that

Re: conecting two macs

2002-10-31 Thread Obi-Wan
On 10/31/02 1:28 AM, wappling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Hi all, If I have two macs connected to internet by the ethernet ports, can I connect the two machines together through Firewire? Yes. If one will boot into target disk mode. --

Re: What's With FBC Indexing?

2002-10-23 Thread Obi-Wan
On 10/23/02 1:03 AM, John Beringer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Heya, I can pipe up on this (if only with personal experience). I went through the same thing, since I wanted to have my all partitions (80GB) indexed, despite that I remain hazy on the advantages (I believe

Re: Switch

2002-10-21 Thread Obi-Wan
On 10/21/02 2:16 PM, Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Donald Keenan wrote: Apple 'Books have to be THE sexiest consumer product out there IMHO (maybe with the exception of Jaguars...the car) and I've noticed lately the the Switch ad campaign has been featuring

Re: Switch

2002-10-21 Thread Obi-Wan
On 10/21/02 5:06 PM, Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: You are correct. Tony has always been a Mac guy. Well maybe not always, but at least for the last 5 years. I remember reading an article in one of the Mac Mags about his MacAddiction. Maybe he used a PC years

Re: OSX 10.2 Install

2002-10-16 Thread Obi-Wan
On 10/16/02 12:02 PM, Jeremy Derr [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: On Wednesday, October 16, 2002, at 12:42 PM, Clyde Kahrl wrote: WARNING ! WARNING ! I proceeded to install OSX 10.2 on an external firewire drive. EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS NOT NECESSARY --- because the internal

Re: Anybody got a dead DVD drive for Pismo they would be willingto get rid of?

2002-10-15 Thread Obi-Wan
On 10/15/02 6:44 AM, David M. Ensteness [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Under $350? I can't see that at their website, not for a DVD/CDRW Combo. But please point me at it if its there. And what is this trade in deal that you speak of? I have a semi functioning normal DVD drive

Re: Anybody got a dead DVD drive for Pismo they would be willingto get rid of?

2002-10-15 Thread Obi-Wan
On 10/15/02 11:57 AM, Obi-Wan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: On 10/15/02 6:44 AM, David M. Ensteness [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Under $350? I can't see that at their website, not for a DVD/CDRW Combo. But please point me at it if its there. And what

Re: Power Manager Problem with my Wallstreet (newbie question)

2002-10-15 Thread Obi-Wan
On 10/15/02 7:41 PM, Andrew Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I'm familiar with the Wallstreet (I and II) but what is the PDQ that so many of you have been referring to recently? The 300MHz version of what was the Wallstreet series is commonly called a Wallstreet when it is

Re: New member soon - Need Avice on model/upgrade/to get.

2002-10-14 Thread Obi-Wan
On 10/14/02 9:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: No, but you won't get a Wallstreet with all the upgrades you mentioned for that either. Add another $200 and you can get one for that on ebay if you shop around the auctions, although a nice one will be double

Re: Power Manager Problem with my Wallstreet

2002-10-13 Thread Obi-Wan
On 10/13/02 2:10 PM, Ross Cottrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Had the same problem once on my 300 mhz Wallstreet. The guy at pbparts.com had me disconnect the keyboard. I did, and the machine started right up. Diagnosis: bad keyboard. Strange thing was, pbparts sent me

Re: Stripped heat sink screws

2002-10-10 Thread Obi-Wan
On 10/10/02 7:51 PM, Sephee [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Huh!? What screw's that? I dont think I'm following that. I am trying to take off the heat sink covering the RAM slots . As far as I know that's the only thing getting in the way. That's what I had to remove when I

Re: Stripped heat sink screws

2002-10-10 Thread Obi-Wan
On 10/10/02 7:51 PM, Sephee [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Huh!? What screw's that? I dont think I'm following that. I am trying to take off the heat sink covering the RAM slots . As far as I know that's the only thing getting in the way. That's what I had to remove when I

Re: OT: Any recommendations for domain registration?

2002-10-10 Thread Obi-Wan
On 10/10/02 8:33 PM, Jeremy C. Derr [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Dotster is the best cheap site reg co. that has a variety of options, including URL Masking and MX services. Check them out. Www.dotster.com my personal experience with dotster has been almost exclusively

Re: Q? how to switch off memory check on Wallstreet?

2002-10-07 Thread Obi-Wan
On 10/7/02 1:21 PM, Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] Broadcast into the ether: Hello Can anyone remind me how to disable the automatic memory check on my Wallstreet (OS 8.6)? I seem to recall that you have to hold down a key or two while opening the memory control panel. Thanks Hold down

Re: Questions on Jaguar

2002-10-03 Thread Obi-Wan
On 10/2/02 11:41 PM, Dyna [EMAIL PROTECTED] Broadcast into the ether: The half price offer on Jaguar for federal employees has me tempted... but I have a lot of questions about Jaguar that Apple's web site hasn't answered. First, will my classic aps still run? If they are running in OS

Re: new to list/questions

2002-10-03 Thread Obi-Wan
On 10/3/02 12:46 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Broadcast into the ether: I just recieved a pismo it's a g3 500 20 gig 256 ok I tried to do this. I used the disks that came with it to install it. but it said I needed to do a fresh install which I know formats the drive and will

Re: Hotline

2002-10-02 Thread Obi-Wan
On 10/2/02 10:40 AM, Amber Rhea [EMAIL PROTECTED] Broadcast into the ether: Has anyone found a Hotline client that actually *works* with OS X? I've tried iSwipe, HotCocoa, and HotPants (and plain ol' Hotline Client under Classic) and none of them work - I can't connect to any servers.

Re: new to list/questions

2002-10-02 Thread Obi-Wan
On 10/2/02 5:24 PM, scotto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Broadcast into the ether: I just recieved a pismo have a few questions it's a g3 500 20 gig 256 It has os x..1.4 on it and I need to have os 9 can I just use the restore disk and add 9 with out deleting X? Yes. Or you can just use the OS 9

Re: external CD-R/RW drive to boot from a system disk?

2002-09-30 Thread Obi-Wan
On 9/29/02 5:40 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Broadcast into the ether: Does anyone know if you can use an external CD-R/RW drive to boot from a system disk? The DVD drive on my Wallstreet II is kaput so I'm thinking of getting an external. Apple told me that Firewire drives can

Re: spend the day rebuilding entourage db

2002-09-27 Thread Obi-Wan
On 9/27/02 12:58 AM, Ryan Coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Broadcast into the ether: One more vote for Eudora. :-) -- Ryan P.S. my mailbox on my server (prior to the return of my laptop) was 38MB after 2 months. I found this in the Seattle Times today.

Re: spend the day rebuilding entourage db

2002-09-27 Thread Obi-Wan
On 9/27/02 1:41 AM, Ryan Coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Broadcast into the ether: Eudora sucks almost as hard as Iomega doesYou will figure it out later with more experience...same with Norton and Silverlining...all suck. Period. Um, I have used Eudora since 1.5.1. I have never had the

Re: spend the day rebuilding entourage db

2002-09-27 Thread Obi-Wan
On 9/27/02 1:39 PM, Ryan Coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Broadcast into the ether: On Friday, September 27, 2002, at 12:24 PM, Dan Knight wrote: Or maybe you're supporting Microsoft software. You know, the guys who have released 56 security bulletins already this year, who invented the Blue

Re: Jag Issues (Ti667)

2002-09-25 Thread Obi-Wan
On 9/24/02 8:34 PM, Ryan Coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Broadcast into the ether: No they will not. Kiss it goodbye. Sorry. You may not even get the same laptop back. Check the ethernet ID #. I am glad that you had the foresight to back up your data though. Many people do not. Well, you

Re: Jag Issues (Ti667)

2002-09-24 Thread Obi-Wan
On 9/24/02 6:47 AM, Ryan Coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Broadcast into the ether: I want a tech to tell me what is wrong with my book. Not a generic response but an actual diagnosis. I will run applications on my end to test if need be. I love X, I am starting to hate this computer, though.

Re: Jag Issues (Ti667)

2002-09-24 Thread Obi-Wan
On 9/24/02 7:16 AM, Ryan Coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Broadcast into the ether: The firewire port is bad and apple knows it. If I had a car I would drive the 15 miles to the store at Mall of America and give it to them and have it taken away on location. But I don't. AHT gives back no

Re: Outdoor screen

2002-09-24 Thread Obi-Wan
On 9/24/02 5:25 PM, Ryan Coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Broadcast into the ether: At 05:55 PM 9/24/2002 -0700, you wrote: I am dismayed with the uselessness of my TiBook in bright outdoor light. Probably this is a general laptop problem. I disable the bulb (saving battery and display life) and

Re: Buffy Mac

2002-09-20 Thread Obi-Wan
On 9/19/02 1:27 PM, Ryan Coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Broadcast into the ether: WHY IS THIS BEING SENT OUT?.Wasting the list's time. selfish. Send it Off list please. Yes Sir, you are not a nanny, sir! I was replying to Kyle's OT response and I deemed it acceptable (margainally) because

Re: [PB]Entourage

2002-09-18 Thread Obi-Wan
On 9/18/02 1:56 PM, ross cottrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Broadcast into the ether: Of course, I don't use Entrailage, which is bloated and stores all of your mail on one database file, which is easily corrupted. Powermail does the same thing- dumb. I've used Eudora for years and never lost a

Re: Buffy Mac

2002-09-18 Thread Obi-Wan
On 9/18/02 6:15 PM, Scott Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] Broadcast into the ether: I think this was the list that talked about Macs on Buffy the Vamp Show. well now you can own one, i came across this on ebay. it ain't mine, but I wish it were.

Re: Buffy Mac

2002-09-18 Thread Obi-Wan
On 9/18/02 9:06 PM, Scott Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] Broadcast into the ether: I can only say acting...but no not Don. But you have seen me... Scott or am I??? Oh geez. If you are famous just say so...and send autoraphs. He he --

Re: Buffy Mac

2002-09-18 Thread Obi-Wan
On 9/18/02 10:23 PM, Ryan Coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Broadcast into the ether: On 9/18/02 9:06 PM, Scott Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] Broadcast into the ether: I can only say acting...but no not Don. But you have seen me... Scott or am I??? Oh geez. If you are famous just say so...and

Re: Entourage

2002-09-17 Thread Obi-Wan
On 9/16/02 12:23 PM, Christopher Hack [EMAIL PROTECTED] Broadcast into the ether: speaking of entourage does anyone have any views of entourage vs. outlook express. I have spent years using outlook express on my PowerBook for what seems like years, and received entourage with office 2001.

INSERT POSTING TITLE HERE PEOPLE!!!!!!

2002-09-05 Thread Obi-Wan
Do not send empty/untitled posts to G-Books please. It is noted in the TOS that all posts to ALL LEM lists MUST contain a title. Thank you. -- G-Books Nanny == Kyle H. Hansen Apple Certified Technician Apple Solution Expert Macintosh

Re: Lombard memory upgrade problem

2002-09-03 Thread Obi-Wan
Luca Rescigno wrote: Yes, but it still takes PC100 memory. I have a 256MB low profile PC100 in my Wallstreet's lower slot, and it's not a problem. I think that in some cases, computers with a certain bus can take faster memory upgrades. Computers that are running PC-33, 66, or 100 can all

Re: Jaguar on a Pismo?

2002-08-21 Thread Obi-Wan
Gene Huh wrote: Hello, I was wondering if anyone out there has attempted clean-installing Jaguar (or upgrading to Jaguar from 10.1.5) on a Pismo Powerbook containing greater than 512MB RAM. There is a preliminary report on MacFixit.com that installation might be a problem on Pismos

Re: Airport questions

2002-08-20 Thread Obi-Wan
Jim Freeman wrote: I use my Pismo outdoors and in sunny windows. Most of the time it's fine set at maximum brightness. Even turning your pbook so the sun isn't shining on the screen can help. But there are limits. Find some shade! There is actually a device you can buy that shields the

Re: Firewire Hard disk magic

2002-08-13 Thread Obi-Wan
Dwight Hines wrote: Thanks to everyone for their suggestions and I finally took the Western Digital drive out of the cage it was in and put it in a brand new cage and all the data are there and it the drive works like a honey. You keep your drives in cages??? What the. --

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