Re: Tiger on a Pismo?

2005-06-30 Thread Pacer
beautifully. No complaints. I did Max out the RAM, which might have hidden any flaws. Sincerely, Pacer the Loon -- 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

Re: DSL and storms

2005-06-13 Thread Pacer
That oughta be funny. If my Mac SE had a larger hard drive I might even network it (G) Good luck with y'alls DSL and/or Cable Modems and watch out for the lightning! :-) Sincerely, Pacer the Loon Tim Collier wrote: I live in South Florida and we have thunderstorms everyday especially

Re: Is Apple really moving to x86 architecture?!

2005-06-12 Thread Pacer
students before the University of Georgia was able to do so. (I think we got it in ... 2000?) At least we have an extensive wireless cloud. Sincerely, Pacer the Loon Liberty over all! themacuser wrote: Mabye we should get the addresses of these institutions, and if each one of us sent

Universities, IT, Networks and Laptops: Was Is Apple really moving to x86 architecture?!

2005-06-12 Thread Pacer
to buy or rent a laptop from the school. It's a law school -- a bunch of wannabe lawyers/politicans would be too much hassle to try to force that sort of policy on. All we do is talk, talk talk ... witness this lengthy post. :-) Take care all! Sincerely, Pacer the Loon david wrote: Ignorance

Re: Is Apple really moving to x86 architechture?!

2005-06-12 Thread Pacer
the PowerPC. But it is a line not suited for Apple's plans. I am more worried about the effect on Apple the company rather than any problems with new Macs. Sincerely, Pacer the Loon I had too much caffeine to drink tonight, and now I am on a roll! Someone stop me! Bill Briggs wrote: Well

BeOS and G-Books...

2005-06-12 Thread Pacer
. Not sure which version to try, though. Hmmm. Maybe I'll just go buy an old, used G3 PowerMac to try it all on. Sincerely, Pacer the Loon By the appearance of the thunderstorm outside and the propensity for my DSL to go down in severe lightning, maybe mother nature will stop me

Re: Is Apple really moving to x86 architechture?!

2005-06-12 Thread Pacer
Binary which included the new processor. Which means we'd all have to buy that new version to have it work on all the supported architectures. No, I am fairly certain, at least for the immediate future, Apple with use x86. Sincerely, Pacer the Loon Laurent Daudelin wrote: The exact

Re: Is Apple really moving to x86 architecture?!

2005-06-11 Thread Pacer
foundation Oops. Sincerely, Pacer the Loon P.S. My father is a Professor at one of the larger public Us and he does quite a bit more than research. Your cousin is lucky. Wait till he gets picked to be head of a department or some other admin+teaching+research-or-you-lose-your-tenure position

Pismo Upgrades and PowerLogix....

2005-06-04 Thread Pacer
with my Upgraded Wallstreet. Would have helped if I had not packed up the documentation on the upgrade board. Oops. Sincerely, Pacer the Loon Nancy Lawrence wrote: I've been trying unsuccessfully to find out or actually purchase a Powerlogix 900 G3 upgrade for at least 6 months, maybe longer

Re: Wallstreet Dual-Boot Issues ..... OS 9 not working ... sigh

2005-06-04 Thread Pacer
, but no dice ) I sure wish I knew why my CPU won't work with OS 9, though. If anyone has had a similar experience, let me know. I am not sure if the CPU upgrade is a NewerTech one or some other company (it IS a 466mhz G3, that much I DO know). Sincerely, Pacer the Loon. James Sanderson

Pismo + iSight Question....

2005-06-03 Thread Pacer
PowerBook? (It'll cost big, but ... well .. I guess I could sell her lovely Pismo. *whimper* Or maybe just get her an Mac Mini and KVM, still quite a bit.) The Pismo DOES at least have FireWire Sincerely, Pacer the Loon -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Wallstreet Dual-Boot Issues .....

2005-06-03 Thread Pacer
. :-( Sincerely, Pacer the Loon -- 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 G

Pismo Porcessor Upgrades ... G3 or G4?

2005-06-03 Thread Pacer
else is listing it.) FastMac seems to have a good G4 550 upgrade price which includes the shipping et al, but would it maybe be better to just get the faster G3? Anyone have any experience with this? Sincerely, Pacer the Loon Thanks for this link Laurent. One of the beauties of this list

Re: Pismo Porcessor Upgrades ... G3 or G4?

2005-06-03 Thread Pacer
That is actually another reason why I am leaning towards FastMac. If I could find a price on a PowerLogix upgrade for the Pismo I would be more sure, but the FastMac G4 550 seems to have a higher cache size and speed. Of course, with the PowerLogix 900 I wouldn't have to purchase the iChat hack

Wireless on a Wallstreet/1400 with OS 9 problems...

2005-05-03 Thread Pacer
instead of WEP encryption. I can not figure out if there are WPA setting options on the card's software. Has anyone else run across this problem? Sincerely, Pacer the Loon Here we go 'round the wirless net, the wireless net ... -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Pismo and Wallstreet RAM questions...

2005-04-29 Thread Pacer
, it would be ... ironic for her Pismo to be decked out with more RAM than my brand new 1.2ghz iBook (at 748). And if I add the 40gig HD hehe. Oh, one other thing -- how do the size profiles of the Wallstreet and Pismo compare? Sincerely, Pacer the now-broke Oh crap, now how am I going

The Wallstreet Sonnet Processor Upgrades....

2005-04-28 Thread Pacer
and various programs run quite well. How would a G4 500mhz Wallstreet compare? Oh the curiousity. If I were a cat, I might be dead ... or stuck in some hole, in a tree, or on a roof mewing. Sincerely, Pacer the Loon -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: The Wallstreet Sonnet Processor Upgrades....

2005-04-28 Thread Pacer
some of the Myst games might work Sincerely, Pacer the Despondent -- 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

Will this HD work on a Wallstreet?

2005-04-27 Thread Pacer
or fears? Sincerely, Pacer -- 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

Which Mac OS X/Virtual PC version for my Wallstreet?

2005-04-26 Thread Pacer
like the Wallstreet? Would Virtual PC 4 or 5 work? What about Virtual PC 6? Any comments or ideas on this? Sincerely, Pacer -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished

Re: How do you create a guest account?

2005-04-26 Thread Pacer
a few games (Chess, Marble Blast) plus FireFox, AppleWorks and TextEdit. Hope this helps. Let me know if it does. I only have one system right now to test on. Cheers, Pacer P.S. I quoted the whole letter because I address the whole letter. Zoltan Batiz wrote: Hello all, The other day I

Re: How do you create a guest account?

2005-04-26 Thread Pacer
directly into my account with no logon or password requirements. So, hope that clarifies why some of us are crazy enough to put a guest account on our computers. :-) Besides, what's life without a bit of danger? (G) Sincerely, Pacer the Loon -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com

Re: Which Mac OS X/Virtual PC version for my Wallstreet?

2005-04-26 Thread Pacer
that are currently unused I could put on it, not to mention the 5 Windows 95 licenses and CDs and the two DOS 5 licenses. I could buy the cheap-o no-OS version of Virtual PC. Any idea how well Virtual PC 7 might run on a Wallstreet 300mhz with 512MB? H Sincerely, Pacer -- G-Books is sponsored