Re: upgraded Lombard RAM - 256 MB only recognised as 128 MB

Hi Thomas, You wrote: Is there any trick to force the PB to recognise the full capacity? Yes, Get PC66 modules. Some PC100 modules will also be recognized and utilized properly. I don't know the precise technical reason for this, but Lombards are known to be very finicky about memory

Re: OSX Photo handling and general question.

Laurent, Why not suggest these navigation improvements to the developer directly? In my experience. I've found him very responsive to bug and feature requests. Cheers, Rick GraphicConverter is very good indeed. However, I find it has a somewhat clunky interface that shows its origin from

Re: Alternative browser

Pete, Give WaMCom (Web and Mail Communicator) a try. It's the most recent build of Mozilla available for OS 9, an open source project. More info and download here: http://wamcom.org/ R I have a wallstreet running OS 9.2.2. The browsers I'm currently using on this machine are netscape 7.02

Re: Lombard, Pismo LCD

Hi, Dean. I replaced a damaged Lombard screen a couple of years ago with one that came from a Pismo. I used the original Lombard (motherboard-side) cable with the new display without problems. If I recall correctly, Apple used two different vendors for their Lombard displays (LG and Hitachi?),

Re: pine wood derby

Michael Sharon, I just became aware of an application that might help you manage your derby. The developers are French, but here's a roughly translated (via Google) version of the web page with some screenshots:

Re: editing mp3 files

Simon, Try this: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/20938 It will trim or truncate your mp3 without re-encoding. You might find it best to re-encode your phone-intended tunes at a lower bitrate to reduce the file size as well. Rick g'day, i'd like to edit mp3 audio files for use

Re: pine wood derby

All, Hmm, when I launch the jar file I get the following written to my crash log: crashdump: Unable to determine CPSProcessSerNum pid: 636 name: java Not sure how to proceed from here. . . anyone know? Maybe I'll try compiling from source and see if that goes. . . Rick On Jan 27, 2005, at 5:39

Re: pine wood derby

All, Also note that there are several reports from OS X users in the Support section of the Web site, all of which report no application launch. Unfortunately, it looks like we're back to a more generalized solution for managing races or other sporting events. Anyone have specific suggestions?

Re: DHCP connection

CR, the work network I had similar results only this time DHCP connected thoroughly but browsers and e-mail clients did not connect. Does your workplace network use a proxy-server? That would explain success on DHCP assignment, but failure on web and email activity. Rick -- -- G-Books is

Re: DHCP connection

Cliff, Try turning IPv6 addressing off in the Network PrefPane? R At 10:09 PM -0500 12/19/04, Bruce Johnson wrote: WiFi provider? If this were a DSL or Cable setup, I'd suggest resetting the DSL or Cable modem. They restrict access to the first MAC address they 'see' after a startup. Hello Bruce,

Re: Hrm... notice anything strange in this picture?

Yeah, that's a G3 Powerbook they're using in the ad for WinXP. Guess Microsoft is looking for a more robust hardware platform to run their OS on . . . B- R Got this from another list. look closely... http://files.joen.dk/fun/xptour/xptour2.png --- patent:

Re: Lombard reformat-gizmos

Hi, Kristina. Most USB peripherals will work with your Lombard's built-in USB ports - keyboards, mice, zip drive, etc., so you can find those at your local electronics store. Although USB zip drives will work, Zip drives with a SCSI interface are faster than USB ones, and you'd need an adapter

Re: ! FileMaker 2 or 4 ??? Kinda URGENT...

Larry, FM became relational at v3 I believe. I use v4.1 at work, and one of its key features is cross-platform compatibility (I'm not sure which version this began with). I've used a PC server with Mac clients (using OS 9 or running under Classic w/OS X), and a Mac server with PC clients -

Re: OT: Deodorant Theory

This thread is the pits. Please sanitize with Odorono. R Possibly the lack of deodorant and not the garlic is why the vampires don't bother you. on 12/2/04 16:18, Daniel De L'eau at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, I've known that for 20 years. That's why I don't use deoderant. I eat

Re: lombard 10.3

Hi, Gladys and Linda. If you put a 128 MB module in (or a combination of 2 64s or 128s) the install should go smoothly (but slowly). After which, you should be able to reinstall the larger RAM sticks and run mostly problem-free. I believe there's an undocumented problem with having 256MB sticks

Re: Powerbook G3 Kanga

Steve, You need at least 128MB to install OS X (at least for 10.2 Jaguar or 10.3 Panther). Rick Hi I have a Powerbook G3 Kanga and I would like to know if X will run on it with 64MB ram and X Post Facto Current OS is 9.2.2 on the 5GB HD. Steve Greer

Re: UDF CDs in OS X?

Dan, AFAIK, You'll have to boot from OS 9 to get at those files. I tried to do this myself a while back, and found that a real OS9 boot was (apparently) the only way to access those discs. I researched this and asked around on various mail lists and no one could tell me different - I

Re: bookmarking mail messages

John, Create a new (empty) bookmark and use this text for the address part: javascript:location.href='mailto:?SUBJECT='+document.title+%0A%20%20'BODY=%3C'+escape(location.href)+'%3E' Put this new bookmark on your Address Bar in Safari. Now when you want to send an email with the URL of the

Re: Dumb OS X.3.4 Question

macnifico, Most likely you've checked this, but take a look at your sound output level in your Sound Preference Panel, and also make sure the output indicates your built-in speakers. Also check your function keys, make sure sound output is not muted. Rick Hi, Listers! I finally was dragged,

Re: What G3 Powerbook?

Pismo. R I would like to know what was the first G3 or G4 powerbook to have room for a gig of RAM. Ted -- Rick Smykla [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for

Re: Lombard and Netgear

Alan, Have you given the open source wireless driver a try? Available at: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=34453package_id=30867 Although the driver hasn't been updated since OS 10.2, I found it to work just fine on my Lombard with 10.3, using a Orinoco Silver 802.11b card

Re: Two WS questions...

Try Option-drag and Command-drag with the mouse. Rick Hi, G's... I recently switched from 12 to a 14 screen on my Wallstreet. How do I move the Control Strip to the bottom of the screen(!) as it is stuck where the bottom of the screen USED to be; now about 3/4th of the way down? Also, on

Re: Orinoco Gold on Lombard

Tsuki, At 8:41 PM -0800 2/3/04, Tsuki Hoshijima wrote: Why install twice? And do the files installed in the first installation have to be erased before the second installation? If you read the comments at the Web site, a number of users have found this to be the case. Same for me. Perhaps if

Re: Orinoco Gold on Lombard

Robert, I *was* talking about the sourceforge driver. Rick On Feb 4, 2004, at 11:32 AM, Richard Smykla wrote: Tsuki, At 8:41 PM -0800 2/3/04, Tsuki Hoshijima wrote: Why install twice? And do the files installed in the first installation have to be erased before the second installation

Re: Orinoco Gold on Lombard

Noel, Worked well for me. Open source drivers are here: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=34453package_id=30867 The only quirks: Install twice for a working setup, and don't remove/install the card unless the machine is powered down. IOExperts also has commercial ($19.95)

Re: Panther on Lombard install problem

Robert, I had the exact same problem during the install. The only way I could find to complete the install was to remove the RAM from the upper slot. No amount of PRAM zapping, video driver deletion, permissions repairing, or even reformatting the destination drive would change the

Re: How do I get rid of the blinking question mark?

Greenfield, As to your CD drive, you need OS 8.6 at a minimum (the one delivered with the 'bronze' PowerBooks), which could explain your failure to boot from the 8.5 CD. You really need to find a generic (retail) OS-install CD, as the system from your 7300 will be missing pieces your

Re: OSX on Wallstreet.

James, Smilar problem installing Panther on my Lombard. Removing top slot RAM allowed the install to take place. More pertinent to your situation perhaps, I recently had a conversation with a Wallstreet owner who said this worked: I read about someone installing XPostFacto on a Wallstreet

Video Problems on RagePro 'Books. (was OSX on Wallstreet)

Byron, This sounds all too familiar to me, running a Lombard 333 G3. Problems began with the 10.2.8 update, the 'bad' one that was pulled within hours of its initial release. As soon as I tried to repair permissions with Disk Utility immediately after the install, I got the 'color-mental'

Re: Panther on Lomard

Jacob, I had to remove a RAM chip from the top slot to get a successful Panther install on my Lombard, bringing my system RAM down to 256 MB. I also had to wipe the partition I was installing on and do a clean install. I had the exact same symptoms you describe until I did those two things.

Re: Lombard-Pismo frankenmac?

Chris, I've installed a Pismo screen in a Lombard with no problems. Of course, I had to leave the airport antenna behind, as the screen bezel won't accommodate it. I can't really shed any other light on your proposed chimera, but it sounds like a serious challenge and likely a source of

Re: Lombard won't boot up

Chief, You wrote: how can I use the printer and scanner? There are no OS X drivers for them. Most older Epson printers can still be used under OS X by installing Gimp-print and Ghostscript software, available here: http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php3 Many SCSI scanners can be

Re: Short Name...uers

Gordon, Check here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106824 Rick I have just purchased a Lombard/bronze... the previous owner gave me the password which allowed me to change the admin name... however, the short name which is also the name of the main user is still the name of

Selling my Lombard

All, I am selling my Lombard pbook, nicely upgraded. Details: Lombard 'Bronze' Powerbook G3 333 MHz 17GB TOSHIBA MK1814GAV Hard Drive, 512MB RAM 24x CDROM Module, 14.1 TFT LCD *New* Battery (less than two months old) SCSI, USB, Sound in/out, VGA/S-Video, 10/100 Ethernet/56K

Re: Giving up on Lombard OS X

Tom, Using a 17GB Toshiba HD here on my OS X-equipped Lombard 333, with no problems installing or otherwise. Is it slower than my G4 (or even my daughter's iMac 400)? No doubt. But for typical web, email, word processing tasks it's fine. Can I run Photoshop on it . . . errr, yes, but I

Re: Pismo... Powerbook or Powerbook G3 Series

John, Lombard was the first model with USB ports. Pismo was the first to feature firewire ports. Rick Clark or anyone, is the Pismo the first PB with USB ports? Also on LowEndMac.Com I found the family # for Pismo to be 7630. Someone told me they had a Pismo #7572 on the bottom side. Can

Re: Mac OS X 10.2.8 update

Antony, Just sent you a copy of my email to Mike Breeden at xlr8yourmac.com, just to let you know you're not alone with this hardware/OS combo video problem. Color mental is an excellent description of the problem, BTW. Hope this gets resolved soon - in the meantime, try a shutdown followed

Re: Safari Question on Pismo

Evening Lista's, Having been involuntarily forced into using Safari from N/S 4.8...Is anyone familiar with how I can send a web page in Safari? I know that in N/S there is the Send Page option under the File menu. Also, what are recommendations for a good, easy to follow tutorial on 10.2.3?

Re: lombard identification question

All, The Lombard's video card IS supported as of OS X.2.4. Still not very exciting video, but you don't need the hack any more, and you can change resolutions without problems. HTH. Rick Running OS X on the Lombard sucks a little (I am running it on my Lombard 333 here) as the video card is

Re: OSX 10.1.4 Question

Gary, Do a (Sherlock) find for files ending in .thn. Select all, then drag to trash, or Command-delete. HTH. Rick ---Original Message--- From: Gary E Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12/13/02 01:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OSX 10.1.4 Question Hi all is there any way to delete

Re: *Jaguar question

Hi, J.B. Running 10.2.2 here on my Lombard 333 w/512MB RAM. Works remarkably well, unless you want to count things like scrolling speed in a long document or playing full-screen QuickTime movies. Anything video intensive is going to be slow, due to non-support of video acceleration. Things

Re: Re more on the use of Ethernet...

When I connect via Appletalk from my iBook running OS 9.2.1 to one of my G3 Wallstreets (either, I've tried them both) everything is fine and I can use ethernet with the crossover cable with no problems. However, when I leave out the iBook and connect the 2 Wallstreets together and use all the

Re: Re Irez capture card

I believe the 3400 Powerbook was the first to feature 'zoomed video', and compatible with the iRez card. Rick On 12/1/02 4:27 AM, B.J. Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure how you can say it was designed for the PowerBook G3 series *only*...after all, the Titanium PowerBook G4 also

Re: OSX 1.1.4 Question

Gary, There is a patch available that worked on my (unsupported) 7600. It is an open-source driver. It's extremely slow, but it works if you don't have another alternative. Check here: http://www.darwin-development.org/floppy/ HTH. Rick Hi I'm running OSX on my wallstreet and It doesn't

Re: Powerbook G3 - Cache memory

, Richard Smykla at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd suggest you run Apple System Profiler and check that the cache memory is being recognized. A number of Lombard owners have had problems with cache failures, which would cause slowdowns. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com

Re: Powerbook G3

Bob, Yes, only the Lombard model has a 333MHz processor. I'd suggest you run Apple System Profiler and check that the cache memory is being recognized. A number of Lombard owners have had problems with cache failures, which would cause slowdowns. I think it's more likely your HD is almost

Re: Pismo Display

Hi, Carlos, I recently replaced the broken display in my Lombard with a Pismo screen - the inverse to your problem. No problems noted here, but you'll have to be careful of the built-in airport antenna on your Pismo. I've seen some warnings about the screen from a Pismo not lasting as long in

Re: USB card providing power to devices?

Laurent, Just get a Compact Flash Adapter. CF cards don't draw much power, the adapters are cheap (~$10 US), and should work in any Type II PCMCIA Card slot. I use one made by Simple Technology, works great in my Lombard G3. OS X doesn't even require any driver software (not sure about OS9

Re: Firewire2Go ??

Thanks to all who answered. Judging from the reports of those who responded, it looks like my particular drive/card combo is the culprit. Unfortunately, I don't have another firewire device to test with the card at this point in time. I'll soon have a firewire burner to check the operation of

Firewire2Go ??

Hi, All. Undergoing a frantic effort to get my Cardbus Firewire2Go card to work with my Lombard Powerbook. In both OS 9.2 and X.2 my card is 'seen' by Apple System Profiler, but I can't mount my LaCie pocketdrive through it, even though it's independently powered. The same drive works fine