Re: Pismo DVD/CD-RW drive

2005-12-08 Thread Robert Alcorn
Chris, I bought an external case (firewire,usb) 50 bucks or less and then bought a standard internal IDE/ATA cd-r 52x16x24 at compusa or staples for about 40 or 50 bucks, look for sales. Put them together, plug it into your pismo and there you have an external burner. It works great. I even ha

Re: Lombard clock issues...

2005-12-07 Thread Robert Alcorn
my guess is you need a new pram battery. On Dec 7, 2005, at 11:15 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote: My Lombard has been showing an irritating issue. Every time I shut the thing off, or have to force it to shut down, I lose my time and date settings. What could be causing this? Thanks, Caleb -- G-Bo

Re: Clamshell iBook failing to wake from sleep

2005-11-10 Thread Robert Alcorn
Turn off the sleep mode (energy saver) in system preferences (OSX). You do not need it. On Nov 10, 2005, at 1:01 PM, Robert Eye wrote: My son's clamshell iBook has developed the annoying problem of (occasionally) not being able to wake from sleep. It is an intermittent problem, probably occurr

Re: Recommended external DVD burner?

2005-11-07 Thread Robert Alcorn
I bought a firewire/usb ports external case at CompUSA for $39 or so. A Maxtor internal IDE CD-R 52x52x32 , at Staples (on sale)39 to 49 bucks. There are internal DVD burners also on sale at Staples, Compusa, Sam Club, etc. Keep an eye out for sales. Put either the CD-R or DVD or HD in the cas