Eject Removeables in OS 10

Hello list: This is my first posting after leaving the list for several years. I have a Pismo G4 with a nice 60 GB Travelstar HD in the expansion bay, but I'm having trouble telling OS 10 that I want to eject the HD and install the DVD and vice versa. OS 9 handled this great, but how do you do

Re: Eject Removeables in OS 10

Thanks, Keith: I don't have a problem ejecting a DVD, but I'm having a problem REMOVING the module and swapping out the HD with the DVD drive in Tiger. OS 9 had those nice messages, it is now safe to remove the DVD drive. I don't think Tiger has any code to handle the Pismo's external bay. I

Re: Airport

is there somewhere I can startup airport after my PB is running? I just leave Airport on all the time (like the cable modem). That way when you need it, it is there. Stephen -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com |

Re: Hosting Recommendations?

Business hosting is a very different ball game and not many companies really know how to do it right. Thanks all for the input. She decided to go with Earthlink, her current ISP, because they are cheaper than RaodRunner ($19.95/mo vs. $25, and they have no setup fee) and she didn't want to

Re: hard drive upgrade for Lombard

plugged in the FW enclosure Which enclosure did you get, and how do you like it? Stephen -- 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! |

Dual Battery Strategy

I have 2 batteries in my Pismo, a new one and the original one that has about 1/2 hour charge left on it. Does it matter which battery occupies which bay for the most efficient use in terms of longevity and charging? Thanks, Stephen -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...

Hosting Recommendations?

I have a website design customer who wants to host her site with either Earthlink or Time-Warner (Roadrunner), as she already has accounts with them both. Does anyone have any hosting experience with either of these? Thanks, Stephen -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...

Airport Extremely Frustrating

My new AE base station has a fondness for 1 particular ethernet cable to connect from the modem to the WAN port. It won't work with any of my other 5 cables, and it took me about 6 hours to figure that out (the other cables work fine with other computers and my 10/100 switch). Even with its

Re: Airport Extremely Frustrating

What kind of Powerbook do you have? Pismo G4/500 (40GB GNX), and I think the cables are crossover, as I bought them to connect computers to the switch. The cable that came with the modem did not work, and I suspect that is a direct connection cable, as it is meant to connect the modem to 1

Re: More on drive security/wipe

This is a great article!!! (It is mostly pictures, and you can read it in 60 seconds or less.) It is worth the trip. http://driveslag.eecue.com/articles/index.php?artid=1 Thanks, Stephen -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Trashing vs Shredding?

every OS should be made with a better way of un-installing programs/files/etc. I always thought that was what formatting the drive was for. If I were to sell a drive on ebay I'd format the drive, test it, and ship it. Stephen -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small

Re: Trashing vs Shredding?

Good advice. But the article to which the original poster was referring identified drives that had been formatted but data was recovered anyway. Even a low level format with 'zero all data' checked? Stephen -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Steve Jobs (revisited)

I think if it's not a hoax I think it is for real. I don't remember what an original signed 128k mac went for, but I seem to rememberit selling for around $30,000.000. Stephen -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com |

Re: Basic Airport Question

I have not found the enable Ethernet Bridging in the 10.2.3 utility (version 3.0). Could you please direct me to it? Thanks. Stephen -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for

Re: Basic Airport Question

Something is broken. Supply Details. It is an Airport Extreme base station, running 10.2.3/9.2. Another symptom is the Pismo can send and receive email fine via Airport regular, and the computer on the network can receive but not send email to any other domain other than it's own (rr). Stephen

Re: Basic Airport Question

Then something's broken. I went out to dinner and now everything is working properly! It is funny how sometimes doing nothing can accomplish what 5 hours of changing settings and rebooting failed to do. Thanks all, Stephen -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: Hard disk upgrade for pismo

Is the installation simple or tricky ? I thought it was relatively simple. The only trick is you need a torx screwdriver. Over in the USA the IBM Travelstar GNX (5400 rpm) is just $130, so why go any smaller than 40 MB? Stephen -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small

Magma PCI Expansion

Is anyone using a MAGMA CB2S (or other) PCI expansion bay to use full-length PCI cards on their Powerbook? Stephen -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks

Re: wallstreet wireless

I like to go wireless from cable modem to wallstreet any suggestions please Our listmom, Dan Knight, has penned an interesting article on the subject (also Airport Extreme) at: http://www.lowendmac.com/musings/03/0122.html Stephen -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...

Re: G4 Sleeve recommendations?

on 2/1/03 3:41 PM, Hal at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone recommend a good sleeve for a TiBook 15? Is this your new replacement for your recently retired Pismo G4/500? Please share with us your reasons for the upgrade. Thanks, Stephen -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/

Re: Any TiBook Bargains out there?

That Pismo can be upgraded to the equivalent of the early Ti Books for $300. See http://www.powerlogix.com/ Just ordered my upgrade today. The upgrade is also available on ebay! see http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2303763129category=1490 8 I recommend it, especially in

Re: Broken sound-out jack on Powerbook Firewire 2000 (Pismo)

Small, self-powered, and makes the sound better. Please describe how it makes the sound better? (other than removing the crackle of a wobbly connection). Thanks, Stephen -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished

Re: Reviving Pismo Battery?

But the Pismo's batteries are Lithium Ion ones, and LiIon batteries don't have the 'memory effect.' Does this mean it is not necessary (or not even a good idea) to totally discharge a new LiIon battery and recharge it (1 cycle) before moving on to normal usage? Stephen -- G-Books is

Re: pcmica card

I'm wondering why nobody makes pcmcia video cards anymore. The last one I could find was the 4MB 1x3D RoadRocket ($40 on ebay). Is there a hardware limitation or demand limitation on producing upgraded pcmcia video cards? Thanks, Stephen -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...

Re: pcmica card

That's probably because the current shipping laptops have often more powerful video cards than most desktop But all laptops have non-upgradeable video cards, so Pismo owners like myself have no way to get a 16MB video card or better. I just thought the pcmcia slot might me able to

Re: 802.1g

Not without drivers, it won't. See the Belkin link I posted yesterday. Excuse my ignorance, but when (if) they release the Mac OS drivers, will it then work on the Pismo? Stephen -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com |

Re: 802.1g

D-Link also is shipping a 802.11g cardbus card. Do you think this would work for the Pismo? http://napps.nwfusion.com/weblogs/cool/archives/002080.html -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check

Re: Comments on the Travelstar 48GB?

Well, that's what the spec said. BTW, did anybody notice that IBM hard drive division has merged with Hitachi? I think technically, it was bought by Hitachi who now controls it, and IBM has a 30% share. Stephen -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Difference Between Pismo 400 500?

Is the only difference between the Pismo 400 and 500 in the processor card? I'm asking because I recently took my Pismo 400 in to Powerlogix for the G4/500 upgrade. They ran late on the install, because some of the RAM pins were not functioning properly, so they eventually gave up on it and

Re: The 17 PowerBook

There is no way I'll be able to afford the 17 If you can wait 2 years, you will be able to purchase it used (but, mint condition) for about $1000. And it will be a low end mac. Stephen -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com

Re: The 17 PowerBook

I liked it so much that I now have a second drive (20GB this time) installed in an identical FireWire enclosure. Which enclosure would that be? Stephen -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | --

Re: The 17 PowerBook

digital vs. analog is an argument about the source of the sound. There is another digital vs. analog argument about the best way to record acoustic instruments. Some will use tape to 'warm' a sound and then proceed from there digitally. Some will record and mix 100% analog. A modern recording

Re: music programs for the Mac

I reccomend the MOTU 828 firewire audio interface, which comes bundled with AudioDesk software, which should be all you need but the microphones. Cost new: $700. Stephen -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished

DVD Europe/USA Compatability Question

I just found out that I can't play German bought DVD movies on my home DVD player. I assume it is because of the PAL/NTSC format difference. 2 questions: 1) would my Pismo DVD player (or any other laptop) be able to play European-market DVD's 2) would my Pismo be able to play European home

Re: new pismo owner

Re. you memory upgrade, you may have 2 x 128MB installed Thanks for the warning, but it has 1 x 256MB, with one slot open. I'm still wondering who buys the 'low power' RAM? I'm interested because the main reason I bought the Pismo is to do fanless audio recording, and although I really don't

Fan of Fanless

So as I embark on my migration from several Umax towers to a Pismo, I'm wondering how much of my old gear I can bring with me. The only requirement is that it doesn't make a sound. (I almost went for the Cube instead of Pismo for its totally fanless operation, but the Pismo won out for the ease of

IBM Travelstar 40GNX 40GB

I checked the googlegear price on this drive and it is now only $132.00. http://www.googlegear.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=100416 I'm ordering one from them shortly. Thanks, Hal. Stephen -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

New Pismo Owner - G4, Upgrade Questions

Hello, I am a new Pismo 400MHz/256/10 GB/DVD owner ($700) and this is my first post to this list. I am migrating to the Pismo from a Umax s900 to do fanless (hopefully) audio reccording via Firewire (MOTU 828) interface. And I am interested in getting some feedback about Pismo upgrades. 1) G4