On Nov 2, 2005, at 2:33 PM, Victoria Brandon wrote:
On Nov 1, 2005, at 2:35 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
It's not set up by default, you have to add it. Go to the Networks
control pane, and select in the lower dropdown (Show:) Network
Port Configurations
In that box click on New, then you
In the realm of I know we just talked about it but now I can't
find it...
What do people use to clean/protect the exterior of a Powerbook?
I use a damp cloth and water on my 17.
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or wired),
and then one with DHCP assigned to wireless or wired that I use when
I'm on the road. Not that there's anything wrong with using DHCP at
home, but I thought I'd toss this out as a way around using DHCP
everywhere.
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The DVD Decoder board IS NOT supported under OS X. This piece is used
for watching DVD movies. It works fine under OS 9.
The decoder is not the same thing as the DVD optical mechanism. The
Lombard I gave to my son to use boots into OS 9 just for DVD playing
(and an occasional game of
Did they have you ping a host via name or via IP address? If they
gave you just an address to ping, then it sounds like DNS isn't
working properly. I'd go through and verify your IP address and DNS
server settings if you entered them in manually. Make sure that you
have them entered for
My guess is that the video streaming is where the requirements for
the 500MHz G3 are coming from. Price of progress I guess. My 3 year
old 17 powerbook doesn't have enough muscle to play any of the HD
QuickTime streams.
Steve
On Oct 14, 2005, at 12:54 PM, Sam wrote:
Thanks everyone for
Ed,
I was going to buy a keyboard for our Lombard off of ebay. However, I
found one used for the same amount from someone that i knew.
Personally, for the $25 I've seen them go for on ebay, I think they'd
work fine. Other places still want $100 for them.
Steve
On Oct 5, 2005, at 4:03
Steps I'd try (based on things I've read in other places)
Start another Mac on your network in target disk mode (if possible).
Plug that mac into your WS via firewire
Mount the DVD in a DVD drive on that target disk booted Mac
Install
On Sep 22, 2005, at 11:46 AM, Gardner Byron wrote:
I have
I have gotten past the spinning OS X screen and now I am at the
Processing Essential System Software screen. It's said there are
13 minutes left for the past half hour. Mouse still moves, I cna
even click on stuff. Like show log, which in turns shows the
spinning beach ball, eventually
On my 17 PB, which should have the same antenna configuration as the
12, I can get a signal for half of a residential block from my house
when connected to an 802.11b WAP.
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On Sep 14, 2005, at 1:25 AM, Clark Martin wrote:
At 10:50 PM -0500 9/13/05, Steve Fuller wrote:
if you are concerned about the Applecare warranty, then you
could probably have an Apple certified technician replace the
drive. Apple might continue to cover the warranty then.
About six
The SuperDrive installed in your powerbook will only read or write
DVD-R or DVD-RW media. It will not read DVD+R or DVD+RW disks, no
matter what type of device they were recorded on.
If you want to read +R or +RW disks on your powerbook, you will need
to purchase an external drive that is
It appears the superdrive in the latest powerbooks will read/write +r
and +rw disks
http://www.apple.com/powerbook/superdrive.html
Not sure if the 1.33 12 has that drive or not.
Steve
On Sep 13, 2005, at 4:36 PM, Steve Fuller wrote:
The SuperDrive installed in your powerbook will only read
if you are concerned about the Applecare warranty, then you could
probably have an Apple certified technician replace the drive.
Apple might continue to cover the warranty then.
About six months ago, AppleCare told me that I couldn't even do
that--that I was stuck with the drive I
On Sep 12, 2005, at 3:50 PM, Tom Ethen wrote:
I was told at the Apple Store that the drive in PowerBooks (I have
a 12) is
not a user replaceable item and will void your warranty if you
open the
cast to replace it.
if you are concerned about the Applecare warranty, then you could
My guess is that the two LCDs are not interchangable at all. A quick
check of the part numbers at one of the powerbook repair places
should probably yield this information.
Steve
On Sep 9, 2005, at 8:08 AM, Francesco sciacca wrote:
A friend got himself a 1st generation 1GHz Al 15 PowerBook
I've installed 10.2 and 10.3 on a 400 Mhz Lombard powerbook without
any problems. Using 512MB of non-Apple RAM.
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So, I've heard a few times about DriveSavers but are there any other
companies that people used with success?
Ontrack out of Minnesota. They've been in the game a LONG time, and
I've had good luck with their services the times that I've used them
in the past. Not cheap, but good.
Steve
On Aug 26, 2005, at 11:51 AM, Harry Corsover wrote:
On Aug 25, 2005, at 1:40 AM, themacuser wrote:
$99 after $50 rebate at http://store.apple.com/
I'm no MS fan, but it's a nice package, well worth the $100.
I went to the Apple Store, and didn't see anything even close to a
$99 price
I'd just go ahead and boot off of the original restore or OS CDs that
came with the unit and install whatever OS was on there.
Steve
On Aug 23, 2005, at 4:04 AM, David Harris wrote:
Hi:
I need to reset the systems administration in my 900 Mhz iBook as I
am in the process of selling it
I have an APC that is dead. Anyone know where I can
take the battery to recycle?
I take mine to a place called Interstate Batteries here locally. They
are a national chain (sponsor a NASCAR stock car and all of that),
and they sell replacement batteries. I've revived quite a few dead
Sounds like there's a good chance that this might be one of those
Windows Proxy servers from a few years ago. If that's the case,
getting anything other than Windows clients to work with it will be a
PITA, as they typically use some sort of winsock redirection. Evil
evil stuff.
Steve
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It's in the preferences in the Safari application itself.
Don't ask me why, it makes no sense to me either. I'd have expected a
system prefpane.
Steve
On Aug 17, 2005, at 8:30 AM, Howard Katz wrote:
I suspect this is easy, and I'm overlooking it.
How do I change the preference I set when
The best thing would have been for the police or whoever was in
charge to start turning away people after there were 1000 in line.
Such a simple thing to do and it wasn't done...
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I'd suggest using target disk mode and using the Disk Utility that
comes with OS X to make a DMG file of the drive. FWIW, CCC has always
worked well for me. SuperDuper is another one that I have heard of as
well.
Steve
On Aug 15, 2005, at 10:02 AM, W Miro wrote:
Help- I have a new iBook
I would use the crossover cable between the two notebooks, and then
turn on Personal File Sharing in the Sharing pane of System
Preferences. This will enable AFP and then you should be able to see
the ibook in the chooser on the WallStreet.
Steve
On Aug 15, 2005, at 3:35 PM, Stanton
Thanks for your reply - I am ditching the DLink Router. It has
caused no end of problems for me. Initially it was working great
but within a couple of days, it just became really erratic.
Sometimes it would work fine - then I would have no connection at
all and trying to restore it was
of people will want one of the last PPC based machines.
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Broken router issues aside, Linksys sux. Time and again, I've seen
their older routers (built before the Cisco buyout) provide poor
performance. The problem is either they use really slow processors
( 66-MHz mostly) or their wireless implementation sux. Newer
Linksys products are
The Aluminium is not portable: too delicate, while the iBook is
rugged and sturdy. Last week I travelled in Slovakia for a couple
of presentations and the iBook was at home in the Jansport back
pack, stuffed with other things (ordinary backpack, not a laptop
one). The case is scratched,
Anyone else having fits with Tiger on the Al Books? I've been getting
hangs - maybe once a day - that lock everything. No mouse, no
keyboard, nothing. I have to use a ctrl-cmd-power to reboot, no
matter how long I wait.
No problem with 10.4.1 on my 17. No hang or anything else...
I'll echo
On May 25, 2005, at 5:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I noticed a good deal on a 20 Dell LCD with all those
connections ... I am SO tempted, and like your marker cover-up
plan. Does yours have built-in USB hub, too? ... Is Dell the only
one making something like this? ... anyone know?
I like the idea of leaving the long cord plugged in. Are your hubs
powered? What brand are they? Any problems with them? I've had a
string of bad luck with
The firewire hub is powered. It's a Belkin 7 port. I've had no issues
with it.
My USB hub is some cheap one I picked up at a
Hey, Brian ...
Are you saying you're using the tuner on a VCR to input TV signal
into your PowerBook? If so, what software are you using to view
it? ...
Yeah, I can see the wires getting out of hand here, too ... I do
have wireless network, but wouldn't it be nice to have wireless
was not cluttered
with them. Other than that, it's worked out well for the last two
years. My PB travels to / from work with me every day so I'm hooking/
unkooking cables a lot, but it's basically 3 cables (firewire, USB,
and power) that get plugged or unplugged.
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On May 22, 2005, at 5:00 PM, Larry le Mac wrote:
From: Steve Fuller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Would the QuickSilver be too different and affect the software
installed or is OS X truly a one system for all ?!?...
That should work just fine.
Cheers! Made life a lot easier!!! :o)
Good deal
just fine.
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G
the drive carrier in your
Pismo and place it on the new drive (4 screws maybe) and then plug it
in. You shouldn't need any extra cables or screws.
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I'd use an external bus powered firewire case rather than take the
TiBook apart, but this should work fine.
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was able to put them back together and they still worked. However,
that
would probably void her warranty. OTOH, my experience is that the
warranty
might not be that helpful and will be running out anyway in a few
months.
At this point, Apple has made notes in their system that the notebook
The wallstreet is not a supported platform for Tiger. Stick with
Panther on your Wallstreet
Steve
On May 16, 2005, at 3:18 PM, Edward Jackson wrote:
In a never ending quest to keep my Wallstreet going I attempted a
Tiger install. I tried this the same way I did Panther, by
removing the
Upgrade install is the problem.
I've had some similar issues on my Powerbook with Tiger as well. I
did an Archive and Install and not an upgrade. I however have not
tried reinstalling Windows media yet.
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Has anybody tried to play the HD stuff on their powerbook? How was
it?
The results were much less than stellar on my 1Ghz G4 w 1GB of RAM
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On May 11, 2005, at 9:07 AM, Marcin Wichary wrote:
I'm getting used to the new mail. I don't like how it looks
compared to the old one (looks too much like an add on
application). I would prefer to have my choice of where the folder
list appears like I did with Mail 1.0. There were times I
I have noticed no battery life changes on my 2 year old 1st Gen 17
PowerBook. I still get about 3:20 or so with Airport running.
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On May 10, 2005, at 8:39 AM, Nima wrote:
I have been using Spotlight--quite a bit.
So far, this has been the winning feature for me.
Safari is way faster--I mean that thing rocks. Although I am still
using Firefox because it is more intuitive and allows for more user
control.
I've always used
On May 10, 2005, at 9:10 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On May 10, 2005, at 12:08 AM, Stanton Mitrany wrote:
I found well priced wireless USB adapters (802.11bg) by Trendware
offered
on Buy.com. I'm wondering if you've had any experience with either
of these,
and can recommend whether I buy them
On May 10, 2005, at 1:23 PM, Harry Corsover wrote:
I'm not sure that I've noticed a change, but I've never gotten more
than about 1.5 hours to two hours with Airport running, even if I
dim the screen, turn off Bluetooth if I'm not using it, etc.
15 AlBook G4 (1.25GHz)
My guess is that this
On May 10, 2005, at 1:45 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On May 10, 2005, at 8:06 AM, Steve Fuller wrote:
Dashboard IS a toy. I have nixed it and went back to
Konfabulator. Why should I use two hands and press two buttons in
order to get the information that can easily be ready for viewing
Steve Fuller, the ex-Bear maybe? Loved you in the Super Bowl
Shuffle.
Unfortunately, I inherited none of his pigskin tossing skills. The
closest I get to a Super Bowl Shuffle is my little white 1GB iPod
shuffle. :)
Steve
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I get 3:30 or so from my 15 AlBook 1.25ghz with Airport on and
screen about
1/3 brightness. I have since new. Processor is set to automatic.
Speaking of which... what rev of G4 is needed to have the automatic
show up as a processor power option under Tiger? My 1st gen AlBook
seems to only
Any machines purchased past the 12th of April can be upgraded to Tiger
for a $10 shipping fee. I think that I saw this somewhere on Apple's
web site last week.
Steve
On Apr 25, 2005, at 11:44 AM, KxUx wrote:
Friday 6pm I would expect. As the Tiger gets delivered with new
machines
when it is
As it is NmapFE is pretty simple. It will tell you what other systems
are on your network, and what, to some extent they're doing there.
thanks for that Bruce... I had no idea that anyone had a cocoa front
end for nmap nice find.
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You might want to look at something like snort or Ethereal for
monitoring your network for starters. Both will need to be compiled for
OS X, and will require X windows to be installed to use their front
ends. They are not easy to pick up on by any stretch of the
imagination.
Another idea
There is another more radical option, my Dad is sending me a G4 cube
that he has replaced with a G4 iBook. I've always like the aesthetics
of the G3 powerbooks but the cube is every bit as good looking and has
the added attraction of being free.
Unless portability is a must, get the Cube. I
Dell:
Integrated Graphics (the desktop version is laughable enough, imagine
it on a laptop!)
Apple:
Radeon 9200 32MB (slow, but vastly, vastly better than integrated
graphics)
TECHNICALLY, they're both integrated. It's just that one is using a
chipset built by a company that does nothing but
On Feb 19, 2005, at 2:48 PM, Dijkwel wrote:
Same problem here: my 400 MHz Lombard also resists conversion to OSX,
irrespective of what configuration of RAM I try (up to and including
384 MB). From the replies to my post on the list a few weeks ago, I
got the impression that there is a series
On Feb 18, 2005, at 10:25 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
On 18/02/05 11:07, Andrew in Ann Arbor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think I've found a deal on an unused 4.3Gb Seagate ST15230N drive to
put into my external case but it is SCSI-2.
The owner wanted to use it in his SE-30 but it wouldn't work.
Gee, we're what, nearly 15 years into the PowerBook revolution and
still
arguing about where the ports go. I can understand this to a degree.
Practical people argue that the ports belong on the side where they are
conveniently accessed. Neat freaks argue that ports belong in back out
of
sight.
Or can anyone recommend a retrieval company and how much does it cost?
I have practical experience with OnTrack Data Systems out of Minnesota.
I'll start with if you have to ask how much, you probably can't afford
it. For 5GB of data recovered from a server hard drive, I paid about 6
grand,
On Feb 8, 2005, at 3:41 PM, Andrew, a Mac Freak wrote:
1) the RAM. The original was PC-66. The new is PC-100. Maybe PC-133
would cure it?I called Crucial and they were really helpful -
they have sold about 100 modules for that model and had 3% returns,
they are sure it is ok. They were adamant
I noticed on Kensingtons Web-Site that are ones for PCs with multiple
Power Tips and a different one for Macs, but not both.
I've had great luck with the Juice adapter from IGo. It's an AC/DC
adapter with multiple interchangable tips. Mine came with two tips for
various powerbooks (old and
On Feb 7, 2005, at 3:19 PM, Greg Wallace wrote:
Thanks. That looks exactly like what I need.
Not a problem Greg. I lost the original tip for my PowerBook, and I had
no issues ordering a new one from them. They have tips for other
devices as well. Mine has a port to plug an optional cell phone
On Feb 4, 2005, at 8:31 AM, Andrew F. wrote:
I would imagine the external monitor resolution to be the same as that
of
the 17 hooked up to an external monitor, as both have the same 64MB of
video ram.
My 17 powerbook will drive the internal display at 1440x900 and an
external display at
On Feb 1, 2005, at 9:35 PM, Andrew, a Mac Freak wrote:
Hello, I have a 14 hour plane flight coming up and, wanting to watch
movies/play games the whole time, I built a 15 D-cell battery pack.
The
One other thing to do is check the web site for the airline you are
flying on. Many planes now have
On Jan 28, 2005, at 1:01 AM, Andrew F. wrote:
Umm, Pismo can play DVDs under OSX very well, even the slower 400MHz
model
does a terrific job, with no stutters or other usual DVD problems.
Finally got around to ordering my wife's birthday present tonight. A
brand new 12 G4 ibook and an extra
as something that could play DVDs under OS X. Hoping
that the iBook will be as good to her as my PowerBook has been to me so
far.
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I've had good like with my Canon CanoScan LIDE 30. It uses USB. I've
been happy with it for the amount of scanning that I do. It works fine
with Photoshop under OS X.
Steve
On Jan 22, 2005, at 10:38 AM, Kevin Smith (ae) wrote:
I'm starting to look for a scanner to use with my PowerBook 17
It either resets the pram, or the power manager, I can't remember which
right now. I have that deleting the energy star prefs before you do the
command-shift-apple-power key and then restarting helps too.
Steve'
On Jan 4, 2005, at 12:53 AM, Amber wrote:
What does this key combo actually do ? I
had issues installing Jag if they had installed
3rd party memory modules. I wonder if this is a case of the same thing?
Steve Fuller
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Your also telling 100 plus workers using Macs, Apple Mail is a
failure. What does that say to your Mac users when it comes time to
buy a computer and most people use them off work for, emailing and
surfing. Well the tech guy at our company does not like Apple Mail
says it does not do things
I had the same problem when I upgraded my G4/400 to 10.3. It's a
documented problem and the solution is somewhere on the Apple site. It
is caused by having an old version of itunes on your HD. Delete any
copies of itunes on your drive and try again. It should work.
Good suggestion, but I think
, they received it
Thursday AM, repaired the hinge assembly, and shipped it out to me the
same day. I had it back by 10 AM Friday morning. As I was away on
vacation on Wednesday and Thursday, I really didn't lose any use of my
laptop, except for Thursday night. Color me impressed.
Steve Fuller
I am wondering how many people here have purchased Applecare on their
Powerbooks and whether you consider it worth the money.
I was in the same boat, and I purchased it. I've had one repair done on
my Powerbook since then and it was easily worth the money.
Steve
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i am trying to upgrade my aunt's lombard. i installed 256 ram in the
lower slot and a 60gb 7200 rpm's hd. when i tried to install os 10.3
all went fine up to a point in which the screen turned into a series
of static big blue, black and white lines or a pattern of thin lines
jumping all over
The hard drive on a 17 powerbook is in the lower LH corner. Not the
upper LH side.
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For a thinking game on planes, I like iconquer. It's risk, but there
are a ton of different maps, and it can be saved and restarted at any
time.
Steve
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I have one of those at home (170 EX I think) and it basically sits out
there and can act as an LPR server. I'm printing to it off of 10.3 w/o
any issues and had it working under 10.2 as well. My only issue was
that my printer has sketchy OS X support so it took a bit of time to
get that
And once they're burned, you can re-import them and get rid of the
annoying
AAC protected version...
-Laurent.
It's just as easy to download something like Hymn, and convert them to
m4a files.
Steve
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On Oct 21, 2004, at 10:30 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
on 21/10/04 17:38, Steve Fuller at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks for the link. I've done this on my TiBook and that model looks
much simpler than the new ones. Maybe I'll leave well alone.
Not a problem Roger.. Happy to help someone out.
I'd
before 6 came out).
Question 4.
Can you burn a movie on a CD? a video CD?
There is a standard called a Video CD (as well as Super Video CD). The
basic differences are picture size and quality. Toast 5 only will burn
video CDs. I think Toast 6 can burn Super Video CDs...
Hope this helps
Steve
There is a walk though on that site for the same procedure on the 15
powerbook. I would assume that it's somewhat similar.
Steve
On Oct 20, 2004, at 5:03 PM, Roger Shufflebottom wrote:
At 4:49 pm -0500 20/10/04, Steve Fuller wrote:
It's a pretty convoluted process to get at the hard drive
more than I would pay for an older used TiBook with no warranty. I
just wonder if I could use my regular Airport card instead of the AE?
I'm currently using my Sawtooth as a software basestation for my
Icebook, so I have no need for AE as I wouldn't be
My guess is that it's integrated on the
I thought that most of these issues would've been dealt with
considering
they have G5 servers.
A 1 rack U server is 1.75 thick, 19 wide and quite ways deep. There's
a lot more volume in a server, along with the fact that most people
don't care how noisy their servers are. They do care how noisy
Best way I know of is: throw away the current iPhoto library and empty
trash. Copy your old iPhoto library somewhere on your HD apart from
the 'pictures' folder on your home folder.
Launch iPhoto. It should say: I can't find the iPhoto library, do you
want to import blah blah.
Say yes and
Are you seriously telling me that you think M$ will sell a version of
VPC that will allow faultless running of Linux etc ?
I am of the opinion that they will. They may not go out of their way to
actively support it, but I don't believe that they will actively make
something not work. Maybe I'm a
The main question is WHY did M$ grab VPC? There isn't any reason
except that VPC's ability to run non-M$ operating systems was a
threat. Connectix had a version of VPC that ran under Windoze and the
only way M$ could kill or control that was to grab VPC away from
Connectix. It is also
Unfortunately, the first thing M$ supposedly did when they got their
hands on VPC was to disable support for non-M$ operating systems. No
Linix, no OS/2 Warp, etc.
They will install, but you will not get any support from MS if you have
issues getting them to run.
Steve
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On Oct 12, 2004, at 8:41 AM, Larry le Mac wrote:
From: Timothy Luoma [EMAIL PROTECTED]
One thing that is undeniable is that they are putting the screws to
those who want to use their own version of Windows with VPC by
delaying the release of the VPC without an OS.
Anyone who thinks that there
My understanding is that most of the video stuff didn't make it into
VPC7 (at least with this initial release).
This is intentional from Micro$oft in order to bring Virtual PC to
the same level as the rest of the Micro$oft range of products;
loads of hype about new features, pull half of them
One thing that is undeniable is that they are putting the screws to
those who want to use their own version of Windows with VPC by
delaying the release of the VPC without an OS.
Understandable. One of the things that I am waiting for as well.
If you have VPC ready to ship but are waiting for SP2
It's not that easy. First of all, every satisfied VPC user has to
have Windows license anyway. Second of all, if somebody likes what
they see, they might switch to PCs in the next round.
Not really. I know of people using VPC to run Linux or some other OS
instead of windows. It's not all that
jsut the same: I'd like to run an older game, five years old to be
exact, and the VPC software doesn't seem to be recognizing my vid card
as a 3D card. I'm quite aware that VPC wasn't intedned as a gaming
platform, but I had hoped to also use it to run my very old copy of
Starfleet Command.
Make sure you install the VPC extensions into your Windows virtual
machine. However, it won't help any. I think all VPC emulates
non-accelerated video card. Games are going to suck performance wise.
Pre-release hype was that VPC7 was going to make this better, but I
don't think it'll ever be
the instructions at
http://homepage.mac.com/geerlingguy/personal_site/mac_guide/pages/15-
burn_idvd_other.html
F) Burned away
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Being a low-end user I have just installed an english OSX on my G3
iBook which already had a Dutch version of OS 9.2.2 installed.
When I try to open a program that needs OS9 to operate I get the error
message: os 9 does not have translated versions of the files it needs
to update system-map
While more often than not I leave my iMac on at night, I always turn
off my Powerbook. I guess it just seems more vulnerable left on all
night, for some reason. In fact, until recently, I'd carefully pack
it and all of its stuff back in the softside briefcase I bought for
it. Now I often
, and margins getting thinner, most shops
won't have one of these, let alone one that would test laptop memory.
Too bad, it was a handy thing.
Steve Fuller
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Accurate for me on my 1Ghz 17 PB too...
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There is in fact Ethernet wireless bridges which someone will be bound
to point out. They may work but they aren't all that small and need a
wall plug. Really great for the old Powerbook on the go ;-) Will S
FWIW, I have a USB to wireless Ethernet bridge on my son's (non-Mac) PC
at home. It's
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