Re: iBook Orinoco

2003-07-24 Thread jdc
NIKON'S WORLD wrote: The ORiNOCO card has an external antenna and will definitely not fit inside the iBook (or any Apple's laptop for that matter). -Laurent. The Orinoco card should fit and work in any powerbook with a pc slot. But not INSIDE it. Joaquim -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: Ebay: some more news

2003-07-23 Thread jdc
Doug Behr wrote: On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 05:48 AM, Joaquim Carvalho wrote: snip I now am receiving so many Powerbook scam emails I can't count them. Joaquim snip Are you thinking that the scammers are getting your email address through E-Bay? Are you using an email address

Re: eBay

2003-07-15 Thread jdc
Dan K wrote: Joaquim wrote: Has anyone tried to buy a Powerbook on Ebay? Have you notices that most Powerbook sales are scams? Why doesn't Ebay or the police do anything about this? Most PowerBook sales are scams? I bought recently 2 Pismos and a Lombard on eBay. While still awaiting

Re: eBay

2003-07-15 Thread jdc
Ryan Coleman wrote: On Monday, July 14, 2003, at 10:58 PM, Dan K wrote: Joaquim wrote: Has anyone tried to buy a Powerbook on Ebay? Have you notices that most Powerbook sales are scams? Why doesn't Ebay or the police do anything about this? Most PowerBook sales are scams? I bought recently 2

Re: Buying new Powerbook

2003-07-14 Thread jdc
Michelle Klein-Hass wrote: Yes. The jolly, candy-like UPSIDE DOWN Apple. They fixed it on the Pismo, right? No, they didn't 'fix' it on the Pismo. The reason for this is that before Steve Jobs the apple on your powerbook was for you to see, nowadays it's meant to be seen by other people.

Ebay

2003-07-14 Thread jdc
Has anyone tried to buy a Powerbook on Ebay? Have you notices that most Powerbook sales are scams? Why doesn't Ebay or the police do anything about this? Joaquim -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | --

Re: Buying new Powerbook (now the wrong Powerbook)

2003-07-14 Thread jdc
Lewin A.R.W. Edwards wrote: Hmm. I could care less about the cellphone (email lets me deal with things in my own time), but an MP3 wristwatch sounds like a cool idea. There's one made by Casio. Joaquim -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Buying new Powerbook

2003-07-13 Thread jdc
The Pismo uses 100 or 133MHz SODIMM SDRAM modules [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am thinking of buying a new Powerbook, currently I have a Wallstreet series 292 mhz. I am thinking of getting either the 400 or 500 mhz pismo. Will the ram I just purchased work in the Pismo? What are some opinions

Wireless internet sharing

2003-07-05 Thread jdc
Anyone knows how to setup NAT on a Powerbook with an airport card to allow some WLAN windoze notebooks to share its internet connection? Joaquim -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site

OpenOffice for the Macintosh is finally out of beta, just intimefor Apple's WorldWide Developer Conference.

2003-06-28 Thread jdc
Good news at http://weblog.flora.org/ OpenOffice for the Macintosh is finally out of beta, just in time for Apple's WorldWide Developer Conference. Still using X11 though. Joaquim -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com |

Re: transferring files to Wintel over home network?

2003-06-28 Thread jdc
Pete Gregory wrote: The easy way is to dispose of the Wintel boxes and replace them with Macs. :-) Dispose of them or convert them into Linintel boxes :) Joaquim -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | --

Re: OpenOffice for the Macintosh is finally out of beta, justintime for Apple's WorldWide Developer Conference.

2003-06-28 Thread jdc
Jeremy Derr wrote: it's an X11 application. it'll probably always run through X11. An Aqua version is the final goal of the Open Office for Mac OS X project. Any programmers out there who have some spare time can join the project and give a help

Re: Dead Bronze

2003-06-27 Thread jdc
Jeremy Derr wrote: On Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 6:41 PM, jdc wrote: 2. Unplug the power connector and remove the battery. Open up the keyboard and remove the backup battery which is on the lower left, below the hard drive (carefully unplug the white small 3 conector plug). Press the power

Re: Dead Bronze

2003-06-27 Thread jdc
Also, try to power on the Pismo without the backup battery. Joaquim -- 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

Re: Dead Bronze

2003-06-27 Thread jdc
Bill Vader wrote: Hi all, Just to update everyone who helped. I tried booting with the PRAM battery disconnected with no help. After reconnecting the battery and hitting the power button, the drives spun up but no chime or screen. I then hit the reset button and the computer spins down, hit the

Re: G-books: Separating a Wallstreet ?

2003-06-27 Thread jdc
Why don't you just get a wireless keyboard and mouse? To separate the Wallstreet you'd need a hard to get extension cable. You can solder the cable yourself but I'd say there is a significant chance the Powerbook would be damaged in the process. Joaquim Laurence TeknoLiber wrote: I have a

Re: Dead Bronze

2003-06-26 Thread jdc
Bill Vader wrote: Hi all, New to this list today, I had a friend bring me his bronze Firewire G3 You mean his Pismo :) powerbook to repair. The thing will not boot at all. No chime, no nothing. I opened up the keyboard and checked connections without any of it helping. I have the power cord and

Re: Battery Amps

2003-06-23 Thread jdc
You can test the voltage but DO NOT test the amperage, you'll blow your multimeter and/or the battery. Joaquim Byron Gardner wrote: I have three Wallstreet PB batteries. I am trying to test the amperage and voltage. I need help with the proper way to test these batteries using a Digital

Are there any alternatives to Aqua window manager?

2003-06-22 Thread jdc
I'm not saying OS X is slow on my 500MHz 768Mb G3 Pismo but it doesn't feel as responsive as I'd like it to. I use APM Tunner, Shadow Killer and themes with no transparency but I get no noticeable improvements. The eye candy may look good but I'm getting quite fed up with it. When you work with

Re: Are there any alternatives to Aqua window manager?

2003-06-22 Thread jdc
here. Running Entourage, Photoshop 7.0, Safari, iTunes, Limewire...no problems at all. Oh yeah, also running Airport, surfing wirelessly. And haven't shut down comp in months, just sleep it. You might need more HD space. N on 4/22/03 3:13 PM, jdc at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not saying OS

Re: Are there any alternatives to Aqua window manager?

2003-06-22 Thread jdc
of RAM was adding a 5400rpm drive over the 4200 that had been there. In fact that sped it up more than bringing the RAM up to 768 it seems sometimes. David On Tuesday, April 22, 2003, at 02:55 PM, jdc wrote: I'm not saying it is slow, I'm saying it's not responsive. The 1/3 second delay it takes

Re: Are there any alternatives to Aqua window manager?

2003-06-22 Thread jdc
What do you mean? I just bought 10.2 Is Apple is getting nastier than Microsoft? (just joking, no company can beat Microsoft at mistreating its costumers) Matt Peacock wrote: I completely understand. I have a PowerBook G4 and still notice the sluggishness. Even Classic is fantastically snappy

Need urgent help

2003-06-21 Thread jdc
All applications OpenGL stopped working on my Pismo - they exit whith an error when they try to open the OpenGL window/display. I don't know if was caused by some software I installed. Anyone can give me any hints? Thanks, Joaquim -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: Need urgent help

2003-06-21 Thread jdc
Bruce Johnson wrote: If you're running OSX re-apply the 10.2.6 combo updater. Thanks. That fixed it. :) Joaquim -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks |