Re: SuperDisk floppy drive for G3 PowerBook

On Jan 12, 2005, at 7:23 AM, G-Books wrote: Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:51:10 -0500 Subject: SuperDisk floppy drive for G3 PowerBook From: Donald Keenan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi! Has anyone ever used an internal floppy drive (VST SuperDisk floppy drive for G3 PowerBook) with a Pismo? I h

Re: SuperDisk floppy drive for G3 PowerBook

On Tuesday, January 11, 2005, at 06:51 PM, Donald Keenan wrote: Hi! Has anyone ever used an internal floppy drive (VST SuperDisk floppy drive for G3 PowerBook) with a Pismo? I have an external one and wonder if there are any issues when using the internal drive , especially under OS X. Are OS X

SuperDisk floppy drive for G3 PowerBook

Hi! Has anyone ever used an internal floppy drive (VST SuperDisk floppy drive for G3 PowerBook) with a Pismo? I have an external one and wonder if there are any issues when using the internal drive , especially under OS X. Are OS X drives most likely available? Thanks for any info. Donald -- G

Re: PISMO G3 POWERBOOK UPGRADE - ADVICE REQ'D

keep the pismo its a very durable caddylac last version of the classy stealthy black powerbooks. definitley upgrade the hd 40-80gb, faster drives with larger caches help a bit. max the ram to 1gb, you can't do much as far as video card upgrades (so don't expect 50fps with unreal tournament

Re: PISMO G3 POWERBOOK PROBLEM WITH FIREWIRE AND IPOD

on 23/09/04 18:28, simon goslin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'VE HAVING A FEW DRAMAS WITH MY IPOD AND FIREWIRE CONNECTION > > THE WHOLE SYSTEM GRINGS TO A HAULT ALMOST EVERY TIME I LOGON > > I'VE TRIED LOGGING OFF, SHUTTING DOWN, EJECTING, DISCONNECTING, YOU NAME IT > I'VE TRIED IT! ANY SUGGES

Re: PISMO G3 POWERBOOK PROBLEM WITH FIREWIRE AND IPOD

>G'DAY GUYS, > > >I'VE HAVING A FEW DRAMAS WITH MY IPOD AND FIREWIRE CONNECTION > >THE WHOLE SYSTEM GRINGS TO A HAULT ALMOST EVERY TIME I LOGON > >I'VE TRIED LOGGING OFF, SHUTTING DOWN, EJECTING, DISCONNECTING, YOU NAME IT >I'VE TRIED IT! ANY SUGGESTIONS OR ADVICE? > >I THINK IT ALL STARTED WHEN I

PISMO G3 POWERBOOK PROBLEM WITH FIREWIRE AND IPOD

G'DAY GUYS, I'VE HAVING A FEW DRAMAS WITH MY IPOD AND FIREWIRE CONNECTION THE WHOLE SYSTEM GRINGS TO A HAULT ALMOST EVERY TIME I LOGON I'VE TRIED LOGGING OFF, SHUTTING DOWN, EJECTING, DISCONNECTING, YOU NAME IT I'VE TRIED IT! ANY SUGGESTIONS OR ADVICE? I THINK IT ALL STARTED WHEN I PULLED THE FIR

PISMO G3 POWERBOOK UPGRADE - ADVICE REQ'D

G'DAY GUYS, MY PISMO IS STANDARD SPEC, BAR THE RAM UPGRADE I'VE PERFORMED RECENTLY (576MB) I'D LIKE TO UPGRADE THE HARD DRIVE, ALTHOUGH I HAVE ALL MY DOCUMENTS AND PICTURES ON MY IPOD (SLOWER, BUT EFFECTIVE), I ONLY HAVE A GIG LEFT (IT WAS DOWN TO 100MB) AND HAVE RECENTLY PURCHASED ADOBE CS (THE

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 and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurb

What G3 Powerbook?

I would like to know what was the first G3 or G4 powerbook to have room for a gig of RAM. Ted -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sa

Re: G3 Powerbook control panels questions

On 12/31/03 02:12:19 -0600, Greenfield Bowie wrote: > >1. Energy saver control panel. I've always set the sleep setting to >"never" on my various PowerMacs, not wanting to cause problems with >longer WWW downloads, etc., getting by with just a screen saver. All >that's changed now, particula

Re: G3 Powerbook control panels questions

At 2:12 AM -0600 12/31/03, Greenfield Bowie wrote: Hello G3 Powerbook gurus, As a recent new owner of a PB G3 (Lombard, Mac OS 9.2), I've been on the lookout for and read several related FAQ lists, but still had a question or two about this new computing environment for me. 1. Energy

Re: G3 Powerbook control panels questions

> -- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: G3 Powerbook control panels questions > > > 1. Energy saver control panel. I've always set the sleep setting to > > "never" on my various PowerMacs, not wanting to cause problems with >

Re: G3 Powerbook control panels questions

On 12/31/03 3:12 AM, "Greenfield Bowie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello G3 Powerbook gurus, > > As a recent new owner of a PB G3 (Lombard, Mac OS 9.2), I've been on > the lookout for and read several related FAQ lists, but still had a > question or two abou

G3 Powerbook control panels questions

Hello G3 Powerbook gurus, As a recent new owner of a PB G3 (Lombard, Mac OS 9.2), I've been on the lookout for and read several related FAQ lists, but still had a question or two about this new computing environment for me. 1. Energy saver control panel. I've always set the sleep

G3 Powerbook blinking question mark problem solved!

Hi everybody, I just wanted to report that I solved the non-booting, blinking question mark problem I had with my just-purchased Powerbook G3 (Lombard). The problem was not caused by using my PM 7300 to install system software on the GB Powerbook, but by installing OS 8.5 itself. I learned th

Re: 233 g3 powerbook and os9

it's os9.01 That's your problem. 9.0 will run on the Wallstreet and 9.0.4+ will run on the Wallstreet, but anything in between is a machine-specific release of Mac OS and hence won't run on the Wallstreet. Peace, Drew -- Author of ClassicStumbler email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> web:

Re: 233 g3 powerbook and os9

At 8:00 PM -0800 12/12/03, stewart ebneter wrote: thanks, guys... it's os9.01 message: This program cannot run on your computer. See the documentation for more information. I've also tried to start up from cd, same result. Next I'm going to reformat the drive, but I wanted to save what's on there

Re: 233 g3 powerbook and os9

thanks, guys... it's os9.01 message: This program cannot run on your computer. See the documentation for more information. I've also tried to start up from cd, same result. Next I'm going to reformat the drive, but I wanted to save what's on there first, and without my customary usb and firewi

Re: 233 g3 powerbook and os9

Also, what version of OS9? Shawn On Friday, December 12, 2003, at 08:06 PM, Eugene Lee wrote: On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 04:38:07PM -0800, stewart ebneter wrote: : : Just got a g3 233 powerbook, 160mb, and it won't let me install os9. I : can't find any reason why, unless it's that this unit is

Re: 233 g3 powerbook and os9

On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 04:38:07PM -0800, stewart ebneter wrote: : : Just got a g3 233 powerbook, 160mb, and it won't let me install os9. I : can't find any reason why, unless it's that this unit is lacking a usb port. : any ideas? Sounds like a Wallstreet model. What exactly did you do when yo

233 g3 powerbook and os9

Just got a g3 233 powerbook, 160mb, and it won't let me install os9. I can't find any reason why, unless it's that this unit is lacking a usb port. any ideas? thanks stewart -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbishe

Re: OT: G3 PowerBook names

Jeremy Derr wrote: > On Sunday, March 16, 2003, at 05:03 PM, James Rohde wrote: > > > On 03/16/2003, Andrew Johnson wrote: > > > >> I would say the the code names make things easier usually, when > >> someone > >> says wallstreet, I know what they're talking about. But if someone > >> said > >>

Re: OT: G3 PowerBook names

On Sunday, March 16, 2003, at 05:03 PM, James Rohde wrote: > On 03/16/2003, Andrew Johnson wrote: > >> I would say the the code names make things easier usually, when >> someone >> says wallstreet, I know what they're talking about. But if someone >> said >> "I've got a PowerBook G3 that has pr

Re: OT: G3 PowerBook names

On 03/16/2003, Andrew Johnson wrote: >I would say the the code names make things easier usually, when someone >says wallstreet, I know what they're talking about. But if someone said >"I've got a PowerBook G3 that has problem X..." They could be talking >about the WallStreet (PowerBook G3 Serie

OT: G3 PowerBook names [was Re: DVD-ROM for CD equiped Lombard?]

On Sunday, March 16, 2003, at 12:34 AM, Jeremy Derr wrote: > chalk another one up to mismatched code-names. i kept saying "lombard" > but talking about "wallstreets". yet another reason i prefer to speak > only in actual product names. > > sumimasen. I would say the the code names make things ea

Re: Lombard G3 Powerbook not running on battery

port-cover. On Sunday, November 3, 2002, at 10:38 PM, Jay Snyder wrote: > I have a Lombard G3 Powerbook, (333 MHz) that won't powerup on battery > power, > even though the battery shows a full charge, and when powered up under > the AC > adapter, the OS says that the battery

Re: Lombard G3 Powerbook not running on battery

on 03/11/02 22:38, Jay Snyder at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a Lombard G3 Powerbook, (333 MHz) that won't powerup on battery power, > even though the battery shows a full charge, and when powered up under the AC > adapter, the OS says that the battery is fully charged. H

Lombard G3 Powerbook not running on battery

I have a Lombard G3 Powerbook, (333 MHz) that won't powerup on battery power, even though the battery shows a full charge, and when powered up under the AC adapter, the OS says that the battery is fully charged. Any ideas??? Thanks, Jay -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.c

Hard/sotware for editing VHS movies on 233MHz G3 Powerbook--WALLSTREET]]

Hi everyone! I would like to edit videos from students' teaching demonstrations in VHS format and then put them on a CD for my music education course. I have a 233MHz G3 Powerbook (Wallstreet) without a firewire card, a 20 GB internal hard drive and 288MB built-in memory, currently with M

[Fwd: Hard/sotware for editing VHS movies on 233MHz G3 Powerbook--WALLSTREET]]

Original Message Subject: Hard/sotware for editing VHS movies on 233MHz G3 Powerbook--WALLSTREET] Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 17:49:43 +0300 From: Eleni Lapidaki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi everyone! I would like to edit videos from students

Re: G3 Powerbook/Powerlogix

I know it's been ugly with powerlogix and replacements. But I've had a bluechip upgrade in my WSII for 15 months with no problems. It would be interesting to know what percentage of boards have failed. Anyone seen any numbers? Matt -- G-Books is sponsored by and...

Re: G3 Powerbook/Powerlogix

>About 3 or 4 people have gotten replacments, the rest are >waiting. > >I got one but it's defective - hmmm. bad EPROM or ??? they seemed >to recognize the problem but no card now... > >Another guy had more questionable things happen to him. > >So, I'm back to waiting. > >Aron Good luck wi

Re: G3 Powerbook/Powerlogix

>I know we went around a bit ago on this Bluechip thingy, but haven't >you folks gotten anything (of a replacement or refund) from >Powerlogix yet??? About 3 or 4 people have gotten replacments, the rest are waiting. I got one but it's defective - hmmm. bad EPROM or ??? they seemed to rec

Re: G3 Powerbook/Powerlogix

Aron I know we went around a bit ago on this Bluechip thingy, but haven't you folks gotten anything (of a replacement or refund) from Powerlogix yet??? GEne On Monday, May 13, 2002 4:22 PM, Aron Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Please understand also that every minute they spend reading (AN

Re: G3 Powerbook/Powerlogix

>Please understand also that every minute they spend reading (AND RESPONDING >TO) Well that's not a problem since unless I write they don't respond. >PowerLogix is not the size of Amoco, and unless I'm an idiot, I doubt >seriously that they have the capital to hire a whole new staff to deal with

Re: G3 Powerbook

As a reseller of sorts, I've experienced some issues with Powerlogix, on a handfull of upgrade cards. All cards were returned to them, and ALL have been replaced. It has been slow for one or two, but it is acceptable (or has been in my situations). Please understand also that every minute

Re: G3 Powerbook

> >Other World Computing had the G4 upgrades a few days ago (from >PowerLogix, iirc). You may want to check >http://www.otherworldcomputing.com I hate to be a spoil sport, but please!! before you consider Powerlogix, look what we are going through: http://www.macintouch.com/powerlogixblue.h

Re: G3 Powerbook

>On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 11:22:13PM -0400, Jim Eddy wrote: >: >: To be devils advocate, a Lombard or Wallstreet powerbook can be upgraded >: with a g4 upgrade card (at a price). I don't know why the Pismo can't. > >Are you sure about a "G4"? I don't recall such a beast according to >recent memory

Re: G3 Powerbook

I know I am keeping my Pismo because of its versatility, even though I could use the TiBook screen at times and would welcome an upgrade, but faster than 500MHz. On the other side, I expect that Apple would rather sell me a TiBook, than have me upgrade my Pismo. Tom > I ran across this the othe

Re: G3 Powerbook

On 5/12/02 at 8:39 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chrys Cruz) wrote: > Powerlogix does make a 500MHz Blue Chip G4 upgrade for the Lombard. I > don't know why one was never made for the Prismo, maybe because it had > already reached 500MHz, and I myself wouldn't be able to justify the > cost of one ju

Re: G3 Powerbook

Recently, I inquired to Powerlogix as to the possibility of a G4 upgrade for the Pismo. They replied that due to design concerns, the only way to do a Pismo G4 upgrade would require Pismo owners to send in their computers, or the daughtercard to them for chip replacement. And that due to thi

Re: G3 Powerbook

> : To be devils advocate, a Lombard or Wallstreet powerbook can be > upgraded > : with a g4 upgrade card (at a price). I don't know why the Pismo can't. > > Are you sure about a "G4"? I don't recall such a beast according to > recent memory, and a little help from PowerBook Central: > > h

Re: G3 Powerbook

elieve the original (3500/Kanga) can, but the Wallstreet on up will. OTOH, the only new drives now available for the WS seem to be combo drives, which means you also need the PC Decoder Card. -- JSH > Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 21:38:43 -0700 > From: Eugene Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >

Re: G3 Powerbook

>> I concur with Jeremy: a PowerBook G3 "FireWire" at 500 MHz would be your >> best bet. You can put up to 1 GB of RAM in it and there are compatible CDRW >> that you can refurbished in replacement of the standard DVD-ROM drive. >> >To be devils advocate, a Lombard or Wallstreet powerbook can be

Re: G3 Powerbook

On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 11:22:13PM -0400, Jim Eddy wrote: : : To be devils advocate, a Lombard or Wallstreet powerbook can be upgraded : with a g4 upgrade card (at a price). I don't know why the Pismo can't. Are you sure about a "G4"? I don't recall such a beast according to recent memory, and

Re: G3 Powerbook

On 5/11/02 2:02 PM, "Laurent Daudelin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 11/05/02 10:18, Jeremy Derr at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> On Saturday, May 11, 2002, at 09:07 AM, Ted Burford wrote: >> >>> I am interested in getting a used G3 Powerbook, b

Re: G3 Powerbook Expansion bay CDRW

Try this URL for info! http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/PB_G3/oem_combo_drives/notebook_combo_drive.html on 5/11/02 6:45 PM, Eugene Lee at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 07:32:11PM -0400, Seth wrote: > : > : Where do you get refurbished CDRW drives for a Pismo? Is this another op

Re: G3 Powerbook Expansion bay CDRW

On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 07:32:11PM -0400, Seth wrote: : : Where do you get refurbished CDRW drives for a Pismo? Is this another option : other than the Xcaret Combo drive? Apple never made a CD-RW drive that fit in Pismo's expansion bay. You're stuck with 3rd party solutions. As usual, buyer be

Re: G3 Powerbook Expansion bay CDRW

Where do you get refurbished CDRW drives for a Pismo? Is this another option other than the Xcaret Combo drive? Would an expansion drive be better/faster than a Firewire model, they seem to be getting cheap? on 5/11/02 2:02 PM, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I concur with Jeremy

Re: G3 Powerbook

on 11/05/02 10:18, Jeremy Derr at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Saturday, May 11, 2002, at 09:07 AM, Ted Burford wrote: > >> I am interested in getting a used G3 Powerbook, but I do not know what >> model to look for. >> >> I would want one that would have room fo

Re: G3 Powerbook

Ted Burford wrote: > I am interested in getting a used G3 Powerbook, but I do not know what > model to look for. > > I would want one that would have room for a lot of RAM, (enough to run > Photoshop) have a CD R and disk drive. What model should I look for? Same answer for any

Re: G3 Powerbook

On Saturday, May 11, 2002, at 09:07 AM, Ted Burford wrote: > I am interested in getting a used G3 Powerbook, but I do not know what > model to look for. > > I would want one that would have room for a lot of RAM, (enough to run > Photoshop) have a CD R and disk drive. What mode

G3 Powerbook

I am interested in getting a used G3 Powerbook, but I do not know what model to look for. I would want one that would have room for a lot of RAM, (enough to run Photoshop) have a CD R and disk drive. What model should I look for? Ted -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/&g

Re: G3 powerbook

Thanks Laurent, this is the kind of stuff I need to know [EMAIL PROTECTED] Madison heights, mich -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Laurent Daudelin Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 1:36 PM To: G-Books Subject: Re: G3 powerbook On 19/04/02 03:03

Re: G3 powerbook

On 19/04/02 03:03, "dominic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I was asking is there are certain desktops, PowerBooks that have > been plagued with problems, so what I wanted to know is if I choose the > g3/300 or the 292 as you mentioned will it be a good stable machine or > are there potential

Re: G3 powerbook

] Madison heights, mich -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Laurent Daudelin Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 4:16 PM To: G-Books Subject: Re: G3 powerbook On 18/04/02 16:03, "dominic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Im going to be in the

Re: G3 powerbook

On 18/04/02 16:03, "dominic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Im going to be in the market for a power book shortly, all I want it for > is email and chat so im thinking of looking on eBay for a g3/300. any of > them I should stay away from? Ill also be using 9.2.2 not planning on > using x. I'm not

G3 powerbook

Im going to be in the market for a power book shortly, all I want it for is email and chat so im thinking of looking on eBay for a g3/300. any of them I should stay away from? Ill also be using 9.2.2 not planning on using x. thanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Madison heights, mich -- G-Books is spon