Re: Upgrading Pismo

2006-01-02 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
I just subscribed to this list as I need some advice. Welcome to the best place for info i have found,(and they are sometimes friendly) I have a G3 500/384/20 Pismo with a disfunctional OEM DVD-ROM drive running 9.2.2 which is networked to an iMac G5 (1.8/1GB/super-drive) through a

Re: Upgrading Pismo

2006-01-02 Thread Tannis Baker
If you have 384 ram fitted then either the top or bottom already has 128 fitted meaning you would need another 256 chip. to get 512. Oops you are right, Vicki! That was a typo as I was looking at 256mg prices - but looks like I might be smarter to go for 512 since I have recently learned

Re: Upgrading Pismo

2006-01-02 Thread Tannis Baker
If you are not bothered about the cosmetics fitting flush, and you are also confident with the insides of the Mac and the drives. One more thing - what do you mean confident, Vicki? This machine has always worked beautifully for me - except for the OEM DVD-ROM drive which has never worked

Re: Upgrading Pismo

2006-01-02 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 2, 2006, at 10:11 AM, Tannis Baker wrote: If you have 384 ram fitted then either the top or bottom already has 128 fitted meaning you would need another 256 chip. to get 512. Oops you are right, Vicki! That was a typo as I was looking at 256mg prices - but looks like I might be

Re: Upgrading Pismo

2006-01-02 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
On Jan 2, 2006, at 5:13 PM, Tannis Baker wrote: If you are not bothered about the cosmetics fitting flush, and you are also confident with the insides of the Mac and the drives. One more thing - what do you mean confident, Vicki? This machine has always worked beautifully for me - except for

Upgrading Pismo

2006-01-01 Thread Tannis Baker
Hi All! I just subscribed to this list as I need some advice. I have a G3 500/384/20 Pismo with a disfunctional OEM DVD-ROM drive running 9.2.2 which is networked to an iMac G5 (1.8/1GB/super-drive) through a modem/router. I read athttp://www.lowendmac.com/cwebb/05/1209.html that the pismo

Re: Upgrading Pismo

2006-01-01 Thread Tom and Lisa Peters
- to run Tiger, would I be better off replacing the lower RAM slot with another 128mg (maxing the machine out at 512mg) - considering that my laptop is not my primary machine (just the more user friendly one!) The Pismo maxes out at 1 gig, not 512 Meg. - has anyone bought a combo-drive from

Upgrading from CD-ROM to Combo/Super Drive

2005-09-20 Thread Clyde Kahrl
If there are all sorts of these slot loading drives out there, does anyone know why I can't take one of these $50 drives and put it in a G3 iMac or a Cube?All of the places that sell replacement slot drives for these want a minimum of $129. -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: Upgrading from CD-ROM to Combo/Super Drive

2005-09-20 Thread PeterH5322
If there are all sorts of these slot loading drives out there, does anyone know why I can't take one of these $50 drives and put it in a G3 iMac or a Cube?All of the places that sell replacement slot drives for these want a minimum of $129. $45-$55 is for a half height 5.25 drive, suitable

Re: Upgrading from CD-ROM to Combo/Super Drive

2005-09-19 Thread Howard Katz
I checked OtherWorld Computing's website (http://eshop.macsales.com) didn't find anything listed for the ibook, but I've noticed sometimes that their website doesn't always reflect what they're advertising in print--and I don't have Mac Service Solutions

Re: Upgrading from CD-ROM to Combo/Super Drive

2005-09-19 Thread PeterH5322
I would like to know if it is possible to replace the CD-ROM with one of these two types of drives? CD-ROM drives are now completely obsolete. Replacements, which are generally slot loading and 12.7mm, are usually CD-ROM-R-R/W and DVD-ROM-R-R/W, often including dual-layer DVD

Re: upgrading my wallstreet

2005-08-31 Thread Gene Osburn
david [EMAIL PROTECTED] wants to know... i've been meaning to fix my 250 wallstreet for some time now, i've got the sound card/power supply part to replace, i'm getting more ram to install (2 x 256), and now i'm thinking... is it worth it to buy one of those sonnet crescendo upgrades? owc

Re: upgrading my wallstreet

2005-08-31 Thread Bill Briggs
At 10:39 AM -0700 8/29/05, david wrote: i've been meaning to fix my 250 wallstreet for some time now, i've got the sound card/power supply part to replace, i'm getting more ram to install (2 x 256), and now i'm thinking... is it worth it to buy one of those sonnet crescendo upgrades? owc lists

Re: upgrading my wallstreet

2005-08-30 Thread Lisa Tom P
On 29 Aug 2005, at 19:29, Lisa Tom P wrote: You can also get upgrades from Daystar [snip]. I bought a G4/466 from Daystar for $210. It works great. Mad Dog I didn't find any Wallstreet upgrades at Daystar. Wegener's prices seem quite for a G3 upgrade to 400 MHz. J Sanderson Its a

Re: upgrading my WallStreet

2005-08-30 Thread Gary Goldberg
From: david [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: upgrading my wallstreet I've been meaning to fix my 250 wallstreet for some time now, i've got the sound card/power supply part to replace, i'm getting more ram to install (2 x 256), and now i'm thinking... is it worth it to buy one of those sonnet

upgrading my wallstreet

2005-08-29 Thread david
i've been meaning to fix my 250 wallstreet for some time now, i've got the sound card/power supply part to replace, i'm getting more ram to install (2 x 256), and now i'm thinking... is it worth it to buy one of those sonnet crescendo upgrades? owc lists two models, one is a g4/500 upgrade

Re: upgrading my wallstreet

2005-08-29 Thread david
i also see from wegener media: allegro g3/500 for $270 presto! g4/500 for $220 avanti g3/400 for $99 on the allegro page they also say: Why not G4? Good question.. But think about it. The only real advantage of G4 is the Altivec processor, which is rarely utilized, except for video

Re: upgrading my wallstreet

2005-08-29 Thread Lisa Tom P
i've been meaning to fix my 250 wallstreet for some time now, i've got the sound card/power supply part to replace, i'm getting more ram to install (2 x 256), and now i'm thinking... is it worth it to buy one of those sonnet crescendo upgrades? owc lists two models, one is a g4/500 upgrade

Re: upgrading my wallstreet

2005-08-29 Thread James Sanderson
On 29 Aug 2005, at 19:29, Lisa Tom P wrote: You can also get upgrades from Daystar [snip]. I bought a G4/466 from Daystar for $210. It works great. Mad Dog I didn't find any Wallstreet upgrades at Daystar. Wegener's prices seem quite for a G3 upgrade to 400 MHz. J Sanderson --

Re: pleasant surprise after upgrading to Tiger

2005-08-28 Thread Bill Briggs
At 11:58 PM -0500 8/27/05, Claire Hart wrote: Has anyone else noticed a better wireless connection from your Airport Extreme after upgrading to Tiger? In terms of the graphic showing more bars lit, yes. But the signal itself is unchanged. The places where I lost my signal around the house

pleasant surprise after upgrading to Tiger

2005-08-27 Thread Claire Hart
Has anyone else noticed a better wireless connection from your Airport Extreme after upgrading to Tiger? Claire -- 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: pleasant surprise after upgrading to Tiger

2005-08-27 Thread david
On Aug 27, 2005, at 10:29 AM, Claire Hart wrote: Has anyone else noticed a better wireless connection from your Airport Extreme after upgrading to Tiger? In terms of the graphic showing more bars lit, yes. But the signal itself is unchanged. The places where I lost my signal around

Re: pleasant surprise after upgrading to Tiger

2005-08-27 Thread Claire Hart
Has anyone else noticed a better wireless connection from your Airport Extreme after upgrading to Tiger? In terms of the graphic showing more bars lit, yes. But the signal itself is unchanged. The places where I lost my signal around the house haven't changed. david In terms of both, in my

Slightly OT: will upgrading from MRJ 2.2.3 to 2.2.5 improve my browsing?

2005-01-17 Thread Gary Goldberg
I have OS 9.1 on my Wall Street (now a G4/500) and use Netscape v4.79 for e-mail and some browsing, reserving IE 5.1.7 for most browsing. Will installing MRJ 2.2.5 improve anything for me? I'm a bit reluctant in case the installer sprays files all over my HD and I have problems

Re: Upgrading Hard Disk + OS 9 and OS X partition anecdote

2005-01-06 Thread Mikael Byström
I make it a point to not install OS 9 drivers. The few apps I use are the 4D 6.8 compiler and Loop app Infinity, which can run under Classic. Besides those there is nothing I need in OS 9 and I don't want to waste my time there. I even turn down support for OS 9 problems as I can't be bothered

Upgrading Hard Disk

2005-01-05 Thread goodidea
I would like to upgrade the hard disk on my keylime clamshell, G3 466mhz model. This is a tricky operation and any advise is welcome from someone who has done this before. First question I have is: where do I find a 40Gb disk and which one should I get? thanks, Boudie On 22-dec-04, at 22:07,

Re: Upgrading Hard Disk

2005-01-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 1/5/05 5:29 AM, goodidea [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to upgrade the hard disk on my keylime clamshell, G3 466mhz model. This is a tricky operation and any advise is welcome from someone who has done this before. First question I have is: where do I find a 40Gb disk and which one

Re: Upgrading Hard Disk

2005-01-05 Thread Katherine Zysk
I would like to upgrade the hard disk on my keylime clamshell, G3 466mhz model. This is a tricky operation and any advise is welcome from someone who has done this before. First question I have is: where do I find a 40Gb disk and which one should I get? thanks, Boudie On 22-dec-04, at

Re: Upgrading Hard Disk

2005-01-05 Thread Peter Apockotos
On Jan 5, 2005, at 7:10 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/5/05 5:29 AM, goodidea [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to upgrade the hard disk on my keylime clamshell, G3 466mhz model. This is a tricky operation and any advise is welcome from someone who has done this before. First

Re: Upgrading Hard Disk

2005-01-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 1/5/05 8:17 AM, Peter Apockotos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I personally think Apple should make their portable line as easy to upgrade as the new iMac! I have all sorts of wishes but Apple doesn't listen to me - and with good reason since I'm not an engineer. A question was asked. I

Re: Upgrading Hard Disk

2005-01-05 Thread goodidea
David, thank you so much for the URL and good advise and I don't mind Peter speaking his mind either :) Looking at the number of actions needed to get to the HardDisk I'm not surprised... I still like to ask if someone knows for sure which hard disk I can install, 40GB 5400rpm in a clamshell g3

Re: Upgrading Hard Disk + OS 9 and OS X partition anecdote

2005-01-05 Thread David Bjur
I just upgraded my Pismo (G3 400mhz) with a Hitatchi 60 gig 7200 rpm disk from OWC. Here is a link: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/2.5-Notebook/ I'm very pleased with the drive: faster, quieter than the original. The staff at OWC were very helpful. One thing I learned the hard way:

Re: Upgrading Hard Disk + OS 9 and OS X partition anecdote

2005-01-05 Thread David Bjur
Unfortunately that option was not available in my instance. Perhaps because I was using a DVD OS X install disk? On Jan 5, 2005, at 12:05 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: That's probably because when you formatted the drive with Disk Utility from 10.3, you didn't check the option to have the OS 9

Re: Upgrading Hard Disk + OS 9 and OS X partition anecdote

2005-01-05 Thread Al Poulin
Sorry to see this tale. But it has been told before in these lists. I had good results in the Disk Utility/Partition panel by checking the little box at: Install Mac OS 9 Disk Drivers If this option is not selected, this device cannot be used by a computer running Mac OS 9. This option does

Re: Upgrading Hard Disk + OS 9 and OS X partition anecdote

2005-01-05 Thread Clark Martin
At 2:40 PM -0800 1/5/05, David Bjur wrote: Unfortunately that option was not available in my instance. Perhaps because I was using a DVD OS X install disk? On Jan 5, 2005, at 12:05 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: That's probably because when you formatted the drive with Disk Utility from 10.3, you

Re: Upgrading Hard Disk + OS 9 and OS X partition anecdote

2005-01-05 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 05/01/05 20:20, Clark Martin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 2:40 PM -0800 1/5/05, David Bjur wrote: Unfortunately that option was not available in my instance. Perhaps because I was using a DVD OS X install disk? On Jan 5, 2005, at 12:05 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: That's probably

Re: Upgrading Hard Disk + OS 9 and OS X partition anecdote

2005-01-05 Thread David Bjur
On Jan 5, 2005, at 8:37 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 05/01/05 20:20, Clark Martin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 2:40 PM -0800 1/5/05, David Bjur wrote: Unfortunately that option was not available in my instance. Perhaps because I was using a DVD OS X install disk? On Jan 5, 2005, at 12:05 PM,

HELP with Lombard upgrading to Panther

2004-11-30 Thread Polkadoter
Hi, I have a Lombard. I tried to put Panther on it and it didn't work. Had a hunch I had some bad memory - or actually one of the chips that is recognized half size due to configuration. Anyway ordered the right chip (low profile for lower slot) now have 64 meg (OEM) on top, and 256 on

Re: HELP with Lombard upgrading to Panther

2004-11-30 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 30/11/04 14:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have a Lombard. I tried to put Panther on it and it didn't work. Had a hunch I had some bad memory - or actually one of the chips that is recognized half size due to configuration. Anyway ordered the right chip (low

Re: Upgrading Hard Drive - PowerBook G4 17

2004-10-22 Thread Steve Fuller
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

Re: Upgrading Hard Drive - PowerBook G4 17

2004-10-21 Thread Roger Shufflebottom
At 6:33 pm -0500 20/10/04, Steve Fuller wrote: There is a walk though on that site for the same procedure on the 15 powerbook. 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. -- With best wishes, Roger

Upgrading Hard Drive - PowerBook G4 17

2004-10-20 Thread BA
Anyone had any experience changing HDs in the G4 17? Kyle? I took all of the screws off of the machine with the battery out and still could not get anywhere (I was too timid to do much without knowing what I was doing). As a benchmark, I *did* swap the HD out of the PB TiBook 400 I had

Re: Upgrading Hard Drive - PowerBook G4 17

2004-10-20 Thread Roger Shufflebottom
At 4:49 pm -0500 20/10/04, Steve Fuller wrote: It's a pretty convoluted process to get at the hard drive in the 17 PB as it sits down in the lower LH corner. Is it the same for the 15 Aluminium PBs? I want to put my 7200 rpm Hitachi drive into the new 15 I have on order. -- With best wishes,

Re: Upgrading Hard Drive - PowerBook G4 17

2004-10-20 Thread Steve Fuller
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 in the

Re: Advice on upgrading: iBook to Powerbook

2004-06-02 Thread Al Poulin
Hal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm in the process of changing jobs and am considering purchasing a new Powerbook (got a lump sum payment and am eyeing a new computer). I'm wondering if anyone has made the switch from a G3/800 or 900mHz or so iBook to a 1.25, 1.33 or 1.5gHz Powerbook and could

Re: Advice on upgrading: iBook to Powerbook

2004-06-02 Thread Hal
On Jun 2, 2004, at 9:25 AM, Al Poulin wrote: Hal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm in the process of changing jobs and am considering purchasing a new Powerbook (got a lump sum payment and am eyeing a new computer). I'm wondering if anyone has made the switch from a G3/800 or 900mHz or so iBook to a

Advice on upgrading: iBook to Powerbook

2004-06-01 Thread Hal
Ok, I know this question has been beaten often been asked and has been discussed to death, but my interest is very specific, so hopefully someone can give me some specific insight. I've been an member of the list for quite a while and have really valued the thoughts of the members and tried to

Re: Advice on upgrading: iBook to Powerbook

2004-06-01 Thread Timothy Luoma
On 6/1/04 8:01 PM, Hal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I said, I'm doing the homework on this, but would really appreciate any advice. Also, if anyone has thoughts on ordering the 128MB graphics card or the 5400rpm hard drive options, I'd love to hear those as well. I'm considering the 15/1.5

Food For Thought. . .upgrading VRAM on Pismo, Lombard, Wallstreet etc.

2004-05-16 Thread Zoltan
Well, after discovering that the cute 3D animated user switching effect doesn't work on my Pismo due to lack of VRAM I started to wonder. . .up to this point, I was under the impression that the only reason I would ever need more than 8 MEG VRAM was to play games. Now computer developers are

Re: Food For Thought. . .upgrading VRAM on Pismo, Lombard, Wallstreet etc.

2004-05-16 Thread Malcolm Cornelius
on 16/05/04 22:01, Zoltan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, after discovering that the cute 3D animated user switching effect doesn't work on my Pismo due to lack of VRAM I started to wonder. Is it due to VRAM or the video chip that is fitted in that machine ? Hey here's an idea. . .anyone

Re: Food For Thought. . .upgrading VRAM on Pismo, Lombard, Wallstreet etc.

2004-05-16 Thread Shawn Harley
Zoltan, Check out www.villagetronic.com They have a cardbus 32meg DDR DVI/VGA video card that works from Wallstreet up for about $250. I'm considering a G4/550 upgrade and had the same concerns as you (Pismo500/1gig, RAM/20gig HD, Panther). Will upgrade the HD to at least 40gig and now maybe

Re: Food For Thought. . .upgrading VRAM on Pismo, Lombard, Wallstreet etc.

2004-05-16 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 16/05/04 17:01, Zoltan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, after discovering that the cute 3D animated user switching effect doesn't work on my Pismo due to lack of VRAM I started to wonder. . .up to this point, I was under the impression that the only reason I would ever need more than 8

UPGRADING HD

2004-05-08 Thread Melvin Watts
can anyone direct me to a link on taking apart a pb 1400 to upgrade the HD? Thanks -MW . -- 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! |

Re: UPGRADING HD

2004-05-08 Thread Malcolm Cornelius
on 08/05/04 15:30, Melvin Watts at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: can anyone direct me to a link on taking apart a pb 1400 to upgrade the HD? Better to ask on the Powerbooks list. But this is very easy. Slide the grill aside and lift off, flip the keyboard forward, undo the two screws holding the

Upgrading from OS 10.2 to Panther

2004-02-13 Thread G Harris
I just purchased a G3 14 iBook with OS 10.2, and a CD for upgrading to 10.3. Are there precautions I should take prior to upgrading, any unexpected surprises? I've had the machine for less than a week so there's nothing irreplaceable. I read that there were some nasty surprises for people who

Re: Upgrading from OS 10.2 to Panther

2004-02-13 Thread geno
Install it, then do a system update. Everything should be fine. geno. http://www.barbaloot.com AIM: BARBALUT when you die, says a dark-haired woman at the next table, they can make you into diamonds now. It's scientific. That's how I want to be remembered. I want to shine. -neil gaiman --

Re: Upgrading from OS 10.2 to Panther

2004-02-13 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 13, 2004, at 2:53 PM, G Harris wrote: I just purchased a G3 14 iBook with OS 10.2, and a CD for upgrading to 10.3. Are there precautions I should take prior to upgrading, any unexpected surprises? I've had the machine for less than a week so there's nothing irreplaceable. I read

Re: Upgrading.

2004-01-28 Thread Roger Shufflebottom
At 13:51 +0100 24/1/04, invicta wrote: As the 400 Mhz iMac is too slow for iSight I decided to give my Flatpanel iMac to my wife and get a 17 Powerbook for myself. To make the powerbook free from cables I intend to install an Airport base station without modem connected to one free portal of my

Re: Upgrading.

2004-01-28 Thread Thomas Ethen
Just what is the advantage, if any in purchasing an Airport Base Station instead of the far less expensive wireless routers that are available for PC's? Tom You could probably save some money. I have a fairly wireless household (Powerbook 800, Airport card in a G4 PPC and a Windows box). I

Re: Upgrading

2004-01-28 Thread Tom Roth
too. But, that cool design is Apple only. I bought a Netgear wireless router and gave up AppleTalk. -tom -- From: Thomas Ethen Subject: Re: Upgrading Just what is the advantage, if any in purchasing an Airport Base Station instead of the far less expensive wireless

Re: Upgrading

2004-01-28 Thread Roger Shufflebottom
At 11:30 -0500 28/1/04, Tom Roth wrote: Airport also has the ability to connect a modem as backup to DSL/cable or as primary connection I think that is a feature on some Buffalo models - I decided I didn't need it. -- With best wishes, Roger Shufflebottom -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: Upgrading.

2004-01-28 Thread Robin Ashe
It looks good? On 1/28/04 6:45 AM, Thomas Ethen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just what is the advantage, if any in purchasing an Airport Base Station instead of the far less expensive wireless routers that are available for PC's? Tom You could probably save some money. I have a fairly

Re: Upgrading.

2004-01-28 Thread Ken
My Reply follows quote. On 28/01/2004 10:00 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: It looks good? On 1/28/04 6:45 AM, Thomas Ethen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just what is the advantage, if any in purchasing an Airport Base Station instead of the far less expensive wireless routers that are available for

Re: Upgrading.

2004-01-28 Thread Harry D . Corsover
On Jan 28, 2004, at 11:09 AM, Ken wrote: And the AirPort will route AppleTalk while many others won't. Though I found an AirPort base station in a jumble bin at a local GoodWill Outlet for about a buck. Hard to beat that price. Ken What is AppleTalk needed for? I have an SMC Barricade 2804WBR

Re: Upgrading

2004-01-28 Thread Tom Roth
-- From: Harry D. Corsover Subject: Re: Upgrading What is AppleTalk needed for? I have an SMC Barricade 2804WBR router/wireless (g) access point, which I don't think supports AppleTalk (at least officially) but everything seems to work. I do need to make sure AppleTalk

Re: Upgrading.

2004-01-28 Thread invicta
On 28 Jan 2004, at 16:42, G-Books wrote: Subject: Re: Upgrading Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 11:30:57 -0500 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Tom Roth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Airport supports AppleTalk over the wireless connection which very few = other wireless routers do. The Buffalo is one

Re: Upgrading

2004-01-28 Thread Harry D . Corsover
-- From: Harry D. Corsover Subject:Re: Upgrading What is AppleTalk needed for? I have an SMC Barricade 2804WBR router/wireless (g) access point, which I don't think supports AppleTalk (at least officially) but everything seems to work. I do need to make sure AppleTalk is enabled (whether I'm

Re: Upgrading.

2004-01-27 Thread invicta
On 24 Jan 2004, at 21:30, David Thrower wrote: Once it's set up, and unless Apple has somehow changed this, any laptop/wireless card combination that complies with 802.11b standards should be able to use it to connect. Thank you David, this is a great relief and I have ordered all that is

Re: Upgrading.

2004-01-27 Thread Steve Fuller
Now comes the shuttle exercise. Presume the new Pbook comes pre-installed, maybe even with the bundled software. Can I CC clone all the contents of my Flattop iMac to the Pbook or should I follow a different method. Same goes for my wife's 400 Mhz SE iMac once the Flattop has been cleared and

Upgrading.

2004-01-24 Thread invicta
Hello All, I'm a new subscriber, living in the Netherlands and using Mac's since '89 but never owned a laptop. To clarify my alias in my e-mail address, I'm also a fervent fly fisher and Invicta is a well-known wetfly. My present home-system is ADSL ethernet modem Vigor 2200E router and one

Re: Upgrading.

2004-01-24 Thread David Thrower
My present home-system is ADSL ethernet modem Vigor 2200E router and one Flatpanel 800 Mhz iMac, 1 GB SDRam, running OS X v. 10.3. My wife has an 400 Mhz SE iMac connected to the same router aswell as a spritly SE/30 with OS 7.5 and 128 MB, to play with. We decided to acquire an iSight

Re: upgrading jaguar to panther on pismo (with no 10.2 discs)

2003-10-12 Thread Herbert Goodfriend
Apart from backing up all my data ( I have a firewire cd burner - any advice welcomed ) what would be your recommendations for installing the new OS - a complete reinstall and clean my hard drive, or just install on top of what I am currently running? I for one will not be installing

upgrading jaguar to panther on pismo (with no 10.2 discs)

2003-10-11 Thread jimbob
Hi, am new to the list but have enjoyed reading the advice and tips that you guys share. I have a 400mhz Pismo that I bought second hand with a fresh copy of Jaguar installed on it but no discs so took it as my opportunity to dive into the world of OSX which is just fantastic. Now that

Re: upgrading jaguar to panther on pismo (with no 10.2 discs)

2003-10-11 Thread Krevnik
On Saturday, October 11, 2003, at 07:11 AM, G'kar wrote: As an aside the laptop came with an Airport card (bonus!) but can this be used with a non-apple base station? I would need a dial up modem though as no adsl in rural UK so any recommendations would be useful. Any 802.11b or g base station

Re: Upgrading to Jaguar

2003-09-22 Thread Stella
On 09/21/03 at 07:18 PM -0700, the following message was received from Paul Nicholson: Are you sure you're trying to install the latest firmware? I find hard to believe that you wouldn't be able to install it with 9.2.2, which is newer than 9.1... well, as far as I can tell from the Apple site,

Upgrading to Jaguar

2003-09-21 Thread Stella
OK, having assembled Disk Warrior, downloaded the Firmware update and as many application upgrades, etc. and burned the downloads to a CD, I was going to go for Jaguar this morning. BUT... Having already upgraded (a while back) my OS to 9.2.2 it was with alarm I received the error message

Re: Upgrading to Jaguar

2003-09-21 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 21/09/03 13:22, Stella at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, having assembled Disk Warrior, downloaded the Firmware update and as many application upgrades, etc. and burned the downloads to a CD, I was going to go for Jaguar this morning. BUT... Having already upgraded (a while back) my OS

Re: Upgrading to Jaguar

2003-09-21 Thread Paul Nicholson
On Sunday, September 21, 2003, at 06:05 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 21/09/03 13:22, Stella at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, having assembled Disk Warrior, downloaded the Firmware update and as many application upgrades, etc. and burned the downloads to a CD, I was going to go for Jaguar this

Re: Upgrading to OSX

2003-07-12 Thread Eugene Lee
On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 09:03:47PM -0500, Thomas Ethen wrote: : : Here are three on ebay up for auction, but with a 333Mhz Lombard you will : need an Apple DVD decoder card model M5163 to play DVD's but not CD's. I : believe they mad a CD only module for the Lombard, but I am not sure about :

Re: Upgrading to OSX

2003-07-12 Thread James Rohde
On 07/12/2003, Thomas Ethen enlightened us by writing: Here are three on ebay up for auction, but with a 333Mhz Lombard you will need an Apple DVD decoder card model M5163 to play DVD's but not CD's. I believe they mad a CD only module for the Lombard, but I am not sure about that.

Re: Upgrading to OSX

2003-07-12 Thread Jeff Hubatka
On Saturday, July 12, 2003, at 12:30 pm, G-Books wrote: Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 16:10:45 -0700 From: Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Upgrading to OSX In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Christian Brennan wrote: I recently purchase a 333 Mhz Lombard that did

Re: Upgrading to OSX

2003-07-12 Thread Jeff Hubatka
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 01:39:27 -0500 From: Eugene Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Upgrading to OSX On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 09:03:47PM -0500, Thomas Ethen wrote: : : Here are three on ebay up for auction, but with a 333Mhz Lombard you will : need an Apple DVD decoder card model M5163 to play

Upgrading to OSX

2003-07-12 Thread Christian Brennan
I recently purchase a 333 Mhz Lombard that did not include a CD module. Is there any way to upgrade it to OSX without the module, its currently running OS 9.2. Could I do it over my network at home with my PowerPC G3? Im just curious, because Im still looking for a CD module for a good price.

Re: Upgrading to OSX

2003-07-12 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 12/07/03 20:35, Jeff Hubatka at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 01:39:27 -0500 From: Eugene Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Upgrading to OSX On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 09:03:47PM -0500, Thomas Ethen wrote: : : Here are three on ebay up for auction, but with a 333Mhz

Upgrading to OSX

2003-07-11 Thread Christian Brennan
I recently purchase a 333 Mhz Lombard that did not include a CD module. Is there any way to upgrade it to OSX without the module, its currently running OS 9.2. Could I do it over my network at home with my PowerPC G3? Im just curious, because Im still looking for a CD module for a good price.

Re: Upgrading to OSX

2003-07-11 Thread Bruce Johnson
Christian Brennan wrote: I recently purchase a 333 Mhz Lombard that did not include a CD module. Is there any way to upgrade it to OSX without the module, its currently running OS 9.2. Could I do it over my network at home with my PowerPC G3? Im just curious, because Im still looking for a CD

Re: Upgrading to OSX

2003-07-11 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
I recently purchase a 333 Mhz Lombard that did not include a CD module. If you find a bootable firewire CDRW somewhere you could do it that way, but your best bet is to find that CD module. No FireWire on Lombard. I don't know if it can boot off USB CDs. -- -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards Work:

Re: Upgrading to OSX

2003-07-11 Thread Bruce Johnson
Lewin A.R.W. Edwards wrote: I recently purchase a 333 Mhz Lombard that did not include a CD module. If you find a bootable firewire CDRW somewhere you could do it that way, but your best bet is to find that CD module. No FireWire on Lombard. I don't know if it can boot off USB CDs. Pah, I

Re: Upgrading to OSX

2003-07-11 Thread Thomas Ethen
Here are three on ebay up for auction, but with a 333Mhz Lombard you will need an Apple DVD decoder card model M5163 to play DVD's but not CD's. I believe they mad a CD only module for the Lombard, but I am not sure about that.

Is the Powerbook G3 Enabler necessary after upgrading the CPU or OS?

2003-02-25 Thread Gary Goldberg
Shannon's query got me wondering, especially after I couldn't find this file in my System Folder. Since buying my G3/250 Wall Street, I've upgraded it to a G4/500 with Sonnet's WS Crescendo CPU upgrade and to OS 9.1 and now this file isn't there any more. I've been

Re: Is the Powerbook G3 Enabler necessary after upgrading the CPU or OS?

2003-02-25 Thread Phillip Burk
On Tuesday, February 25, 2003, at 02:58 PM, Gary Goldberg wrote: I've been experiencing some strange things since: momentary freezes of the cursor (about 3 seconds) in various programs and occasional freezes when shutting down (necessitating a reboot). Sometimes I get a shutdown

Re: upgrading 233 Wallstreet II

2003-01-20 Thread Jeff Spray
. Network Administrator Alliance Machine Systems International, LLC 5303 E Desmet Avenue Spokane, WA 99212 509.842.5115 -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of sean weijand Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 10:24 PM To: G-Books Subject: upgrading 233 Wallstreet

Re: upgrading 233 Wallstreet II

2003-01-20 Thread John Brownsberger
Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of sean weijand Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 10:24 PM To: G-Books Subject: upgrading 233 Wallstreet II I am thinking of uprgrading my wallstreet to a powerlogix G4/500 card. If someone has a horror story please let me know tks

Re: upgrading 233 Wallstreet II

2003-01-20 Thread Jeff Spray
Brownsberger Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 9:09 AM To: G-Books Subject: Re: upgrading 233 Wallstreet II What is this card and where can it be brought, cheapest, of course! John Brownsberger on 1/20/03 12:30 PM, Jeff Spray at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recently upgraded with the exact same card

upgrading 233 Wallstreet II

2003-01-18 Thread sean weijand
I am thinking of uprgrading my wallstreet to a powerlogix G4/500 card. If someone has a horror story please let me know tks sean -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for

Directions for upgrading Pismo memory

2003-01-15 Thread Anthony Vo
Hi Listers, I'm trying to obtain info. how to upgrade Pismo memory but when I click on the following side, the messg. says: I don't have authority to access, please advise or point me to another one.

Re: Directions for upgrading Pismo memory

2003-01-15 Thread Jeff Drummond
Anthony Vo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Listers, I'm trying to obtain info. how to upgrade Pismo memory but when I click on the following side, the messg. says: I don't have authority to access, please advise or point me to another one.

upgrading Wallstreet to OS 9, should I partition the drive?

2002-12-17 Thread Andrew
I'm going to take the plunge and upgrade the OS on my Wallstreet. It's family number M4753, 266 Mhz, 320 Mb RAM, 4 Gb HD (1.9 Gb free). Ok, so I'm a little behind the curve, I'm going from 8.6 to 9.1. I want to use the latest airport drivers with my Lucent Wavelan card (thanks to the list for the

Re: upgrading Wallstreet to OS 9, should I partition the drive?

2002-12-17 Thread RogueWriter
On Tuesday, Dec 17, 2002, at 23:51, Andrew wrote: First question: I have OS 9.0.4 on CD. I also have downloaded the updates to 9.1, 9.2.1 and 9.2.2 Is there any preference between the different flavours of OS 9? The computer is used for e-mail and text editing, graphic converter is as close

Re: upgrading Wallstreet to OS 9, should I partition the drive?

2002-12-17 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 17/12/02 23:51, Andrew at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm going to take the plunge and upgrade the OS on my Wallstreet. It's family number M4753, 266 Mhz, 320 Mb RAM, 4 Gb HD (1.9 Gb free). Ok, so I'm a little behind the curve, I'm going from 8.6 to 9.1. I want to use the latest airport

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