Gift horse dentistry (was: Many portables that must go)

2003-02-09 Thread chouston
What does a playstation have to do with powerbooks? I don't play, I work with my Mac! Was this whole commercial post authorized by the listmom? Josh Shanks wrote: ok i am sending this message again becuase i am not sure if you got my last message. I have a playstation 2 that has been used

Great uses for old Macs

2003-02-09 Thread Dan Knight
I'm the listmom, so I guess I can break my own rule against crossposting. I've been thinking of this for about a week now, and I really want to do a series of articles under the idea I Can Do It on My Low End Mac. In the past I've tried writing articles on how a Mac Plus or II is still useful.

Re: Gift horse dentistry (was: Many portables that must go)

2003-02-09 Thread Lou Judson
I was rash - I apologize... The list was a bit long, and I overreacted. Other lists I'm on are more strict, and i cross-read (the opposite of crossposting!) Sorry, Lou [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Commercial?! Give the guy a break.

Control strip remote access display

2003-02-09 Thread Gerald R . Homeyer
Recently, after using Retrospect Express to place a duplicate of my boot partition on another hard drive for safe storage, I reformatted the original partition and reinstalled OS 8.6.I then proceeded to reinstall various applications and carry over other programs not requiring an install. I

Re2: torx in u.k.

2003-02-09 Thread ken ross
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2003 13:16:49 -0800 From: Gary Sparkes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: torx in u.k. heh, but... most of us are not lucky to be british or be in that area :) gad sir - that'll teach you to leave the british empire ;- -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/

Re: torx in u.k.

2003-02-09 Thread Gary Sparkes
err.. i don't have to listen or bow to a queen! all i have to say is mr. president! and anyone that tried might become the head of state president you do it by blood lines and crap! HAHAHAHA, and air force one is especially nice :) a 300-400 passenger jet converted to hold 50-100 :) gad sir -

Re: What to do when a PowerBook freezes?

2003-02-09 Thread John Smith
Depending on the model, you can try the 'three finger salute', where you strike apple-control-restart. Otherwise, there might be a reset button on the back, behind the ports cover. Which model are you trying to restart?? John. On 10/2/03 9:47 AM, Bernadette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Group

Re: pc card smartcard readers

2003-02-09 Thread Matthew White
I use a Ridata Smart Media Adapter and it works perfect with my PowerBook 1400 (its a PCMCIA card). It doesn't need any software and it shows up as an ATA drive on the desktop when a smartmedia card is inserted (and transfers fast). I use a Fuji Finepix 1400 digital camera and a 64meg

Re: What to do when a PowerBook freezes?

2003-02-09 Thread JP
What Kind of Powerbook are talking here? Need to know that for the location of where the reset button is ex.- 1400 is on the backside of the book under the back cover between the ADB and printer/modem port From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernadette) Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (PowerBooks) Date: Sun,

Re: What to do when a PowerBook freezes?

2003-02-09 Thread Gary Sparkes
when mine freezes i just hit the power switch and turn it off then on - Original Message - From: JP [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PowerBooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 3:18 PM Subject: Re: What to do when a PowerBook freezes? What Kind of Powerbook are talking here? Need

digest

2003-02-09 Thread Aaron
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Re: digest

2003-02-09 Thread John Smith
i just got 277 posts...hows in the !@@## do i get a digest of this list?? At the bottom of each one of those 277 posts, it says For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hope this helps :-) John. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Shut Down on Freeze

2003-02-09 Thread bill wells
Someone on the list asked about shutting down pb on freeze. I've never had a problem when I've pulled out the power supply. Of course you can hold down the shift option command keys and push the power off button and it should restart. Hope this helps bill -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

Re: Gift horse dentistry (was: Many portables that must go)

2003-02-09 Thread Alex Retterer
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Re: pc card CPcard readers

2003-02-09 Thread Edmond AUGIER
Hello I get a PowerBook G3 250 MHz (Mac OS 9.1) just for my ditital camera Nikon D100. I can read 64 Mo and 128 Mo cards with my SanDisk adaptator but when Want to read my 256 Mo card, the PowerBook freeze... Whar's the problem ? E.A. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/