iBook charging issue.
OS 9.2x
Camino
Big American Cars
"un-Apple-peeling"?
Michael Moore[/url]

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iBook charging issue.

Hi there

I'm hoping you can help me with this. I have a 12" iBook wth 256 mb of RAM using OS X.2 that cannot seem to boot while in battery mode. I just get a grey screen after the chime. Power light is on, but the computer does not boot. It works perfectly while plugged in and says the Battery is fully charged. I tried resetting the computer, but cant find the reset button!

any advice?

Thanks for reading this.

-Ian

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Hi Ian;

Sounds like it very well could be a Power Manager issue.

For iBook (16 MB VRAM) computers and later models of iBook, there is no physical reset button. To reset the Power Manager Unit:

1. If the computer is on, turn it off.
2. Reset the power manager by simultaneously pressing and then releasing Shift-Control-Option-Power on the keyboard. Do not press the fn (Function) key while using this combination of keystrokes. 3. Wait 5 seconds.
4. Press the Power button to restart the iBook computer.

For earlier model dual USB iBooks that do have a Reset button:

1. If the computer is on, turn it off.
2. Disconnect the AC power adapter.
3. Remove the battery.
4. Press and release the reset button (shown here) located above the Audio/Video port on the left side of the iBook (Dual USB) computer by inserting the end of a paper clip into the small hole and gently pressing the switch once. 5. Wait 5 seconds.
6. Reconnect the AC power adapter.
7. Put the battery back in the computer.
8. Press the Power button to restart the computer.

Hope this solves your charging problem.

Charles







OS 9.2x

From Eric Matthieu

Hi Charles,

Last week I wrote asking a few questions on Mac OS 9.2.x, as I was updating from 9.1. FWIW I'd like to give an update on the matter re: MacTCP not working properly when trying to use the telnet program MacSSH. Happily, it may now be a moot point.

This morning I learned that,

"Beginning August 1, 2004 access to the Library catalog will be changing... Patrons who currently use Telnet to connect to the Library catalog will now need to use a web browser."

Which is all well and good, but it makes me wonder if the issue was really with the MacTCP driver in the first place, even though August 1 is still a ways off. Maybe a problem does exist with the driver, but outside of this telnet example I've had no problems at all using the Net.

Now I just visit a dedicated page on the library's web site and a java applet runs a sort of virtual telnet session. Everything seems to work fine with both iCab 2.9.8 and IE 5.1.7. However, so far no joy with Netscape 7.0. Maybe some time I'll see if it's just a matter of tweaking the settings in preferences. In the meantime, I'm back in business with iCab and that's all that really matters. Crisis averted!

Eric

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Hi Eric;

Thanks for the follow-up.

Charles






Camino

From John M. Dennis

They have an alpha version for you to try out.

http://www.mozilla.org/products/camino/

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Hi John;

Thanks. I've had the Camino 0.8 beta since it was released, and did a mini-review in OS X Odyssey 562.

Charles







Big American Cars

From tkdblk

Just might have to try that Magnum.

I never thought they had it in them!

But my iBook had better fit in the center storage compartment, or the deal is off!






"un-Apple-peeling"?

By Brent Bielema

There is something just a bit "un-Apple-peeling" about this article. First of all, the really huge American cars actually came out in the early-to-mid '70's (like my dad's '75 Chevy BelAir -- perhaps the last of its kind?). They were certainly dinosaurs, and downsized after the government-caused "Energy Crisis."

Still, I fondly remember travelling to nearby Cordova Dragway (early '70's?), to cheer at the racing Mustangs. Then, we would zoom home at 100 mph in my brother's Pontiac GTO. (The laissez-faire highway enforcement and greater personal freedoms are certainly missed from that era).

I just think that the Apple ethic would be more in line with something fuel-efficient and futuristic like the Honda Insight. Personally, I think there's nothing cooler than the Subaru Impreza WRX. There were certainly a lot of worthy classics in the era you mentioned, though. But like the gas company slogan says, "The future belongs to the efficient." Now if we can just get Apple into the car business...

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Hi Brent;

I agree that those '70s GM monsters were a bit of a self-parody of the big car concept, although a couple of friends of mine had Buick LeSabres of the era that I used to drive some, and they were pretty cool.

My son's Imperials (He's owned a '64, a '67, and the '68 ragtop) are proof that really big cars can be nimble, and the gas milage is amazingly good, at least on the highway if you keep your foot out of it. And those new Chrysler hemis have the multi-displacement feature that helps with fuel milage.

I think my favorite big American car that I owned personally was a '65 Chev Bel-Air with a 230 CID inline 6 and a three-speed manual gearbox. With the light six in a car that could take a 409 CID V-8, handling was really good, and so was gas milage.

I'm all for efficiency, think hybrid cars like the Insight and Toyota Prius are way cool, and ditto the WRX. Our family bus these days is a Toyota Corolla. But for sheer automotive enjoyment, nothing compares to big, rear wheel drive American iron, and the Chrysler 300C and Dodge Magnum make me drool.

The fact that Chrysler is running round the clock shifts at Brampton indicates that the immediate future belongs to them and that there is a ton of pent-up demand for traditional RWD big American sedans (even if they're made in Canada and 30% of the parts are German

Charles






Michael Moore

From Anthony Connors

http://www.fahrenheit911.com/

Nevermind the Fact that Mr. Ray Bradbury has distanced himself and does Not endorsd the Film, I will wait for the DVD. Mr. Moore looks like the FatCat Republican base he protrays! I suggest Mr. Moore WALK a golf course!

I trust that the American people will probably NOT SEE IT! Moore probably works for John Kerry! FWIW, on the Internet, I heard He looks French! John Kerry, that is, Mr. Moore looks like a poster-boy for a gym, or what can happen when you Don't Go To One!

Apple is ABOVE this! They have a small enough market-share! I am beginning to rethink my Mac loyalty.

Mr. Anthony J. Connors

P.S. If I seem too blunt, Blame it on my Italian/Irish breeding!

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Hi Anthony;

I also am a non-fan of Michael Moore, to whom I profoundly hope am not even distantly related. Regrettably, he's probably even more popular in Canada than he is in the US.

I assume you're refering to this.
http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/fahrenheit_911/

Ray Bradbury has actually demanded that Moore re-name the film. Good on him!

I too am disgusted with Apple for having anything to do with this execrable clown, but Al Gore is a board member and Steve Jobs fancies himself a liberal Democrat. So what else is new? If I was going to let politics affect my enthusiasm for the Mac platform I would have bailed a long time ago. Heck, even Rush Limbaugh is a Mac fan.

For a lucid and balanced review of Fahrenheit 9/11 visit this link.

It concludes:

"....He's been accused of playing unfair, and there may be a case for that. While he's a known political satirist, he must now also be considered an investigative journalist, although he doesn't seem required to abide by the traditional play-fair rules of bona fide journalism. There's no balance, no impartiality. And no apology.

"So let's just call Fahrenheit 9/11 a piece of cinematic propaganda and leave it at that."

Well said.

Charles


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