Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / October 2003

the headphone input of my iPod is broken (the round plastic thing
only). It still works fine but the mini-jacks don´t stay in
unfortunately. So I´m wondering if there is an easy (and safe) way to
open/close the iPod. It´s a first generation iPod 5GB (no warranty).

What is this VGA connector in iBooks? Can I connect my PC monitor to it?
I heard there needed to be a kind of adapter in older macs before normal PC
monitor could have been used.
I also worry about the quality of the connector; is the picture going to be

I was recently installing more RAM in my Wallstreet's lower slot, and
when I restarted the computer, I noticed that it had lost its date
settings. I removed the main battery and disconnected the AC to do the
installation.

installed Panther on my PowerBook G3 400MHz/384MB yesterday. Updated
from 10.2.6.
 'All' seems well.
Scrolling is noticably faster.

I'm having issues browsing one website that used to run fine on Safari.
I seemed to have tracked the issue back to 'javascript'.  When enabled
then the site doesn't run correctly i.e the links don't work. If I
disable javascript then it runs fine.

I dropped my iPod on the floor (carpet on concrete) from shoulder level,
and it was in an inCase case. No damage, still works fine, except the
metalic case is very slightly bent over the "hold" switch. I'd like to
open the iPod to straighten the case. It's still under "warranty" ...

Here are the specs the laptop is in great shape with no dead pixels or
scratchs on it.
12 inch monitor
G3 700 MHZ  

Can anyone comment on actual battery life for the different new
powerbooks?
What I'd need is 4 hours of writing a text.
So I could run the processor a little slower, dim the screen, stop the

I'm thinking about buying iBook G3 800mhz with the combo drive.
Will Panther be included someday in the package with a small or no fee?
Jason

Has anybody tried that? I'm assuming that minipci interface should be
standard. However I don't know if cisco minipci card has similar
dimensions...
I want to use Linux on powerbook and the only cidco minipci 802.11

I'm trying to find a device driver for an Agfa Snapscan 1236s that
will run on my PowerBook 1400, but nothing has worked so far. The
original driver software ScanWise v. 1.2.1 that came with the scanner
reports that "the SCSI manager is not installed" even though the Apple

I downloaded and installed Newsreader last night but I'm having issues with
it. I've posted messages, but they never show up even when I check for new
posts. I know they've been posted because they show up fine using google
groups in Safari or on my Windows system using Outlook ...

Probably a stupid question, but how do you get the F9-11 keys keys to
work with Expose in Panther.  When I hit them I get the keyboard
backlight controls instead.  Nothing in the help menues.
Could be dependant on the ambient light level?  In a darker environment,

I was thinking of getting a new PB 12" soon and I was wondering how hard is it
to install RAM?   On my iBook it was easy, just open the keyboard and remove
the metal RAM cover.
Can I do it or should I have the dealer do it?  

hi all! its time to upgrade, have a few items to move. prices INCLUDE
shipping to the 48 states only, payment via paypal only. i have
feedback on eBay under the username majette. here we go:
powerbook G3, lombard series 333mhz