Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / March 2004

Arghh, I have a Pismo - 30 gig HD, 2 partitions, one
for OS9.22, one for OSX.  All was well, till I upgraded
to Panther on the OSX partition from Jaguar.  I upgraded,
did the software updates, then clicked on an OS9

I have no TV so it's been nice to be able to watch movies on my pbook
G4 with the combo drive. The quality is amazing . . . . when it works.
About one in ten discs quit midway, some won't play at all. I bought
the 4 disc Warner Bros cartoon set. One disc won't play and it's brand

Man, I can't believe I'm back again, asking new questions about the same
old problem. Sorry to be tedious. I'll try to be concise.
We're on a G3 Laptop (Pismo model) OS 9.2.2. I can boot it from the
internal hard disk, an auxiliary hard disk that goes in the other hot

I bought my ibook g4 w/o the bluetooth module.  Now I'd like to add
it.  Is it possible to do this or do I need to buy the USB adapter? I
really hope I don't have to get the adapter.
Joe

Mac Addict gives a UNIX command to check on battery level from the
Terminal program: ioreg-l|grep-iIOBatteryInfo
This does not work for me, I get the response Command not found, what am I
missing? Are there spaces or do I have the characters wrong?  I have a

Looking for some info from people who have one of these or have tried one.
Currently I have a thinkpad X series which is roughly equivalent in size
to a 12" PB. I'm very used to this size, cart it around everywhere, use it
on the couch etc.

I posted the following in the Apple's Support discussions, but the
moderator deleted it, because it dealt with "policy" instead of
technical issues.
Okaaa....yyy.

Something odd just happened to my almost-new iBook G4 12", which I
hope others can shed a light on.
Minutes ago, I was doing ordinary Web browsing and sshing when, all of
a sudden, the machine shut itself off. The obvious answer was a

I'm interested in using my iBook & cell phone for a simple modem
dial-up application.  (Not ISP, just plain character mode ala BBS.)
I see tantalizing hints that suggest I should be able to get a data
cable (available at Radio Shack for about $20) and C-Kermit should be

My seemingly large hard disk (40GB) on the iBook is nearly full. What is the
most efficient way of analyzing the contents of my HDD? I need it to make
decisions on what to remove to make room for the newest toys (or maybe even
business tools).

Can anyone recommend a 12v auto adapter for a Powerbook G4 12"?

I'm growing sick with my old pb 1400.
It reads cd-rms selectively and however slowly.The strange thing is that it
reads house-writed cds, and refuses to read apple's installation disks. Even
whe it decides that a cd is worth of reading, id takes hours. Sometimes I go

I've heard that some people find the PowerBooks hot, but how are the ibooks?
specifically the 12 inch?
Thanks in advance,
Dave

Recently recieved an old PB1440 notebook which has a Xircom Ethernet +
Modem 33 pc card but no cable or drivers for the ethernet card.
An ethernet cable adapter I can get for it. But I'm having trouble
locating Macintosh ethernet drivers for the Xircom card.

Dual USB iBook 500Mhz G3.
What experience do folks have with replacement batteries for these
puppies?
Should I just go with the Apple branded replacement, or are other