Margrave, Do you work for Apple? I compliment you on your deep, in depth knowlege of the MacOS platform and familiarity with TechSupport. To the point - switch off the unnecces…

One more tip to speed up your iBook's startup is to hold down the command(Apple) and option keys while opening up the Memory control panel. At the bottom you'll see a section on "S…

Infowave's PowerPrint may do the job.

All the software you need is included with MacOS 8.6. I'd remove any and all extensions and/or control panels you have installed for this cable. Get the up to date LaserJet insta…

I tried jcarr's suggestion with the Desktop Printer Utility, but the computer isn't recognizing the USB printer. Maybe that's not the best description ... in Desktop Printer Utili…

Dear Tom! I�ve read about just the same problem with the Laserjet a couple of months ago. Now I found this VERY well hidden at the Belkin site "FAQs" (http://www.belkin.com/support…

Well ... Groucho seems to have gotten me the closest so far. I disabled that extension, and the LaserJet 4 Plus printer does show up in the Chooser, under MacJet/USB. However, th…

I have run into this problem and spent several days trying to figure it out. This is what I found. The only solution that worked with out modifying the printer was to purchase In…

cnujeff speaks logics. As I mentioned in my previous mail I�ve met with this problem before and when I heard that a cable (!!!) could make compatible a Laserjet 4 with the Mac I wa…

After waiting all day, there's been no response from the CAIDesign people. And I found out why. My dad send me this reply to an email he received regarding the whole situation: "…

Purchased Infowave PowerPrint USB to Parelell with my iBook. Tried printing to several different printers that were compatible with the software and nothing worked. Could not even …

Hi, I am an iMac tech for apple and have seen this quite a few times. Fax STF is a pain in my ass... The sure way to fix the problem is to disable to STF extensions and restart.…

Whatever happened to that great application, Apple Telecom? That program (and the patch that made it work with my PC card modem) was hands down the *best* fax software I have eve…

I have the same but slightly different problem. Disc Burner works perfectly, it's just that everything fails varification in Toast 5. Is there a problem with the burner or is it …

The answer to this problem with the iBook of one of my students was provided by 'ever-ready Bugs'--it was a PowerManager which needed to be reset and exact instructions are given a…

If you do it, let us all know how it works out!

I have a mat****a in mine.... I'm not sure if they are putting different ones in...

I got the DVD software decoder from the iMac DV to run of my iBook and power mac G3 by hacking it a little. DVD works fine on the G3 but I dont have a DVD drive for the iBook. Anyw…

Ok guys I think I got it... checked the specs on the CD-ROM drive that comes with the iBook and its a Mat****a/Pansonic CR-175 drive. Well it looks like they make a DVD drive that …

I want to buy an an iBook real bad. I just can't justify it without the DVD drive. Is there a URL for that DVD-ROM drive from Mat****a? I have the instructions for overclocking t…

The URL for the CD-ROM the came in the iBook (CR-175) is: http://www.panasonic.com/industrial_...urrent/175.htm And the URL for the 4X DVD 24X CD-ROM Drive (SR-8173) is: http://w…

The possibility of putting a DVD drive in an iBook seems really cool, but will a DVD installed in one need a hardware-based decoder or will Apple's (or some other 3rd party's) soft…

I have figured out how to hack the Apple software decoder version 2.0b2 from Apple. Works fine for DVD on my 9500/400G3 w/ SCSI DVD and Rage 128 Orion. Shold work on the iBook, jus…

Where can you buy such a DVD drive.? Are they only sold for OEM?

I call the company who made the CD rom . They said they'll have the DVD one in March and if I'm interested , they can sell it to me. I'd like to try. But I'd like to know is it tha…