Join the Q3Test Network Stress Test 05 Nov 99 21:15 EST Connect to 24.3.116.110 (standard port) all day this Saturday 6 November 1999 to join the Q3Test Network Stress Test. Stats will be reset 8:00 am EST, and games will held all day including team, tournament and (my personal favorite) 10 min FFA's! (free for all's). Winners will be announced at 11:00 EST, with places awarded to those with most play time, most frags, best efficiency, best overall score, and least amount of suicides. How will you rate? C'mon in and battle you way to victory. It goes all day, so keep the pizza's comin' and the beer cold. Sign up form Browse the discussion board and current stats Logon and frag, point q3test to 24.3.116.110 The winners circle Q3Test Server is hosted by zOinks (Bart Hirst). Play at your own risk, he is mean!

Max RAM on Wall Street 05 Nov 99 14:38 EST A PowerPage reader asks about RAM expansion for the Wall Street. The lower RAM slot was intended for only 64 MB of RAM and the upper slot can hold 128 MB, for a max of 192. But with new 256 MB DIMMs, you can max out your Wall Street with 512 MB total (256 + 256). Note that the smaller cards are more expensive. Check with Ramseeker for prices and see Newer Technology for more information.

Steve Jobs Confirms iBooks Are Shipping 05 Nov 99 17:02 EST Warren Lyle sent us this email: From: Steve Jobs Date: Fri, 5 Nov 99 06:11:02 -0800 To: stdwcl11@unxmail.shsu.edu Subject: Re: Your message of Fri, 5 Nov 99 00:40:35 +0000 Yep. We're shipping them in high volume now, so it shouldn't be long. Thanks for your patience. Steve Begin forwarded message: > >From: stdwcl11@unxmail.shsu.edu >To: sjobs@pixar.com >Date: Fri, 5 Nov 99 00:40:35 +0000 > >Dear Steve, > >I have nothing in my life with >beauty, curves and colorA. >Will I ever get my beloved iBook? > >Cheers, >Warren Lyle So go order your iBook today! ;-)

VST Format 2.0 05 Nov 99 04:39 EST VST Technologies has released VST Format 2.0, a major update to its FireWire Formatting application. Major new features include improved data transfer rates, password-protected partitions, data encryption on a per partition basis, write protection on a per partition basis, and DOS formatted volumes from a Macintosh. Version 2.0 is available as a free updater from the VST Web site, and is now bundled with all VST FireWire storage products.

AirPort Base Stations, but No Cards 05 Nov 99 03:06 EST It seems that the AirPort base stations have started shipping, but the AirPort cards haven't. Several PowerPage readers have received notice that their base stations have shipped already, but have been told an rough estimate of "maybe within two weeks, or perhaps next month" for when their AirPort cards will ship. For many people, the AirPort card will be the last piece of the picture that Steve Jobs unveiled at MacWorld Expo NY '99, which includes the iBook, the AirPort base station, and finally the AirPort card.

AirPort for PowerBooks 05 Nov 99 14:45 EST Another PowerPage reader asks about using PC Cards so that your PowerBook can access the AirPort network. You can use any IEEE 802.11 compliant card to access the AirPort network, and Lucent makes WaveLAN IEEE Turbo 11Mb PC Card (Silver/Gold) that supports 11Mbps. PowerPage sponsor Farallon's SkyLINE Wireless PC Card is an 802.11 PC Card which you might want to look at. We know there are several other PC Cards out on the market, directed primarily at PC notebooks, but we haven't heard anything about using them with PowerBooks yet.