Newb here witha few questions.

Not a newb to macs but to my powerbook. I had a Powermac G3 all in one beige with 384 MEGS of ram, 9.2 OS and a factory speed of 233 MGHZ clocked to 280 and 4 GIG HD and CD drive. It since died a few years ago when the power unit/supply...i am guessing, crapped out. I now just purchased a Lombard 400 MGHZ powerbook G3 DVD/CD, with 64 MEGS of ram and a 6 gig HD. There is some things i need to get for it...ram, batteries and a bigger hardrive but i am happy with it. I am running 10.2 on it right now and REALLY need more memory. I am about to install 9.2 on it as well. My question is the PC slot on the left side, what can go there? I know the 333MGHZ Lombards use a DVD decoder there but mine does not since its built in. What sorta things can go there? Also i have a 10.3 CD here...should i install it as wellor will it make it run slower since i only have the 64 MEGS right now.

Brandon:
Here is one topic in Discussions that might give you some clues.

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My advice would be to make sure you have the latest software. When you connect your IPT (iPod Touch) to your computer, iTunes should show your IPT. The latest software is 1.1.3. If you have 1.1.1, update to 1.1.2. and then to 1.1.3. You can find out which version you have in one of two ways: 1) On your IPT (not hooked to the computer) at the home screen, select Settings->General->About. You should have Version 1.1.3 (4A93); 2) in iTunes, Click on the IPT and you'll see the Summary tab. It will let you know if you have an update available. Now if you don't have the updated software,click Check For Update. If the update doesn't help, click the Restore button on iTunes. It'll reset your iPod and will sync everything back on.
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Newbie here with automatic update problem.

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Hello Leila and welcome to the Palm forums.
This is likely an error message from the My Centro application of the Palm Software (store) application. The problem is that one or both of these applications is waking up while you're asleep and trying to check for content updates (not really needed in my opinion) and the Internet connection on your phone is currently closed.
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I to had trouble the first time I attempted to install Arch... I gave up for a week and then decided to try again... and the second time everything just worked... My only advice is that likely your missing a step in the Begginers/Installation guide... if you have another computer that can load up the guides and continually reference them while you are installing I am sure you will be able to successfully install arch... From your initial post it seems like you didn't even bother reading large portions of the guide. Arch isn't mean to be a GUI do-it-all install... it is meant to be customizable to the individual users needs... The ArchWiki is the best resource to date that I have found... it is very well put together... 90% of the all the problems I have ran into are quickly solved by doing a quick google search "problemX archwiki" and if for whatever reason their happens to not have an entry on it... "problemX archlinux" seems to pop up relevant forum posts. I really do not see how their could be a simpler guide while still retaining the ability to customize the distro to each individuals liking and personally I do not find it that difficult or convoluted... it separated into easy to follow steps... albeit I will grant you a semi-long process (once you have done it once... it doesn't seem so long the second or third time you do it). By the time you do get installed you will have learned more about your system and that knowledge will help you in being able to track down problems as they arise or at least be able to post up the necessary information that will help fellow forum users in diagnosing/solving your issues. That being said... if you enjoy your previous distro and it does everything you like... then stick with what works... but just realize you are missing the brilliance in simplicity that is Arch ; )
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Please help : here a few questions about BLOBs

I'm using Forms6i patch11. I've got a web application with a block based on a table like this :
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Maybe I didn't understand it correctly (my english is not so good after all).
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Alanna J wrote:
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