Re: original startup disks for 5300cs

[MacinNW]

In a message dated 8/7/01 15:00:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

>>
>>Wow... 3am. I tell people I have insomnia but I really just have Macs.
>>
>Wow too. Now this is one sentence fit for a sig in the Mac world...
>
>OM
>
I'll second that!  And it goes right after I use a Mac because I want to, not 
because I have to!

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Re: best OS for 520c

[Paul Nelson]

At 3:58 PM +0800 8/7/01, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>i have OS 7.5.5 on my PB 520c ...
>will the 520c be able to run OS 8.6 or is OS 7.5.5 the optimum OS
>for it?

8.1 works nicely.
Paul



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Powerbook 1400c

[Tony Smith]

Hello all. I'm in the process of buying a Powerbook 1400c with a G3 Upgrade
off eBay and I was wondering if anyone could help me out with some questions
I have. I've been perusing the used items for a few days now while I'm
anxiously awaiting my new Powerbook 1400/G3 and I'm confused on how the
memory works.

For one thing, what's the REAL memory limit? Apple lists it as 64, but I'm
seeing Powerbook 1400's on eBay with 80mb of RAM! At first I figured the
Sellers were listing the virtual memory instead of the real Ram...but I've
also seen auctions for 32mb memory cards for the 1400 that are
stackable...two of which, plus the stock ram, would give theoretically give
the machine 80mb's...

Has anyone tried doing this or have done it?

Also, are ALL 32mb chips stackable? I believe mine has a 32mb chip in it
already (if what the seller says is accurate)...so I'm wondering if I can
get away with just buying another 32mb chip to get to 80mb

I just bought a 10 gig hard drive so I'm okay for hard drive space, but that
RAM limitation is a killer. I really don't want to live with 64 mb unless I
have to. Anyone have any background on this?

Tony Smith,
Anxious Mac Pappy

P.S. If anyone has any PB 1400 items for sale, please email me privately. I
may be interested. 


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Recognizing Toshiba drive

[ZITAOHE]

Hi all,
Having difficulty getting a used 500mb Toshiba scsi drive recognized on my PB 
520c.

The Toshiba is supposed to be Mac format. It must have been formatted with 
Japanese HD software but no idea which. 

Tried several times to install English OS 8.1 from an external Apple CD rom 
(holding C and then Com-opt-shift-delete)  but it will not start up from the 
external CDR.

English Apple OS 8 SCSI drive set up lite (on floppy disk) won't recognize 
the Toshiba drive either.

 The Toshiba HD icon did show up when I booted the PB520 from an external HD 
which had a Japanese OS 8 on it.

Next tried  putting the PB520 in scsi mode on my Power Mac 6200. Was able to 
do an easy install of English OS 8.1 via the destop Mac's CD.  It went 
through the installation motions. 

The PB still won't boot from the Toshiba HD on its own. However  when I 
attach the external HD (ID #6) it boots up from the English OS 8.1.  The 
Toshiba HD in the PB has ID 0. 

 Am i fated to always have to use the external HD  for the PB to boot?  What 
I am doing wrong?

TIA,
Zita

 





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Re: best OS for 520c

[makmac]

Rick King on 8/7/01 7:51 PM wrote:

> I would love to bump his up to 8.1, but the last time I was down there I
> didn't have the adaptor to hook up my external cd to it.

Just FYI, if you can connect the 520 to another Mac via ethernet you can do
the install. I put my OS8.1 installer CD in my iMac and shared it. I then
connected via ethernet to the iMac and mounted the CD to my PB190's desktop
(the 190 has an '040 processor). Then I just ran the installer from the CD
and upgraded from 7.5.5 to 8.1 just that easily.

-makmac


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Re: best OS for 520c

[Rick King]

I would have to say OS 7.6.1 for this one.  If you have enough ram, 8.1 would be a 
good choice.  My dad's is using 7.6.1.  I would love to bump his up to 8.1, but the 
last time I was down there I didn't have the adaptor to hook up my external cd to it.  
Being 800 miles away makes it a bit difficult. 7.6 is more stable than 7.5.  I have 
also heard that  you can install the presentation manager?  from 8.1 into 7.6 allowing 
you to put pictures on your desktop.  I am not sure of the name of this component or 
the procedure invovled...perhaps someone could shed some light on this?
God Bless,
Rick


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Re: best OS for 520c

[Bruce Johnson]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> i have OS 7.5.5 on my PB 520c ...
> will the 520c be able to run OS 8.6 or is OS 7.5.5 the optimum OS
> for it?


'No' and 'It depends'...

How much memory do you have on it? I have 36 megs on my 540c, plus a 
larger HDD, so I run virtual memory, too, and I'm quite happy with 8.1.

However, depending on how you're set up. OS8.1 takes between 6 and 10 
megs of memory to itself. 7.5.5 can be set up to take less than 4.

But I really like the more stable 8.1...

System 8.5 and above were for PowerPC systems only, so unless you have 
the PPC upgrade (and the memory) 8.6 is right out.


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best OS for 520c

[junbelen]

i have OS 7.5.5 on my PB 520c ...
will the 520c be able to run OS 8.6 or is OS 7.5.5 the optimum OS
for it?
thanks


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Re: original startup disks for 5300cs

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>
>Wow... 3am. I tell people I have insomnia but I really just have Macs.
>
Wow too. Now this is one sentence fit for a sig in the Mac world...

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Re: Latch broken on my PB1400!

[Bruce Johnson]

Michael Dolberry wrote:

> Oddly enough, the superglue seems to have worked. That
> has never happened to me before. I am letting it set
> and not stressing it overly, but so far it has not
> fallen off.


One thing you could do (without having a 1400 in front of me to look at) 
is get some epoxy, and some fine gauze (preferably plastic or fiberglass 
if you can...model supply stores might carry the latter) or bit of tyvek 
(from a CD sleeve or something) and wrap the latch piece in a single 
layer of gauze/tyvek and smear it with epoxy. You can do the same thing 
with superglue, but im my experience epoxy works better.

That should reinforce it sufficiently that it'll be stronger than before.

NB: I have not done this to the latch per se, but if it's similar at all 
to the latch on my 540 that should be doable. I have used this technique 
to repair a variety of small, hard-to-replace plastic bits...the 
windshield wiper lever on my Honda is still going strong after this type 
of repair...beat spending several hundred dollars to replace the entire 
switch unit!

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College of Pharmacy
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Re: original startup disks for 5300cs

[makmac]

Roger Adams on 8/7/01 6:01 AM wrote:

> 
> When I got my PB5300ce in August 98, the system disks had to be copies from
> the HDD.  There were no system disks supplied with the PB.  I created a full
> set (some 15 floppies) and still have these.   I think they are OS 7.5.1.
> 

Just FYI, I recently purchased an original Apple software install CD for the
PowerBook 5300, 2300, 190, & PPC upgrade (i.e. 500 series with the upgrade).
So an install CD does truly exist. I just don't know what PowerBook it may
have shipped with originally.

It has disk images of the installer floppies (13 of them) as well as a disk
tools image. It has System 7.5.2 on it as does the disk tools. Inside the
CD's system folder is the "PowerBook 5300/2300/190 Enabler". In the disk
tools System folder is the "Minimal 5300/2300/190 Enabler".

There is also a read me with info regarding connecting SCSI devices. SCSI
can be finicky on older PowerBooks. Termination is important. It recommends
that if you have trouble mounting SCSI devices that you install a terminator
at the beginning and end of the chain. To put one at the beginning you would
need a pass-through terminator on the first device and then connect the
PowerBook SCSI cable to that.

-makmac


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Re: original startup disks for 5300cs

[Clark Martin]

>Clark said:
>
>>There are two types of System CDs, machine specific versions that are only
>>good for the indicated machines and non-specific versions that will install
>>on any machine that can take that version of the OS.
>
>
>If I am able to _boot_ from a Mac OS CD, am I safe in assuming that I
>can install that same system software that will have all the
>necessary parts for the powerbook to work?

I think so.  Try it.  If it isn't the right CD the installer will let you
know.  If it lists any Mac models on the CD label (other than PB5300 which
shouldn't exist) then it won't work.
>
>Please jog my memory again, because I know we've talked about it
>before, but what is the best, ie fastest and most efficient, system
>for the 5300? Right now there's 24 RAM xRAMDoubler and the hard drive
>is 500MB with SoftPC taking up a small portion of real estate.

I have OS 8.6 running on my PB5300C and I like it.  It was a bit tight on
memory with 32Mb (but still worked well).  I've just upgraded to 64Mb and
that seems like enough.  When I upgrade the HD I'm going to try OS 9.1 just
to see if it will be worth it.

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Re: Latch broken on my PB1400!

[Michael Dolberry]

Oddly enough, the superglue seems to have worked. That
has never happened to me before. I am letting it set
and not stressing it overly, but so far it has not
fallen off.

I have been truly blessed.

Mike Dolberry
A Mac With a (tenuous) Latch

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Re: original startup disks for 5300cs

[Roger Adams]

on 8/6/01 6:48 PM, ppp3 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I'm needing to find the original set of emergency startup floppy
> disks for the powerbook 5300, including the system disks if there is
> such a creature. There's a virus on this powerbook I've bought so my
> plans of copying everything over to the new hard drive is quickly
> going by the wayside. Virex says many of the system components are
> infected.
> 
> I'd also like the clean install of the missing software that comes
> with the Global Village modem card, that doesn't seem to be anywhere
> on their website.
> 
> So far I've been unable to get the computer to recognise an external
> CD drive so I suspect I'm missing some extensions. A clean re-install
> of software seems to be the better choice.
> 
> Any clues on where I might find such creatures? Should a universal
> system disk have all the parts necessary for a powerbook to function
> or were there special system components that necessitate using only
> certain system disks?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> If ignorance is bliss, I'm simply drooling away the days :-(

When I got my PB5300ce in August 98, the system disks had to be copies from
the HDD.  There were no system disks supplied with the PB.  I created a full
set (some 15 floppies) and still have these.   I think they are OS 7.5.1.

I would be happy to make copies and let you have them but I as I live in
Thailand I would have to send them to you via courier at your cost.   The
floppies would be supplied free.

I also have the original disks for GV Platinum PC 28.8 Card.  Is this the
one you are referring to?  If so, the same as above would also apply.

Let me know what you want to do.

Cheers

Roger


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Re: original startup disks for 5300cs

[MacinNW]

In a message dated 8/7/01 00:20:34, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

>Please jog my memory again, because I know we've talked about it 
>before, but what is the best, ie fastest and most efficient, system 
>for the 5300? Right now there's 24 RAM xRAMDoubler and the hard drive 
>is 500MB with SoftPC taking up a small portion of real estate.

Glad to hear you got it running again. With only 500Mb of HD I would guess 
you'd want to stopp at 8.1. I have 8.6 on mine with a 2G HD and 56Mb of RAM. 
9.1 is too big.

But I will leave "what is the best, ie fastest and most efficient, system 
>for the 5300?" to others to answer.

Brent

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