Re: Dead 140 - revived - partially

2003-06-15 Thread Gary Sparkes
my 140 does the same thing, and mine cannot run off of the battery because a fuse is dead. bad luck on my part, but without batt and wall power it wont work, thou it will work batt only when i find a replacment fuse - Original Message - From: "David Pekarsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "P

Re: x86 emulation

2003-02-26 Thread Gary Sparkes
ROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 12:52 PM Subject: Re: x86 emulation > Gary Sparkes wrote: > > what kind of x86 emulator (for like dos 5 or 6.22) should/could use on a > > lc3? (free if possible) > > > > > > > > Yeesh, nothing current (Bochs, B

x86 emulation

2003-02-26 Thread Gary Sparkes
what kind of x86 emulator (for like dos 5 or 6.22) should/could use on a lc3? (free if possible) -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBo

stuffit expander

2003-02-15 Thread Gary Sparkes
can anyone send me a disk image(somthing i can use on pc) of a stuffit expander installer or a macbinary decoder i can copy from pc to mac? i need to get stuffit expander on my lc3, and i only have this pc to transfer files from over floppy -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

Re: Newbie and PowerBook 520 Question

2003-02-14 Thread Gary Sparkes
shreve? - Original Message - From: "Tom Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 4:48 PM Subject: Re: Newbie and PowerBook 520 Question > > > > Shreve is selling new old stock 19.2 modems for the PB5xx for $2. Hard to > > beat that > >

Re: Problematic 1400+ethernet?

2003-02-13 Thread Gary Sparkes
heh, if you want multiple computers, get a router, just get the router, plug it in, follow directions, use internet on 2+ computers off of one internet connection :) > Thanks for all the reply on my problem. I ended up calling my provider and > asking them what the problem was and after a good 30 m

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-13 Thread Gary Sparkes
what about 7.6.1? i see a diskmaking script thingy on the apple site listed a few emails ago... is that any good? -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-13 Thread Gary Sparkes
> Not anymore. In the past, Apple had both the floppy version of System 7.5.3 > available online, as a series of single 1.4 MB floppy images, and the CD > version, which consists of 19 parts of one big image file that can be burnt > to a CD-R. > > The floppy version is no longer available for downl

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-12 Thread Gary Sparkes
ahh... thanks anyway! > > I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the set of > > DiskCopy images available on the Apple site is not designed to make > > individual floppy disks, but the images are instead designed to be mounted > > on the desktop and installed directly from the

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-11 Thread Gary Sparkes
yes, i beleive it is 7.5.3, > So, I think I understand that you have DiskCopy images of "some" OS, and > that possibly you are trying to convert these to floppy disks on your PC? yes to that -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smal

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-11 Thread Gary Sparkes
the images are THE FULL INSTALL SET (DISKCOPY) images :) from apple ^.^ - Original Message - From: "Joost van de Griek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 5:07 AM Subject: Re: Mac OS > On 2003-

Re: pb 3400c behaving strange

2003-02-11 Thread Gary Sparkes
fuse look for one 125v 5a - Original Message - From: "sirksd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 10:52 AM Subject: Re: pb 3400c behaving strange > Gabriel: > > Did you try resetting the power manager? > > The power socket itself co

Re: torx in u.k.

2003-02-10 Thread Gary Sparkes
eh true... but that's not the kind of thing i ment :) althou has anyone ever heard of the story where king george was called a bigot when he wanted to look at dday invasion plans? > don't worry - we don't either ! - as far as we can tell it's only > americans that are impressed by royalty . > >an

Re: for PB what screwdriver?

2003-02-10 Thread Gary Sparkes
eh, i didn't know that :) > Actually, there are no Torx screws anywhere in the PowerBook 100. It's all > Phillips and flat-blade screws for that one. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-10 Thread Gary Sparkes
> i need a full 7.5.x install disk set :) -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! |

Re: What to do when a PowerBook freezes?

2003-02-09 Thread Gary Sparkes
when mine freezes i just hit the power switch and turn it off then on - Original Message - From: "JP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 3:18 PM Subject: Re: What to do when a PowerBook freezes? > What Kind of Powerbook are talking her

Re: torx in u.k.

2003-02-09 Thread Gary Sparkes
err.. i don't have to listen or bow to a queen! all i have to say is "mr. president"! and anyone that tried might become the head of state you do it by blood lines and crap! HAHAHAHA, and air force one is especially nice :) a 300-400 passenger jet converted to hold 50-100 :) > gad sir - that'll t

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-08 Thread Gary Sparkes
its the 7.5.? diskcopy image i need to make floppies from it on a windowspc > >this was an option if you already had toast a program for burning cds > >- you can save discimages in that one - > >and if you have toast in both pc and mac they can read each others > >images, and toast can mount disk c

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-08 Thread Gary Sparkes
hrm? what should i do? - Original Message - From: "k" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 9:59 AM Subject: Re: Mac OS > > > > > > > > >> > > is there a pc program that can read the disk copy images? > > > > > > on our domestic ma

Re: Torx

2003-02-08 Thread Gary Sparkes
hah, i was talking about the 100 series > Yeah, hrm... ;-) > > I suppose that depends on the machine. (Are we still talking about the 5x0?) > > On my Wallstreet and on my 5300, the screws that retain the case > stiffener are VERY deeply recessed. The screws that hold in the > keyboard on the 53

Re: torx in u.k.

2003-02-08 Thread Gary Sparkes
heh, but... most of us are not lucky to be british or be in that area :) > here in the u.k. i got both the torx sizes i needed for getting inside my > pb160 from halfords ( a motoring & spare parts chain ) , one's in a > screwdriver form -the other is for use with a socket set (!) but i treat >

Re: Torx

2003-02-07 Thread Gary Sparkes
ebruary 07, 2003 11:26 AM Subject: Re: Torx > Gary Sparkes wrote: > > just buy a torx bit set for the screw drivers with the changable tips, it > > has like t-1 to t-10 > > Those will not work, as the holes the screws are set into are smaller > than the big part of t

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-07 Thread Gary Sparkes
t: Re: Mac OS > > > > -Original Message- > > From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Joe > > Melinis > > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 10:35 PM > > To: PowerBooks > > Subject: Re: Mac OS > > > > > > > From: G

Re: Torx

2003-02-07 Thread Gary Sparkes
just buy a torx bit set for the screw drivers with the changable tips, it has like t-1 to t-10 > (I ended up buying a torx6, 8 sized ones and they aren't so common anymore > from what the hardware fellas tell me) -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electroni

Re: for PB what screwdriver?

2003-02-07 Thread Gary Sparkes
for the 100's(like 100, 140, and up) it is t-10 for the bottom screws, a t-8 for the screw in the back near all the input/ouptut thingys, and t-8 for all inside - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 2:55 PM Subj

Re: Battery Problem

2003-02-06 Thread Gary Sparkes
To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 9:50 PM Subject: Re: Battery Problem > > > > > >From: Gary Sparkes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PowerBooks) > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Mac OS

2003-02-06 Thread Gary Sparkes
is there a pc program that can read the disk copy images? - Original Message - From: "Alex Retterer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 4:44 PM Subject: Re: Mac OS > > > > > >

Mac OS

2003-02-05 Thread Gary Sparkes
is there any way i can get 7.5.3 on binary disk images so as to write them to floppy on a pc using a program like rawrite (commonly used to write *nux bootdisks)? or is there a program to open diskcopy on windows? -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electron

Re: anyone need a 320MB scsi hard drive?

2003-02-05 Thread Gary Sparkes
day, February 04, 2003 6:45 PM Subject: Re: anyone need a 320MB scsi hard drive? > Ok, the other buyer has backed out. I'd be willing to do $25 shipped to > you in the lower 48 states. > > Still interested? > > -Hal > > On Tuesday, February 4, 2003, at 06:07 PM, Gary Spark

Re: Battery Problem

2003-02-05 Thread Gary Sparkes
y work, but there could be other problems on the > logic board. > > Roger > > Gary Sparkes wrote: > > > My powerbook 140's battery has ceased to function... it only works when the > > battery is plugged in and the ac is plugged in i was told it was a 5A &

Re: anyone need a 320MB scsi hard drive?

2003-02-04 Thread Gary Sparkes
t like this one in my 180 right now. On > the inside, all the 100 series powerbooks are almost identical. > > I had another inquiry on it earlier, but if I don't hear back from him > by this evening, it'll be available again. > > I'll let you know either way.

Battery Problem

2003-02-04 Thread Gary Sparkes
My powerbook 140's battery has ceased to function... it only works when the battery is plugged in and the ac is plugged in i was told it was a 5A 125V fuse... i checked it and it went off the resistance scales so i will assume it is bad. would the fuse being bad cause said problem? i tested the

Re: anyone need a 320MB scsi hard drive?

2003-02-04 Thread Gary Sparkes
lets see... will it work in a 140? - Original Message - From: "Hal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 11:48 AM Subject: anyone need a 320MB scsi hard drive? > Apple OEM hard drive made by IBM. 320MB capacity, pulled working from a >