Re: Orinoco wireless card & Airport

2002-03-18 Thread Scott Holder
eless setups here at Earthlink. I'm a bit rusty on the details but I know I've seen it work. Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Came

Re: should this matter?

2002-03-19 Thread Scott Holder
could hurt the hard drive unless there's something terribly wrong with the circuitry that fries it. >I figure this is a lot like finding a boombox and figuring out whether >the bateries are shot, the cord is shot, or there's something else wrong >with it inside. Good luck

Re: what to buy

2002-03-19 Thread Scott Holder
With a price limit like that, a new iBook would fit the bill. Or, if you wanted to spend less, a used iBook or PB G3 would also do well. Scott Holder At 05:02 PM 3/19/2002 -0600, you wrote: >Hello everyone! > >I am new to this mailing list. I've been looking into Macs for a few m

Re: Just given a Powerbook Duo 2300c, what do I have?

2002-03-27 Thread Scott Holder
ne it on both my docs. I'm forgetting the details and can't find the link, but I'm sure someone has the page that describes the process... Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Ent

Re:

2002-03-27 Thread Scott Holder
st way to do it is to pull off the two round caps on the screen hinge. Then, you can pull the top plastic up by the to little "tab" thingies on the sides towards the back and pull forwards towards you. Slides right off no problem :) Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

Re: Virtual PC

2002-03-28 Thread Scott Holder
the 6500 it's barely usable and on the Starmax it's actually not bad at all. I did, however, add a Voodoo3 which helps a ton with graphics. You obviously won't be able to do that with a Powerbook. I'd bet your Powerbook if it's at least 100mhz could match the power of

Re: DIN Modem to RJ Adapters?

2002-03-28 Thread Scott Holder
I believe these would be the European modems. Not sure of the details since I'm in the USA, but I seem to recall some discussion on the Duo list about it. Scott Holder At 02:10 PM 3/28/2002 -0600, you wrote: >Hi! >I recently obtained some PB Duos to give as gifts. They all have 16

Re: refurb battery packs

2002-04-11 Thread Scott Holder
s :) >There must be a reason... No one's made one yet :) Why not you? ;) >Thanks, > >Brian Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digit

Re: CD disk images

2002-04-13 Thread Scott Holder
bably the best way would be to rip to wav or au files. Should be playable on even a 68k PB (say, '030 and above just to make up an arbitrary breakpoint that sounds fun). If you have a PPC Powerbook of decent speed you could rip to mp3. Other than that, I don't think you can get the mus

Re: Connecting to internet, modem dials, IE can't find it

2002-04-14 Thread Scott Holder
resses? If not, you can try filling those in with your ISPs numbers. You may have to give them a call. Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras

Re: sleepy PB1400

2002-04-17 Thread Scott Holder
er I have a Duo that was doing the exact opposite it wouldn't stay asleep and zapping the PRAM ultimately fixed it. HTH :) Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon

Re: Clearing shorted 5xx battery cells

2002-04-18 Thread Scott Holder
d the battery, but it takes some work to do so. So, you can either risk injury for a quick but iffy fix, or go the safe route for a good battery that takes some work. If you decide to do the car battery or cap route and shoot your eye out, don't come crying to me ;) Scott Holder At 11:

Re: Anyone tried Softwindows 95 on a PB?

2002-04-21 Thread Scott Holder
ter luck with VPC overall. As for your exact problem, did you install Windows separately yourself or did you use the default install from Softwindows? The couple or three times I've used SW the initial install was somewhat broken and I had to reformat and reinstall the DOS emulated dis

Re: Anyone tried Softwindows 95 on a PB?

2002-04-21 Thread Scott Holder
else fails, find someone with Windows 98 and use the emergency boot floppy from there. I know that Win98 included a DOS CDROM driver on the boot disk. It won't hurt Win95 to be installed from a Win98 boot. Hope this helps :) Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/

Re: Compress file

2002-04-21 Thread Scott Holder
ownloaded is the right version for my mac... Just drag and drop the file directly onto the Stuffit icon. Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cam

Re: Compress file

2002-04-21 Thread Scott Holder
ke HFV Explorer to decode it while copying it to the floppy. Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | RoadTools $3

Re: Powerbook to os 8.1

2002-04-21 Thread Scott Holder
#x27;s site (http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2) and do it for free and without the shareware nags. It works pretty well, OS 8 runs surprisingly well on the speedier '030s Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.sm

Re: Powerbook to os 8.1

2002-04-21 Thread Scott Holder
even put the Appearance stuff in to make it look just like 8.1), but on my Duo 280c it still only takes 2.8 megs of RAM fully booted. Hard to beat that :) And, despite Netscape's docs, it will still run NS 4.08 fine. Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/&

Re: Powerbook to os 8.1

2002-04-21 Thread Scott Holder
As for clearing recently viewed docs, go to your System Folder, to Apple Menu Items, then you should see the folder in there for the various recently viewed things. Open them up and delete the things you don't want. You can also go into your Apple Menu Options CPL and turn those off. S

Re: HELP! File transfer trouble...

2002-04-22 Thread Scott Holder
t double click it. If you don't have Stuffit, you'll need to format a Mac disk on your Mac, then use a program such as HFV Explorer or TransMac or the like to copy it to the Mac floppy. While copying it will decode the file. This is, of course, assuming the file will fit on a flopp

Re: DialUp BBS

2002-04-22 Thread Scott Holder
g it to ignore dialtone. Other than that, make sure it's plugged in firmly and try manually dialing something to see if you can hear it. Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win

Re: DSL vs Cable

2002-04-23 Thread Scott Holder
connection, can have higher (even much higher) connection speeds, but since it's shared it's variable. Sometimes you'll be flying at 3mbps, other times you feel like you're on dialup. If you can research and find out how many people in your node have Cable, you can probably

Re: Speed Doubler Problems

2002-04-25 Thread Scott Holder
into this or any other problems with Speed Doubler? >Macluver I've had mixed luck with older versions of SpeedDoubler on 8.x. I've never tried SpeedDoubler 8 on 8.x, but from what I've read it's much better matched. Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http:/

Re: set up of 98lite for Virtual PC

2002-04-27 Thread Scott Holder
WIn98 or Win98SE (USB, drivers, IE 6 compatibility) with the speed and simplicity of Win95. Perfect for low-end and emuated computers. Scott Holder At 03:10 PM 4/27/2002 +1000, you wrote: >A question for those who run Virtual PC on their machines. >After reading newsgroup postings I dow

Re: schools and software license violations

2002-04-27 Thread Scott Holder
;t understand the ramifications and need someone like the BSA to learn 'em ;) Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free

Re: 7.5.3 vs 8.1

2002-04-30 Thread Scott Holder
Wintel world that people get it in their heads that they need the latest and greatest all the time when something that suits their needs is available free (If Microsoft were as nice as Apple, Windows 3.1 and maybe even 95 would be available as free downloads). Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is spons

Re: BIOS? and Mac?

2002-05-02 Thread Scott Holder
pth, Appletalk status, boot disk, etc. It's backed up with a battery, just like the BIOS battery on PCs. And there ya have it :) Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Ca

Re: BIOS? and Mac?

2002-05-02 Thread Scott Holder
a 400k disk but Microsoft needed several 10s of megabytes to boot Windows 3.1. It is true the Mac ROM is a lot more advanced than a PC BIOS, but the purpose is the same. Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://ww

Re: sad mac code - portable

2002-05-05 Thread Scott Holder
the lead acid battery or a substitute thereof. My guess is that's the cause. Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299

Re: Powerbook 3400c

2002-05-05 Thread Scott Holder
booted so you can check out what's on there. >Or is the machine broke? Probably not, just needs an OS. >Thankyou very very much in advance You're welcome ;) >Please help a Halfwit. Nah, you bought a Mac, so you can't be too much of a Halfwit ;) >Simon Scott

Re: Right browser

2002-05-05 Thread Scott Holder
At 07:26 PM 5/5/2002 -0700, you wrote: >Hey all > >I'm setting my 5300cs up for internet Using 8.1 and was wondering which >version of IE for the Mac would be best. > >thanks For a 5300 I'd go straight to IE 5.1. Fastest even on my 2300c. Scott Holder -- Powe

Re: Best System 7 version for PB 540c?

2002-05-05 Thread Scott Holder
the second best MacOS for 68ks, after 6.0.8 ;) Scott Holder At 11:32 PM 5/5/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Hello listers, > >I have a 540c that I got secondhand in great condition that I've managed >to install Mac OS 8.1 in. It runs well, but it can be a little slow, not >to mention

Re: Best System 7 version for PB 540c?

2002-05-06 Thread Scott Holder
do the same. It would also be a good idea to add things like the Drag Manager and ThreadLib and such. Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras s

Re: Best System 7 version for PB 540c?

2002-05-06 Thread Scott Holder
you run some newer applications like Netscape 4.08. Head over to <http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2> and check out the links about 7.1. More info there than you'll ever need ;) Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog El

Re: Help! I've hurt my Duo

2002-05-13 Thread Scott Holder
formatted fine and has worked great ever since. Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | RoadTools $30

Re: Help! I've hurt my Duo

2002-05-14 Thread Scott Holder
tting it in a full >size Mac? Well, I was thinking more along the lines of SCSI disk mode. Have you tried Drive Setup? If something's gone wonky with the formatting you may need to reinitialize it. Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small

Re: IrDA, cellphones, & modems...

2002-05-15 Thread Scott Holder
ot sure about IrDA support, but the phone has a port for it. Naturally you're limited to incredibly slow speeds. I also had to track down a serial port adapter, but it works fine. Incidently, most DSL connections these days require a phone line with dial tone. Your area might be different, bu

Re: Crazy PB2300c screen

2002-05-15 Thread Scott Holder
have any ideas? >Paul My next guess would be some kind of VRAM problem. Active Matrix screens don't generally have whole bands go out in the video circuitry due to the way it's done. Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small D

Re: software piracy

2002-06-10 Thread Scott Holder
it. It's too bad this old stuff isn't more widely >accepted and supported. So there. Yeah, it is too bad. But unforunately, you're not likely to see the headline "Apple halts production, stating 'Our Machines have reached their pinnacle'" either ;) S

Re: duo upgrade

2002-06-14 Thread Scott Holder
2300c board, you can't change just the processor. Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Sup

Re: 1400 PCMCIA Virtual Memory expansion?

2002-06-23 Thread Scott Holder
I'd work, but the one gotcha is flash memory has a limited number of write cycles. In a digital camera or the like, they'll last a good long while. But, used as virtual memory where there could be thousands of writes in a short time, it'll die very quickly. Scott Holder At 12:

Re: Duo question

2002-06-26 Thread Scott Holder
ing a familiar-looking header. Plugged it into a spare mostly disassembled 130, and there was the display. You learn something new every day ;) Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A

Re: Will a duo work with a bad battery?

2002-06-26 Thread Scott Holder
s possible for a bad battery to keep it from turning on, or shutting off unexpectedly if you put it in while it's running. Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerSho

Re: Need recommendation for niece's 1st Powerbook

2002-06-30 Thread Scott Holder
ld work well, and so would 8.6. Head over to http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2 for some info on 7.1 and recommended updates. With a bit of intial work you can get it running and looking just about like 8.1 anyway. Hope this helps :) Scott Holder At 11:45 AM 6/30/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Hi everyon

Re: 9.1 crash solver?

2002-07-09 Thread Scott Holder
y or putting it to sleep manually. Heh, typical Microsoft response. This solves a problem I was about to post about, as I often keep IE5 running all the time. Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com

Re: cell phone + duo = wireless access?

2002-07-14 Thread Scott Holder
en plugged into the serial port (IE, AT returns OK, it has various ATI strings, and I can ATDT dial it manually to my ISP). Slow, but functional :) Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To W

Re: Battery revival

2002-07-17 Thread Scott Holder
dated and to return it to an Apple service center. Is it really really dead? It does seem to be occasionally recognized now, but doesn't charge. Every now and then, it also goes through an Extended Precharging. Thanks, Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.co

Re: Battery revival

2002-07-18 Thread Scott Holder
At 01:46 PM 7/17/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Well, this talk of reviving batteries finally got me off by butt to revive >my 520c's battery. It wasn't even being recognized in 8.1 > >Thanks, >Scott Holder Okay, repying to my own message... Ran through a series of reconditio

Re: Battery revival

2002-07-18 Thread Scott Holder
At 07:31 PM 7/18/2002 -0700, you wrote: >Do the IBR thing again then run Battery Amnesia on it. Let it charge >over night. > >Jim But it doesn't charge is the problem. Although, I did get it charge one more time today. Looks like I have to run IBR every time I want to charge

Re: How useful is a 520c upgraded to PPC?

2002-07-27 Thread Scott Holder
my Duo 280c (33mhz '040) to my 2300c (100mhz 603e) because in lots of ways the 68k feels a lot "snappier". It should work fine for note taking, WPing, older games, even some internetting. Especially if you can get a battery working for it. Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored

Re: HFS+ & PB 190

2002-08-01 Thread Scott Holder
you use a >pseudo-HFS+ on systems lower than 8.1. Am I dreaming here? If not, how well >do they work? No clue. Keep in mind that although 8.1 on a 68k Mac can read HFS+, you won't be able to boot from it. Only PPCs can actually boot from an HFS+. You may have to partition

Re: Need some info please!

2002-08-01 Thread Scott Holder
of crap software (IMHO) for making sounds or movies is beyond me :) Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook!

Re: HFS+ & PB 190--Description of problems

2002-08-02 Thread Scott Holder
PPC code strippers, but it may well strip out something that breaks it. A standard install disc should fix your problems. Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon Pow

Re: powerbook 3400c

2002-08-13 Thread Scott Holder
ut the wiring on that one jack causing problems. Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low E

Re: Help with inherited 520c

2002-08-13 Thread Scott Holder
ones that have some parts clock doubled are faster than ones that wouldn't, but it's not the same as a bus speed + multiplyer. Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter

Re: Are all Duo keyboards like this?

2002-08-15 Thread Scott Holder
you're willing to put a bit of money into it, you could invest in a Type F keyboard. They're still far from perfect, but they're fairly usable. Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com |

Re: localtalk and phone lines?

2002-08-17 Thread Scott Holder
ty good bit of juice coming through the thing. All in all, unless you find some definitive statement somewhere that it'll work, I wouldn't risk it. I think it'd be more likely to damage the serial port or the Mac itself. Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lo

Re: localtalk and phone lines?

2002-08-17 Thread Scott Holder
definitive answer. However, one caveat, most 2-line systems use both the inner and outer pair, so my warning would still stand if you're in a 2-line house that does that. Otherwise, it looks like you'll be fine. I'll have to keep this in mind, it could be quite handy. Scott H

Re: Appearancelib

2002-08-19 Thread Scott Holder
and put it into 8.1 or earlier. Incidentally, the Appearance Extension from 8.1 will work as far back as 7.1. Maybe even 7.0, though I haven't tried it. Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com |

Re: localtalk and phone lines?

2002-08-19 Thread Scott Holder
es called "Swappers" that will cross over phone lines to the other pair. Probably easier than rewiring the thing, but it's up to you :) Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter T

Re: Appearancelib

2002-08-19 Thread Scott Holder
because I'm using it. You'll need a few other things too like the threads manager, I think. Just sticking it in by itself will cause that problem. Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com |

Re: SpeedDoubler 8 conflicts?

2002-08-27 Thread Scott Holder
h. I'm not entirely sure of it's use on more than 8.1 or so though. Scott Holder -Original Message- From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of victoria brandon Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 4:38 PM To: PowerBooks Subject: SpeedDoubler 8 conflicts? All you experts

Re: Running around the (dead-Battery) Backhand!

2002-08-30 Thread Scott Holder
ought about building a battery pack with a small car or motorcycle battery with the Duo's car adapter attached. Wouldn't be quite as portable, but fairly cheap and I have the parts readily available. Scott Holder -Original Message- From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behal

Re: Powerbook 3400c PSU question.

2002-09-04 Thread Scott Holder
nce or not. Should be fine on the power though. Scott Holder -Original Message- From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Morgan Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 3:22 PM To: PowerBooks Subject: Powerbook 3400c PSU question. I have recently won an auction for a PowerBook 340

Re: force boot from floppy?

2002-09-06 Thread Scott Holder
somewhere, may just need a simple blessing (look for the little Mac icon on the folder) Scott Holder -Original Message- From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of L.Cornelio Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 3:04 PM To: PowerBooks Subject: force boot from floppy? I need to &

Re: Force boot from floppy?

2002-09-06 Thread Scott Holder
a (real) Mac to try it on. Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://

Re: 3400 users!

2002-09-10 Thread Scott Holder
Hmm, sounds to me like something some careful work with a dremel tool could fix ;) Scott Holder -Original Message- From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Sionnach Aisling Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 12:05 PM To: PowerBooks Subject: Re: 3400 users! So buying a

Re: Need help with dead 520c

2002-09-11 Thread Scott Holder
alone with it. Scott Holder -Original Message- From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of André Rüegg Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 1:29 PM To: PowerBooks Subject: Need help with dead 520c My trusty old 520c, which has been upgraded with a Newer PowerPC upgrade card

Re: 1400cs vs 1400c screens

2002-09-12 Thread Scott Holder
metimes a little too sharp as text and such looks a bit more jaggy ;) Scott Holder -Original Message- From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Spencer Carter Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 12:15 PM To: PowerBooks Subject: 1400cs vs 1400c screens I thought I posted

Re: 3400 users!

2002-09-12 Thread Scott Holder
le to dump my 6500's ROM. Scott Holder -Original Message- From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Dan K Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 2:38 PM Hey, I got an idea! *. . . maybe I could grab the ROMs image and compare it to a production 3400 . . . Uhh, I forget h

Re: Was Best OS for 145 (what is sneakernet)

2002-09-24 Thread Scott Holder
with Floppynet, but now there's more than just floppies involved :) Scott Holder -Original Message- From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 4:31 PM To: PowerBooks In a message dated 9/24/02 2:09:10 AM, [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: 1400 HD

2002-09-25 Thread Scott Holder
The site itself is there fine for me. Make sure you're doing a ~gamba2 and not just gamba2, got me a couple times. Scott Holder -Original Message- From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of David Allen Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 12:25 PM To: PowerBooks Subjec

Re: Was Best OS for 145 (what is sneakernet)

2002-09-25 Thread Scott Holder
Hehe :) Of course, we all have it easy now. My dad regales me with stories of carting cases of drive cartridges and 8-inch floppies (look just like the old 5 1/4 floppies, just much bigger) up and down flights of stairs. Good exercise I suppose :) Scott Holder -Original Message- From

Re: new 3Com dongle arrived today ... :( :( :( :(

2002-09-26 Thread Scott Holder
At this point, it sounds like a physical problem on the port of the card. If it mounts on the desktop, the electronics are probably okay, but it could be in the link part of the card. You could try carefully cleaning the contacts, especially if it's used. Scott Holder -Original Me

Re: Was Best OS for 145 (what is sneakernet)

2002-09-27 Thread Scott Holder
Well, here's a good thing to read if you like that: http://www.blug.linux.no/rfc1149/ Someone finally implemented RFC 1149 - Carrier Pigeon IP. Check out those ping times! No chance of any online gaming there ;) Scott Holder -Original Message- From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROT

Re: delete

2002-09-27 Thread Scott Holder
I've never seen a 150's keyboard, but if it's anything like the 520c and Duo keyboards I am familiar with, the answer is you don't. Most laptop keyboards drop a few keys deemed unnecessary, and the delete key is often one. ICBWT, especially as I've never se

Re: Was Best OS for 145 (what is sneakernet)

2002-09-27 Thread Scott Holder
April 1st is known as "April Fools Day". It's the day to play practical jokes on people. Not sure of the history of it. The RFC people are known for their humo(u)rous RFCs for the day though. CPIP, RFCs 1925, 2550, 2551, 2795 (The Infinite Monkey Protocol Suite), and various

Re: Running Mac OS on a Windoze PC?

2002-10-01 Thread Scott Holder
. It'll run in Windows and *nix, among others. The main caveat is it is limited to 68k emulation, as PPC emulation hasn't been realized yet (on PCs anyway, there is an Amiga PPC emulator). Still it's quite fast, supports Ethernet and the like, and runs up to MacOS 8.1, so it can be ver

Re: Running Mac OS on a Windoze PC?

2002-10-01 Thread Scott Holder
cking. Try running an 8-bit sound demo on XFormer, and then run it on one of the open source ones like Atari800Win. XFormer needs some work on it's Pokey chip ;) Scott Holder -Original Message- From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Cameron Kaiser Sent: Tuesday, October

Re: Running Mac OS on a Windoze PC?

2002-10-01 Thread Scott Holder
as done by Jim Drew and Co. of Microcode Solutions. Now if they'd just hurry up and get that PPC emulation done! :) Scott Holder -Original Message- From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Cameron Kaiser Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 1:05 PM To: PowerBooks Subject: Re:

Re: Service manual frenzy!

2002-10-01 Thread Scott Holder
Probably won't be for long, now, unfortunately... Scott Holder -Original Message- From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Tim Allen Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 2:53 PM To: PowerBooks Subject: Service manual frenzy! Sorry if this has been posted before

Re: powerbook 150 max ram

2002-10-01 Thread Scott Holder
Hmm, isn't the Powerbook 150 the one that is essentially a Duo logic board? According to LEM it can take up to 40 megs of RAM with a Duo board. http://www.lowendmac.com/pb/150.shtml Scott Holder -Original Message- From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [

Re: 3400 and TV interference

2002-10-02 Thread Scott Holder
e 'book in foil ;) Scott Holder -Original Message- From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Beverly Woods Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 2:06 PM To: PowerBooks Subject: Re: 3400 and TV interference Sorry, forgot to mention this: yes, he uses rabbit ears, and she

Re: mail being boiunced

2002-10-15 Thread Scott Holder
It looks like, for whatever reason, hitting reply is making the digest go to a [EMAIL PROTECTED] which appears to not exist. Make sure you have [EMAIL PROTECTED] in your to field. Scott Holder -Original Message- From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Donna Hood

Re: Powerbook 520 and 802.11b??? Followup.

2002-10-21 Thread Scott Holder
They seem to be going for $70-90 on eBay. Seems a bit much for me, for that you could get most of a newer Powerbook with built-in PC card slots and a cheap wireless card. Scott Holder -Original Message- From: PowerBooks [mailto:powerbooks@;mail.maclaunch.com] On Behalf Of Arlis R Tyner

Re: internet software ie AOL

2002-10-24 Thread Scott Holder
Word 6 will work. I have it on one of my Quadas. Haven't used it much, but it works (as well as Word has ever worked anyway). Scott Holder -Original Message- From: PowerBooks [mailto:powerbooks@;mail.maclaunch.com] On Behalf Of Mehdi El Gueddari Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 2:

Re: Mac Things...

2002-10-12 Thread Scott Holder
OS X, Adobe Photoshop, and a new Ferrari. As much as I dislike Microsoft, stealing their stuff isn't right. I'm not the type to get up on soap boxes and go on about piracy and such, but asking for it in a public forum is rather dumb... Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by &l

Re: Mac Things...

2002-10-12 Thread Scott Holder
OS X, Adobe Photoshop, and a new Ferrari. As much as I dislike Microsoft, stealing their stuff isn't right. I'm not the type to get up on soap boxes and go on about piracy and such, but asking for it in a public forum is rather dumb... Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by &l

Re: Hard Drive Data Self-Redundancy?

2002-11-11 Thread Scott Holder
an all-or-nothing thing. Either it's a non-crititcal bit of surface damage that just renders a few bits unusable but the rest goes on fine, or the entire thing dies. Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.small

Re: Bootable Compact Flash

2002-11-13 Thread Scott Holder
ist with the article -- thanks! I'm pretty sure I've seen people mention booting 2400s on the Duo/2400 list. I don't see any reason why the 5x0's wouldn't, though as I don't have a card cage for mine (people just want too much for the things...) I haven't tried i

Re: how do i install MacOS8 on PB520c

2002-11-13 Thread Scott Holder
D over localtalk and install that way... as long as you don't mind leaving the thing set up like that for a day or two. But, it would work :) Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A

Moderately Urgent - Duo power adapter on a 5300?

2002-11-14 Thread Scott Holder
e a PB 100 adapter lying around somewhere. I know a Duo-style adapter works on lots of other models, and charging the battery and such isn't important as long as the thing boots. Will a Duo adapter run it? Thanks, Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>

Re: Remembering my PCMCIA modem

2002-11-20 Thread Scott Holder
tting it up and then locking the Modem Prefs in the Get Info of them. Not sure it'll do anything but it's probably worth a try :) Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A |

Re: Duo 280C and ethernet

2002-11-27 Thread Scott Holder
m to recall having some trouble finding the drivers lately there, if they're still hard to find just stick the ethertech.hqx into Google and it'll pop up fairly quickly. Works great with mine :) Now, if only the thing worked in Linux... makes the Duo hard to make useful in Linux :)

Re: Your first PowerBook

2002-12-09 Thread Scott Holder
e you can get them on eBay for $20-40 ;) I even get an hour and a half or so battery life out of it. One of these days I need to get my rebuilt battery working again, if the cells are at all good anymore. Broke a wire and never got around to getting ti working again. Was getting 4 hours out of

Re: Making choices

2002-12-12 Thread Scott Holder
ning the CD-ROM is draining it faster. Time for a new/rebuilt battery perhaps? Or does the 1400 have a conditioning program? >-tglaab And that's all I have to say on that. Regards, Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics

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2002-12-15 Thread Scott Holder
were all but gone with 7.5.3. ISTR a couple or three models that still needed enablers, but not many. By 8.1 they were completely gone. Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A |

Re: CF Drive on 1400c

2002-12-23 Thread Scott Holder
the CF card work as a standard drive? CF does have a limited number of read/write cycles before it dies, it's possible it's reached that. Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To

Re: Mac serial ports equivalent to a PC?

2002-12-23 Thread Scott Holder
compatible with PC serial ports on a hardware level - they both communicate with the RS-232 standard. The main question is going to be a matter of drivers. In all likelihood, VPC would indeed work fine. Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> an

Re: SCSI to USB Was: PB 540C software

2003-01-07 Thread Scott Holder
, convert whatever you have plugged into the USB port into Ethernet frames, which is then translated back into something usable. Possible, but takes a lot more logic. Anyway, that's about it :) Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small D

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