Re: duo 210 and CF

I Guess Thats the reason why my 540 would not boot however the 550 did fine with both the jumpers set. I am going to have to go back and start dismantling the books again to see where i can get now with the bit of new info i have. vicki On Feb 12, 2006, at 3:21 PM, tr0x wrote: > have you e

Ti

Hi all need help here got a Ti yesterday after about 3 hours of working on it finally got it started . but i have a few problems. 1. if it sleeps it freezes on wakeup; 2. i need to press fn comd and power 3 times for the screen to start up. System specs 400 ti 1gb ram 30gb hdd standard dvd r

Re: G3 Buying advice.

Hi Caleb There are a load of G3 lombards on ebay They are going for around £150. Which is around $260 so that is under the $300. mark for you If you got a lombard then you could still use the scsi side to hook up the 190 for file transfer . vicki On 9 Nov 2005, at 03:52, Caleb Cupples wr

Re: G3 Buying advice.

Hi Going to but in here my Pismo has 500cpu Thats 200+ on the wallstreet It has a combo swapped in the caddy haven't seen a wallstreet combo in caddy form. I have a zip disc inernal for it and a vst superdisc that takes the standard floppys i have 1gb ram in it now and it run's 10.4.3 The wa

Re: Non-Working PB 540c Display

Hi Shaun try putting it back in the broken back panel just to check and, if it still stays dark the there might be moisture in the circuit boards, place them on a piece of kitchen towel and then put them in a warm place for around 1 day also if you can lay a cilica bag just under the edge

Re: 190 problems (was "190 power connector woes)

Sorry should of been off list! On 5 Oct 2005, at 14:04, victoria duggan wrote: Hi Caleb My offer still stands i can send you a logic board that i know is good in a base case for you to transplant in the 190. let me know vicki. On 4 Oct 2005, at 23:41, Caleb Cupples wrote: Bruce

Re: 190 problems (was "190 power connector woes)

Hi Caleb My offer still stands i can send you a logic board that i know is good in a base case for you to transplant in the 190. let me know vicki. On 4 Oct 2005, at 23:41, Caleb Cupples wrote: Bruce Johnson wrote: Super glue wouldn't hold well. I'd get some epoxy putty and just put a

Re: 550c

I have a 540c with the Rev. B PCMCIA Module, and a Proxim Wireless SkyLine PC Card, and it does work fine. But if I remember correctly, I had to manually enter the mask, submask, etc. data. No automatic data gathering. But it works. Best regards. Hugo Diaz Hi I have a rev b pcmcia c

Re: 550c

Hi all update as promised. The 550c is working the drive is now partitioned with 4 drives but for some reason 2 of the drives will not mount the mac just says at start up that 2 of the partitions cannot be read at start up. I will sort this later . I still have 14gb of space from the re

Re: 550c

Hi all Got the control panels and the extension i needed Thanks R A And i stuck the scsi drive in a 2300 that i have useing the 230 duo drive cable and copied the entire drive onto a partition on the ide drive. I am just waiting for it to finish and fingers crossed i should have a nice fu

550c

Hi all need help Got a 550c. back I need the control panel and extension panel for the newertech 167 cpu also how do i install a system on the hdd when i have no external cd rom (can it be done). the drive i have in it is a 30gb ide drive with an adapter partitioned in 5, 1x 7gb and 4 x

Re: Intelligent Battery

Hi P -Ram battery should be good for 3.5 volts so it is a combined total. Hence the reason for having to use the psu if the P-Ram is bad Do not flame me if i am wrong as that is a guess. vicki -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www

Re: Which model?

On 6 Sep 2005, at 16:06, John Perkins Jr. wrote: I've decided on the 1400, but how much would a CD-RW drive that is compatable with the 1400 cost? Hi What you need to do is find a good 1400 that has a 12x or 8 x cdrom and then swap the internal unit in the drive caddy the interface type i

Re: PowerBook 3400c AC Adapter work with Clamshell?

Hi... I'm looking into an iBook on eBay (Blueberry clamshell). It doesn't include an AC adapter, but one can be purchased for $34. My question was, will a 45w AC adapter from a PowerBook 3400c power this iBook without frying it? I'd rather keep the price of it as low as I can for now...

Re: Which flavour of Unix/Linux used most OR run better on older model Powerbooks?

On 26 Aug 2005, at 04:33, Manfred wrote: Hello, Debian works best on the 3400c. Depending on the chipset the wireless lan works fine. My Lucent card does. Besides, on a Kanga Yellow Dog works best. But only one of the older releases. There is even a software package for powerbooks making all

Re: Which model?

I Must agree with everyone here about this issue,I have owned every type of power-book apple have made apart from the 2400 series and i think that if you want a low-end colour PB for typing, Then the 1400 would be the best choice. Also if you decide to improve the book over time then the Ram has a

Re: powerbook 3400C

On 26 Jul 2005, at 22:38, B.L. wrote: Hey there fellow Powerbook lovers; I have a small problem with my 3400C. It seems that the clicker is stuck. Nothing happens when you click it, and you can't scroll or anything with it. Also there is a dialogue that says the clock is showing s date tha

Re: PB 160

On 2 Jul 2005, at 15:34, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Recently I acquired a 2nd Mac, a PB 160. It's in great physical shape but it has it's quirks. It boots up and I get a blank screen with a working mouse pointer, after several minutes it will ask for a floppy. If I insert a OS st

Re: 5300 and Pismo not talking

Here's the scenario: 5300 - OS 8.1, Open Transport 1.3.1, TCP/IP switched to Alternate Ethernet and DHCP configuration, AppleTalk set to Alternate Ethernet, Apple Talk Active, File Sharing on, Owner ID is Dan, computer name is Dan. Pismo - OS 9.2.2, TCP/IP switched to Alternate Ethernet and DH

Re: 3400 problems

Hi all update i now have glod on the 3400 it has been plugged in for 5 hrs and now shows glod but thats it so far, I will keep updating but any more ideas are welcome. vicki On 10 Apr 2005, at 22:52, Manfred wrote: Hello, did you exhange the PRAM battery ? It is located on the small panel above

3400 problems

Hi All need help here. i got a 3400 from ebay it has 128mb ram 12 x cd rom very good battery lasts 2hrs + and a 750mb hdd. this is the problem it will not start nothing nada!!! i know that each part when placed into my other 3400 works fine but when the other parts are put back together nothing

Re: Internal Ethernet not working

Hi I think that what might of happened is someone has just made a disc copy of a working system they had and transferred it to the 3400 either via cd or appletalk serial , and the system they made it from never had ethernet, possibly a 1400 or 5300. disc image. that could explain the lack of et

home network

Hi all Here is what i intend to do but need help setting it up. First i will list the hard ware and then a rough idea of what i want then please respond like you always do with loads of good ideas. hard ware: G4 ibook airport extreme: G3 ibook airport: 3400/200 wifi: G3 desktop no airport: (upstai

3400

Hi all this is mainly a question of what's it worth. I have a 3400/200 this was mine then to my daughter then back to me. when she broke her wallstreet she got it back again and now she wants to sell it and get another g3 laptop. So i need to know it's worth before i sell it on so i know what d

Re: Iomega Clik! and Powerbook 1400cs

I'm not talking about the PocketZip Drive but the Clik! PCMCIA card drive. Will the same driver work on both? Thanks. Karl. Gleening information for the archives, I would venture to say no on this one for two reasons: 1) 1400cs are PCI based machines ( Know this can be an issue with certa

Re: 9.2.2 on my 3400c

Hi last night just to see if i could! . i loaded 9 on my 3400.The specs of it are 144mb ram, 200 cpu 6gb hdd and 12x cd, then xpost facto and a copy of 10.1. It runs fine a bit slow but fine, the install took about 1 hour total, and i thought that i had missed something on the install because the

Re: 3400c PCI based?

On Wednesday, August 18, 2004, at 04:34 am, Andrew Kershaw wrote: Hi Well that rules me out as i am still trying the adb mod on my duo! but i think that that is a call for you Mad dog vicki I doubt it. I dont of anything other than apples comm board which will fit the slot. Lets not even talk a

Re: Wireless PCMCIA cards

yes please On Wednesday, August 18, 2004, at 12:04 am, Kenneth Vann wrote: Hi. I have been working on a FAQ about getting wireless on older powerbooks. Would you like a copy? It not polished up but might help you. Ken Hi all what i would like to know (before i lay out any money) is can i get 2

Re: 3400c PCI based?

Hi ok so if the 3400 has a mini pci port does that mean that in theory you should be able to put one of these new mini pci wifi internal cards in it and then hook up some sort of internal antenna. suggestions please vicki I can give you all the evidence you need in one simple fact--you can inst

Re: Where to get PowerBook 1400 CD-ROM Module and PCMCIA SCSI card?

Hi Don't shout at me anyone for promoting some one but if you are UK based contact Malc at www.pbfanatic.co.uk. or just ask him to give you a bell off list . thats where i get all my bits. always helpful. Vicki On Tuesday, August 17, 2004, at 06:56 AM, Andrew McCall wrote: I also was wondering

wireless

Hi all what i would like to know (before i lay out any money) is can i get 2 pcmcia wireless cards and put them in notebooks to get the books to talk to each other in different rooms of the house.. or do i need a base station to run through. vick's Lombard -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

Re: Can 5300c use 3400c Li-ion batteries....

> PBs 5300/190 will run fine from a Li-ion battery but as you mention will > not charge inside. Runtime on a 5300 with a Li-ion battery can be simply > amazing. I tested a 3400 battery in a 5300cs and IIRC got over 6 hours > (with _no_HD_ spindown and _no_ backlight dimming!!) before the battery

Re: New to list & Macs, need OS for a 140

Hi Mail me off list i have a copy of 7 that i put on a couple of 1xx power book iwould gladly make you a copy. and send them in the post. where are you. Vicki -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A |

anyone in the UK

Hi All after a run of bad luck IE my 3400 dying. with GLOD> who ever said they do not get it is wrong. Need help. recieved a 5300ce today unit looks new battery good for 2hrs 45.mins 64mb ram 117mhz cpu and lots of extras. zip drive ethernet card xjack modem. and a whopping 20gb hdd. all above gre

Re: Floppy drive repair

> It is probably not worth the cost of repairing. IIRC, the floppy is > the same as the one from the 5300, so you can probably buy one cheap > on Ebay. > > Mad Dog Hi Mad dog Its Victoria We spoke a while back about part's of other windows laptops that were changeable with the 1400 powerbook.

Re: What ever happened to the PPC-5xx SIG?

Hi i have 2 x5xx series notebooks that i want to upgrade to ppc anyone got any cpus for sale. so i can join this little group -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras s

Re: 540c With 88MHz PPC Upgrade and a Problem

Hi i have a pr5xx enabeler in a file on my desktop external hdd i will try to send it as an attachment if you send your address. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Di

Re: 170 modem

hi I had this problem with the modem in my 540 do you know weather it is a geoport express modem. if so set it to internal in the control panel and turn it to pulse dial then turn the sound off (for some reason this worked in my 540c) hope it works for you good luck -- PowerBooks i