DISK Images; What are they?

[tbrock]

Regarding system install disks, what are disk images? Also, why stop at
8.1 for powerbooks as "recent" as the 3400's? It seems like some 
p-bookers are running operating systems into the nines.  

Thanks for your replies!  Thomas & The Kinders

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WTB: 3400 CD module?

[ahclist]

Looking for a CD module for my 3400.  6x or 12x.  If you have one you 
want to part with, please drop me a line off-list.

Cheers,

Paul
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Re: pb500 stuff resources...

[junbelen]

> >>  Mine just sits in the slot most of the time to back up projects in
> >> progress.128MB ones are getting reasonably cheap now (about $40 I saw
> >> recently somewhere).
> >>


any particular brand you would recommend ?
what is the generic name for these cards ? are they similar to the "Compact
Flash Cards"
sold on ebay ?

thanks


Jun Belen

Got an old Mac to sell ?
List it up at http://www2.mozcom.com/~junbelen



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Re: 5300 Questions

[Janice Freeman]

Thanks! These were just the directions I needed. My iMac and 5300 are
happily sharing files right now. The GV software seemed to be already
installed. If it is all working well, do I even need to worry about Flash
(?!) upgrades? 
Janice



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Re: Question 2: PCMCIA Ethernet 10/100 fast card?

[Cliff Rediger]

[EMAIL PROTECTED],Internet writes:
>I'm looking for a low cost PCMCIA Ethernet 10/100 fast card so I can 
>connect my PB 3400 to a LAN at the higher speed. Ebay had none (as of 
>yesterday); any suggestions about likely vendors?

I use an Asante FreindlyNet card. Around $60 USD new. 
Write [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask them what card they recommend for the
3400.

Asante's support is top notch. Very responsive.

http://www.buyasante.com

Good luck.
Cliff

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Re: powerbook 5300 quuestions

[Cliff Rediger]

Reset power manager

Here are various instructions for resetting power manager gleaned from
the list.

Good luck
Cliff

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 13:47:10 EDT


In a message dated 5/29/2001 12:24:44 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:

>>5300 64meg Speed Doubler
>>
>>When I returned the 5300 was asleep and would not awaken. Nothing
>>worked. So I unplugged the power supply and pulled the battery out. Let
>>it sit, reconnected. The power button would not work but I got the
>>start up sound and a brief wavey line screen, then black and now
>>Nothing. No start up. Just a slight clicking noise when I activate the
>>reset switch.
>>
>>What to do?

Cliff, 

I occasionally get the two symptoms you have and here is the
__voo-doo__ that 
I go thru to clear the "no awakening/no start" on the 5300. I do not 
understand why this works and that is why I'm calling it voo-doo. This
is 
from empirical observations and testing.

Symptom 1

-Unplug the AC and the battery. 
-No need for a wait. Plug in the AC _only_ you should either hear a
small 
noise and or the sleep led should come on constant with no flashing.
-If in 60 seconds the start process does not begin, press the Reset
button 
briefly.
-If in 60 seconds the start process does not begin, press the Power
button 
briefly. 

At this point I ususally have a 5300 that has started the boot process. 
***Ususally it is very slow like a human awakening from a stupor, and 
gathering its wits. I _assume_ it is rebuilding a directory and/or the 
desktop, or maybe loading something from the PRAM.

I usually then run diagnostics to clear the original problem, but I
have 
noticed that if it is interrupted in sleep or shut down, this problem
will 
occur, or if the power was removed suddenly while it was running or all
power 
was removed including the PRAM battery.

Symptom 2

This one I partially understand.

Whenever I get a message that says "The Finder has unexpectedly quit."
I have 
found that a restart or shutdown and start will not clear and reset the 
Finder, and the Finder stays unstable.I have observed that at this
point the 
AM Option prefs are bloated (larger that the normal 4k) and the AM does
not 
work correctly.

A friend told me the following and it works for me.

-Get to the point that you can open the Preference folder.
-Put the following prefs in the trash:
Apple Menu Options Prefs, ASLM Preferences & Finder Preferences.
-Restart.
-Empty trash after the restart.

Neither of us know what the ASLM does, only that it needs to be
included in 
this process or it does not work. If anyone can tell me what ASLM does, 
please do.

I think the reason for my occasional Finder quits is a conflict with MS
Word 
and/or AOHell, and maybe CopyPaste.

I have made a script using (Apple)Script Editor to reset the Finder and
leave 
it on the Desktop so that it is easily reached when I have a "Finder
quit". 
Sometimes you can not navigate far at that point,and this way I only
need to 
do one restart.



From: Remy Davison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 01:49:31 +1000

Re the PM:
1. Plug in AC
2. Remove battery
3. Hold in reset button on back 45-60 secs.

Boot up, replace battery.

Reset the power manager. You should actually plug the AC _in_, pull the 
battery and then hold the reset button in for 45 seconds - 1 minute. 
Sometimes you have to do this a couple of times. Actually, from wide 
experience, I've found (inexplicably) that the PB190s have pretty
flakey 
power managers (I'm talking about 10 different ones I've worked on), 
whereas the 5300s PMs were pretty solid. Similarly, I've lost the PM a 
couple of times in 6 months on the Wallstreet, but never on the
Lombard. 
Hm...

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Re: Advice for Peace Corps volunteer re: used Powerbook, please

[Judith Broadhurst]

Profuse thank yous to everybody who responded. I'm amazed at what specific
info I got through this list -- even about using laptops in Namibia!
Altogether, it's exactly what we needed to know, which I'd wasted hours and
hours over several days trying to find, but couldn't until finding this
list. I'm truly grateful.


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Re: 1400 CD fix!

[Tom & Lisa P]

>Thanks a lot to NN whose name I dont remember but who has three cats and

Socrates, Shadow, and Casey.

>whose 'Frankenbook' 1400 has an interesting page!!!:
>
>http://members.home.net/gionpeters/PB1400
>
>The pages describes a fix for the TEAC 1400 CD drives, found by daringly
>trying his way. I have some CDs that my drive (8x) has accepted well, some
>that it has never accepted and then some that would only work after
>inserting several times. The latter have been the most anoying figthing
>with, on the other hand, the given-up ones are a serious problem. There
>have even been music CDs that the drive has given up playing, for instance
>my new Led Zeppelin collection. Serious!

Thank you, thank you.  I realized a while back that this problem was
so common, it couldnt be a flaw in every model.  I guessed that the
knob was the tune for the laser head, and it seems to be a correct
guess.

Out of 3 drives I have had that posesed this problem , I got all
three working.  It takes from 1-2 hours, and patience is required.
You have to tweak in small motions.

>I have now done NN's fix, and the drive works like a dream. Again, thanks!
>
>However, I think the text on the webpage could be modified - whereas the
>pictures are exelent.

I really ought to spend more time typing up the text to make it more clear.

>- I don't think it is necessary to take of the metal cover and plastic
>buttom from the drive's box (step one), or remove the connector at the back
>(I never did that)
>- Simply take the drive out and open it. Turn it upside-down and remove the
>small metal cover: no screws, use a minimum flat screwdriver to flip it up
>at the four places it is bent round to lock on to the drive
>(I mistakenly took off two screws in the rail on the one side and the
>palsitc door with the result that the two parts of the rail were in the
>wrong position with eachother when I assebled the drive and it could not
>close).
>
>(3/4 of a turn counter-clockwise was also the right for me)

The easiest way is to put the powerbook on a table, and you sit on
the floor, looking up at the powerbook. Take the metal cover off, and
then put the drive back in.  Sit so that when the tray is ejected,
you can look up, and be able to tune the knob without having to tak
the whole CD ROM out.  This way, you can also listen to the drive
when you have a CD in.  The sounds will tell you if its going to work
or not.

Also, if you put a disk in, the the drive light flashes 14 times
its out of tune.


>All the best,
>
>Christopher
>Tølløse, Denmark
>
>1400c/64/2Mb/SonnetG3
>

Mad DOg

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Re: Question 1: How fix a PB 3400 that "stutters"

[Chris Boring]

- Original Message -
From: "Eugene Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> My PB 3400 stutters (if that is the right term) -- i.e. it often
> freezes for 20 seconds to 2 minutes. And, it has noticeably slowed on
> launching apps. I have defragmented and optimized the HD and rebuilt
> the desktop and zapped the pram, but none of these steps worked.
> TechToolPro 3 finds nothing wrong. Any ideas?
> TIA,

I get this too, sometimes, ESPECIALLY when running IE 5.

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Re: OS X.1 on PBG4

[Chris Boring]

- Original Message -
From: "Guy Wickenden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> Just a quick note to let people know that OS X.1 is a dream on a PBG4 500
> IGB RAM. It is very very fast. I am beginning to prefer it to OS 9.2
>


Well, geez, of course it is.  ;)

My question is, has anyone hacked a way to run it on a G3 Kanga yet?  (the
only OSX unsupported G3 machine!!!)

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Question 1: How fix a PB 3400 that "stutters"

[Eugene Martin]

My PB 3400 stutters (if that is the right term) -- i.e. it often 
freezes for 20 seconds to 2 minutes. And, it has noticeably slowed on 
launching apps. I have defragmented and optimized the HD and rebuilt 
the desktop and zapped the pram, but none of these steps worked. 
TechToolPro 3 finds nothing wrong. Any ideas?
TIA,
Gene

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Question 2: PCMCIA Ethernet 10/100 fast card?

[Eugene Martin]

I'm looking for a low cost PCMCIA Ethernet 10/100 fast card so I can 
connect my PB 3400 to a LAN at the higher speed. Ebay had none (as of 
yesterday); any suggestions about likely vendors?
TIA,
Gene

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Which LaserWriter driver for 7.0?

[Donna Hood Pointer]

I run 7.5 on one of my computers. I have an HP LaserWriter. When I went to
system 7.5 HP told me to use Apple's generic Laser 8 driver (which came with
system 7.5 I think) rather than HP's and it would work fine. Why not try
that?
Donna Pointer-- iMac, ergo iAm

> I would like to connect an ancient Mac running System 7.0 with an Apple
> Personal LaserWriter NT.  The Apple Knowledgebase says to use a LocalTalk
> connector, which I have.  As for the driver, I need whatever version is
> compatible with System 7.0.  I searched the Apple site and all I could find
> was the Laser Prep file, version 7.1.2, but it also says the Laser Prep file
> became obsolete with System 7.0 (i.e. all I need is the appropriate
> LaserWriter driver alone).  Could anybody help me understand this better, or
> send me a copy of that driver?  Also, can I do PostScript?  Thanks very
> much.
> - Josh


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Re: Uh ohhh....

[PeterH5322]

In a message dated 10/3/01 11:56:44 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

<<
I fear my drive has gone to the great dead disk dump in the sky...:-(
>>

The 2.5" SCSI drives, such as those used in the PB500 series, have an 
annoying habit if getting "stuck".

No, I'm not talking about the dreaded "stiction" problem, which plagued the 
early 3.5" drives. This is more like an interface interlock, not a mechanical 
problem.

One cure is to always have a floppy with a minimal system on it ... just the 
system file and the finder should be adequate.

Whenever this symptom appears, try booting from the floppy. This will nearly 
100 percent of the time unstick the SCSI interface and thereafter allow the 
PB500 to boot from it's hard drive.

Note that you really needn't have the "right" system for your PB on this 
floppy. All that is required is that the disk has been initialized and it has 
some kind of system, even one that will give you a "This system is not 
designed for this Macintosh" message.

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Re: PowerCD where is it?

[makmac]

Eugène van Herpen on 10/3/01 1:44 PM wrote:

>> Anyone have or know where I can get an inexpensive PowerCD?  You know,  the
>> ancient yet cool black Apple single speed CD-ROM.
>> 
> 
> They were neither black nor single speed.
> You will have to do more homework, I'm afraid
> 
> Eugène, proud owner of two complete - in the box - systems
> 
I had one that I retired many years ago. I packed it back up in the original
box with all the original packing, software, manuals and inserts. In late
1999 I was cruising eBay and saw how much they were going for. Typically
$100-150 at the time. None in boxes.

I figured I would dig mine out of the attic, blow the dust off and see what
I could sell it for.

The winning bid...$475! I was a bit stunned too.

I got emails from Japan and Hong Kong begging me to consider shipping it
there (auction stated USA only). The new owner was thrilled with it...but
probably not as thrilled as I was to get $475 out of it, especially since I
had paid less than half that years before.

BTW, it's a charcoal grey (same as the PowerBook 100 series of the day) and
2 speed. You could connect it to your stereo and play CDs, or to your TV and
play Kodak Photo CDs. All via a very cool remote control. Oh yeah, you could
also connect it to your Mac via SCSI. It had one 50 pin connector on the
removable base but you couldn't operate it at all if it was removed from the
base...kinda dumb. 

Oddly, it was a dud when Apple brought it out. Perhaps it was priced too
high. 

-makmac


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Re: system 9.1 on 5300?

[makmac]

Bruce Johnson on 10/4/01 9:28 AM wrote:

>> a) My question is, should I leave on 9.1 for the networking capability, or
>> is it far too demanding of the 5300?
>> b) Or, is system 8.6 better for these requirements? (I do not want to run a
>> system older than this)
> 
> I don't know...the memory consumption isn't much different between 8.6 and 9.1
> anyway, so I'd just leave 9.1 on there. As far as networking capability,
> there's little difference between 9 and 8.6, so that's a wash, I think.
> 
I have a PowerBook Duo2300 (actually a 280c with 2300 mobo and IDE drive)
which I recently installed OS9.1 on. It has only 44MB RAM and is 100MHz with
no L2 cache. I was surprised at how well it ran on this pokey machine! It
only uses 14.7MB RAM and seems to run a bit better than OS8.6, BUT, I
haven't had much chance to run it through the paces with some real world
applications either.

Since it's just something to play with right now (I use a Wallstreet
regularly) I'm not that concerned about speed with it. However since it's
doing better than I thought it would, I'm planning to install OS9.1 on my
5300cs and see how it does.

-makmac


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Re: observations on 190 upgrade to 5300

[makmac]

K on 10/3/01 5:54 AM wrote:

> Having gained much information from this list about the items necessary for
> a powerbook upgrade, I would like to offer the following observations after
> watching it done:
> a) if you are going to try this upgrade yourself, be sure you have the 186
> page manual with illustrations

Good idea. I worked from the PDF version when I did a motherboard swap.

> b) be sure that you not only buy the motherboard, but also the powerboard
> (which the 190 does not have) and if you are upgrading to the 5300ce, then
> buy that video board as well

I recall mentioning on some list that one should not forget the powerboard
as it is separate from the motherboard and not used on a 190.

I installed the Focus combination video/ethernet card during my upgrade. I
now have 16 bit external video and a 10T ethernet connection (combined into
one kinda heavy dongle). It has a standard 15pin Mac video connector and a
RJ45 ethernet port.

One of the list member (David Wegener) has them for sale and rather
reasonably priced, NIB.

> c) you will need a torx 8 screwdriver (and possibly torx 6)

Didn't need the torx 6. I don't think there are any...I take that back, the
floppy drive module does have some torx 6 screws. I had to take mine apart
and make some adjustments to it as it wouldn't eject floppies (seems to be a
common problem for this module).

> d) if you buy a larger hard drive, such as a 4 G, and re-drill the metal
> cage holes to fit the screws which are now located in a different place, it
> is likely that one front screw will hit the plastic palm rest and have to
> be removed
> 
I managed to locate a 2GIG with the original mounting hole placements. I had
a 6gig drive I had hoped to use but saw that the screw heads would have
stuck up causing the problem you mention.

> Could someone please tell me what tool people use (and its name) that
> functions like a hook to lift up the plastic holding the keyboard cable and
> the screen cable so that the cables can be lifted out?

A hookidoohicky? A dental probe is one option. However I just straightened
out a paper clip and bent about an eighth of an inch of the tip over with a
pair of needle nose pliers. It works great and it's one tool that's easy to
replace if you lose it ;^)

-makmac


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Re: 3400 manuals

[Judith Broadhurst]

I think I saw a couple of 3400 manuals on auction on eBay for less than US
$10.

Judith Broadhurst, editor and writer
Creative License, editorial services
for Internet content and technology,
health care and social sciences


-Original Message-
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cedric
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 10:40 AM
To: PowerBooks
Subject: Re: 3400 manuals


I will check for you, used to own one

cedric

> -Original Message-
> From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Cliff Rediger
> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 1:33 AM
> To: PowerBooks
> Subject: 3400 manuals
>
>
> Looking for manuals (operating and service) for PB3400
>
> Gamba gives me only garbled text. No web page.
>
> Any suggestions are appreciated.
>
> Cliff
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Re: Mac in Namibia

[Judith Broadhurst]

Wow! You've given us info that we've been trying to track down for weeks.
Thank you very, very much, Christopher. (And I agree that Third World is a
disparaging, condescending term. My apology for using it.)

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From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Christopher Morgenstierne
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 11:39 AM
To: PowerBooks
Subject: Mac in Namibia


Hi Judith

I have been four times in Namibia, total 10 month with a PB190 and a 1400
in 1997-99

>1) Which Powerbook available used for less than $500 would be good for
>e-mail, word processing and -- if possible -- occasional Web access from
>Third World country. She'll be lucky to have electricity and a connection,
>certainly not counting on tech support nor repair service, so it must be
>RELIABLE.

Namibia is both third world and first world (awful labels!). Electricity is
very reliable and found in all towns and many villages n the North.
(220-230 volts, never heard of over-voltage shocks) She just needs a three
leg connector, round legs, South African style, not British. She can buy it
in every supermarket, cheap.
Yes, there is (i.e. was in 99) technicl support, an authorised Apple dealer
in Windhoek:
Apple Centre
5 Storch Street
tel: 225665
(I have the tel. directory!) It is quite central, just next to the former
univeristy (now tech college) ground. Very nice people. There are computer
(PC!) shops in many towns.
There are a number of internet dealers. The best one in 99 was the South
African 'iafrica' - they have a Namibia section. Probably they can be found
as www.iafrica.co.na or .za.

>2) Because I'm a PC user, I'm relying only on research. From what I can
>tell, the Powerbooks came out in this order: 5300, 1400, 3400, G3, G4.
>Correct? And this is my marginally informed assessment of options:

I would take my old 190, the 68040 version of 5300. No paranoia over
getting it stolen (they go for equal to USD 200 in Denmark), fine for mail,
writing her diary etc. First time in Namibia, I used an external Sportster
24000 modem. A little spaghetti-like when an the road and
But if she wants to surf she needs better than 520/540 or 190. Yet, she
should not waste time sitting surfing when in Namibia! Lovely, interesting
country. Loevely, interesting people. Go visit people, eat oshifima and
listen to gossip and exchange senses of humor.

How about printing, a 2.h. stylewriter 1200 perhaps? Or bring a 2. hand
Epson 740.
And: Whatever she takes, she could calculate on selling before going home -
prices on all computer gear is high (new and used). Storch Str or an ad
under classified in 'The Namibian' would work well.

Whish her all the best,

Christopher
Tølløse Denmark



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off topic: pumping my QuickCam video into my website with DSL

[pjewett]

Is there a program (simple, shareware/even freeware) that will allow me to
broadcast whatever is show on my Quickcam on my actual website?

Thank you very much for any info.

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OS X.1 on PBG4

[Guy Wickenden]

Hi People

Just a quick note to let people know that OS X.1 is a dream on a PBG4 500
IGB RAM. It is very very fast. I am beginning to prefer it to OS 9.2

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Apple Namibia 2

[Christopher Morgenstierne]

ahh...:

And The Apple Centre in Windhoek also has an URL:
http://www.mac.com.na/
'first Apple site in Africa' from 1986. Third world?
and an e.mail:
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Uh ohhh....

[Bruce Johnson]

I just went to check my 540c (closed and 'asleep' since last night, only 
to find it hadn't gone to sleep.

It crashed, and when it restarted it made some horrible disk-grinding 
noises and I got the dread 'X disk' icon...

I fear my drive has gone to the great dead disk dump in the sky...:-(

I'm going to let it cool, maybe take it out of the case and whack it 
gently, but I know that sound, it's a HDD death rattle...if I can get it 
alive, I'm dumping as much as I can off to another mac while it lives...

Does anyone know where I might find a larger scsi notebook drive (I know 
they're rarer than hens teeth!) This was one of the coveted 512 mb 
ones...I'd really like one of those...

The IDE conversions at MCE are not an option, they're cost much more 
than the computer is worth...

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Re: PowerCD where is it?

[Eugène van Herpen]

"Joseph C. Sis, JR." wrote:

> Anyone have or know where I can get an inexpensive PowerCD?  You know,  the
> ancient yet cool black Apple single speed CD-ROM.
>

They were neither black nor single speed.
You will have to do more homework, I'm afraid

Eugène, proud owner of two complete - in the box - systems



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Mac in Namibia

[Christopher Morgenstierne]

Hi Judith

I have been four times in Namibia, total 10 month with a PB190 and a 1400
in 1997-99

>1) Which Powerbook available used for less than $500 would be good for
>e-mail, word processing and -- if possible -- occasional Web access from
>Third World country. She'll be lucky to have electricity and a connection,
>certainly not counting on tech support nor repair service, so it must be
>RELIABLE.

Namibia is both third world and first world (awful labels!). Electricity is
very reliable and found in all towns and many villages n the North.
(220-230 volts, never heard of over-voltage shocks) She just needs a three
leg connector, round legs, South African style, not British. She can buy it
in every supermarket, cheap.
Yes, there is (i.e. was in 99) technicl support, an authorised Apple dealer
in Windhoek:
Apple Centre
5 Storch Street
tel: 225665
(I have the tel. directory!) It is quite central, just next to the former
univeristy (now tech college) ground. Very nice people. There are computer
(PC!) shops in many towns.
There are a number of internet dealers. The best one in 99 was the South
African 'iafrica' - they have a Namibia section. Probably they can be found
as www.iafrica.co.na or .za.

>2) Because I'm a PC user, I'm relying only on research. From what I can
>tell, the Powerbooks came out in this order: 5300, 1400, 3400, G3, G4.
>Correct? And this is my marginally informed assessment of options:

I would take my old 190, the 68040 version of 5300. No paranoia over
getting it stolen (they go for equal to USD 200 in Denmark), fine for mail,
writing her diary etc. First time in Namibia, I used an external Sportster
24000 modem. A little spaghetti-like when an the road and
But if she wants to surf she needs better than 520/540 or 190. Yet, she
should not waste time sitting surfing when in Namibia! Lovely, interesting
country. Loevely, interesting people. Go visit people, eat oshifima and
listen to gossip and exchange senses of humor.

How about printing, a 2.h. stylewriter 1200 perhaps? Or bring a 2. hand
Epson 740.
And: Whatever she takes, she could calculate on selling before going home -
prices on all computer gear is high (new and used). Storch Str or an ad
under classified in 'The Namibian' would work well.

Whish her all the best,

Christopher
Tølløse Denmark



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Re: 3400 manuals

[Eugene Martin]

I have an Apple Service Manual in PDF format that gives 
disassemble-reassemble instructions for the 3400 for those with the 
courage to undertake it. I can't recall what the URL is, but if you 
can't find it online, I could mail you a copy. Uncompressed it runs 
to 4.8 MB


At 1:33 AM -0700 10/3/01, Cliff Rediger wrote:
>Looking for manuals (operating and service) for PB3400

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Re: Which LaserWriter driver for 7.0?

[Bruce Johnson]

josh hough wrote:
> I would like to connect an ancient Mac running System 7.0 with an Apple
> Personal LaserWriter NT.  The Apple Knowledgebase says to use a LocalTalk
> connector, which I have.  As for the driver, I need whatever version is
> compatible with System 7.0.  I searched the Apple site and all I could find
> was the Laser Prep file, version 7.1.2, but it also says the Laser Prep file
> became obsolete with System 7.0 (i.e. all I need is the appropriate
> LaserWriter driver alone).  Could anybody help me understand this better, or
> send me a copy of that driver?  Also, can I do PostScript?  Thanks very
> much.
> - Josh
> 

The laserwriter extension should be in the installer disks for OS 7.0 
which is available through Apple:

http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/Older_System/System_7.0.x/

That will let you use a LaserWriter which does postscript.

There are utilities to load a Postscript file to a laser printer; I 
remember one used to be on BBEdi's site, and there may be an apple 
utility  browse through the FTP site lited above to find it...



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PowerCD where is it?

[Joseph C. Sis, JR.]

Anyone have or know where I can get an inexpensive PowerCD?  You know,  the
ancient yet cool black Apple single speed CD-ROM.

The few appearing on Ebay are going for more $ than I care to part with.

Thanks,

joseph


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Re: powerbook 5300 quuestions

[Paul Nelson]

At 1:05 PM -0400 10/3/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>IIRC, to reset the PowerManager on the PB 5300, remove the main battery and
>the ac adapter. Press and hold the reset button for 30-60 seconds. The reset
>button in by the i/o ports on the back.

I just was investigating old software on a PB and came across 1995 freeware
programme called ResetPwrMgr by [EMAIL PROTECTED] FYI.
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Which LaserWriter driver for 7.0?

[josh hough]

I would like to connect an ancient Mac running System 7.0 with an Apple
Personal LaserWriter NT.  The Apple Knowledgebase says to use a LocalTalk
connector, which I have.  As for the driver, I need whatever version is
compatible with System 7.0.  I searched the Apple site and all I could find
was the Laser Prep file, version 7.1.2, but it also says the Laser Prep file
became obsolete with System 7.0 (i.e. all I need is the appropriate
LaserWriter driver alone).  Could anybody help me understand this better, or
send me a copy of that driver?  Also, can I do PostScript?  Thanks very
much.
- Josh



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Re: powerbook 5300 quuestions

[MacinNW]

Thanks Kaldav for filling in some of the gaps, and to fill in a few more I'll 
add.

Kaldav wrote:

>* However, mine also SOMETIMES starts up when plugged in. It happens after
>the powerbook has been unplugged for some time. You will need to reset
>the
>power manager (someone will post the instructions here) and then keep the
>powerbook plugged in overnight to recharge the pram battery (which may
>be dead) and the larger battery.

IIRC, to reset the PowerManager on the PB 5300, remove the main battery and 
the ac adapter. Press and hold the reset button for 30-60 seconds. The reset 
button in by the i/o ports on the back.

You will have to reset the Date & Time as this also resets the PRAM. If you 
wish to save the total hours run, use TechTools to save a copy of the PRAM 
before and then add it back after. A very low total hours _may_ indicate a 
dead pram battery. It could just indicate a reset PRAM with out a save.

If the 5300 has been sitting around for much more that a month, it is very 
likely that the PRAM battery has discharged completely. They are 
rechargeable, but they do die. IF, after you have left the 5300 plugged in 
over night, but that you find that removing the main battery and ac adapter 
for 10 minutes causes the date to be lost, then the PRAM battery is dead.

>> the extra one (Panasonic) does not appear to
>>>ever charge, even when left in >> overnight. 
[snip]
>* You need to consider that this Panasonic battery is dead. Also, again
>consider that the pram battery may be dead. People will post symptoms here
>to help you check these.

See above.



>* Firstly, you can flash upgrade this card, and the information is on the
>global village site. However, for instructions on how to USE the Powerport
>card itself, 
[snip]
>To get the card to work you will need to have the
>GV software installed; first version 3.02 for the full install (this should
>also be on the GV site) and then the 3.06 update.
[snip]

Thank you, I forgot how frustrating it waws tofigure that out.
[snip]

> Then you need to enable file sharing through the
>control panel and chooser on both machines, or through the network.
[snip]
>I'd put the PCMCIA card into the slot before you start up the 5300, and
>have the ethernet cable in place and connected to both machines before
>you start them.

You must also change the AppleTalk CP _everytime_  you insert the GV PC card 
and want to use it. The AT CP will otherwise revert to default. I leave a 
alias of the AT CP on the desktop for easy access and as a reminder.

I have the GV 56k card and it generates too much heat to be left in all the 
time,YMMV, so I insert the card only as needed. With Macs you only need the 
file sharing enabled on the "from" Mac, and the cables can be connected hot. 
With PCs I have no clue.

I have moved over to a Pismo, but the 5300 still has a favored spot in my 
heart. It was the laptop that I cut my teeth on after coming back to 
computing. I have even gone so far as to connect to the web by cell phone.

There are plenty of 5300 users on this list, with lots of good experience, so 
enjoy your 5300!

Brent


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Re: system 9.1 on 5300?

[MacinNW]

In a message dated 10/3/01 04:06:14 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

>I bought a 4 G hard drive and the former owner left on it a clean install
>of system 9.1, which booted fine on the 5300. I had it installed in a
>powerbook 5300ce (active matrix screen, 117mz, 64 mb ram).  The 5300ce
>needs to log into a NT server, a Citrix metaframe, run Office 98,  DAVE
>and/or an old version of Virtual PC (however slowly)
>
>a) My question is, should I leave on 9.1 for the networking capability,
>or
>is it far too demanding of the 5300?
>b) Or, is system 8.6 better for these requirements? (I do not want to run
>a
>system older than this)
>c) Since I would be running at least system 8.6, is Speed Doubler 8 helpful
>since there is PPC code in this system?


Hi, I found that 9.1 took up a quite a bit of the RAM, and IMHO that for the 
few feature that it offered over 8.6 was not worth it. I had a 5300ce/ 64Mb/ 
Office 98 for Mac, on a small Mac-only LAN. I could not perceive any gains 
with Speed Doubler, but other swear by it.

Since you are maxed on RAM, you might look into using CompactFlash for more 
memory. Especially since their prices have fallen, atleast here in the US. I 
have no experience with them but others on this list, IIRC, have.

Brent

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Re: system 9.1 on 5300?

[Bruce Johnson]

On Wed, 3 Oct 2001 21:03:25 +1000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (K) wrote:

>I bought a 4 G hard drive and the former owner left on it a clean install
>of system 9.1, which booted fine on the 5300. I had it installed in a
>powerbook 5300ce (active matrix screen, 117mz, 64 mb ram).  The 5300ce
>needs to log into a NT server, a Citrix metaframe, run Office 98,  DAVE
>and/or an old version of Virtual PC (however slowly)
>
>a) My question is, should I leave on 9.1 for the networking capability, or
>is it far too demanding of the 5300?
>b) Or, is system 8.6 better for these requirements? (I do not want to run a
>system older than this)

I don't know...the memory consumption isn't much different between 8.6 and 9.1
anyway, so I'd just leave 9.1 on there. As far as networking capability,
there's little difference between 9 and 8.6, so that's a wash, I think.

DAVE runs perfectly fine under 9.1 (you may have to get the very latest
update, though) I have version 2.5.1 installed on my home desktop (running
9.1) and it works fine.

Office 98 should run fine.

With only 64 megs of RAM, VPC will run _really_ slowly. I'd avoid it like the
plague. 

As for Citrix, I've no clue...didn't even know Citrix _had_ a Mac client...

As for NT logins it'll work fine, with either DAVE or NT's own SFM. I use my
540c in this role all the time. It's slow, but that's because it's a 540c ;-)

>c) Since I would be running at least system 8.6, is Speed Doubler 8 helpful
>since there is PPC code in this system?

No. Speed Doubler is just a source of hassles and crashes, imo. All it really
did was to speed up file transfer in the Finder, and that's much improved in
Sys 9.


Bruce Johnson
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group


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Re: observations on 190 upgrade to 5300

[Bruce Johnson]

On Wed, 3 Oct 2001 20:54:44 +1000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (K) wrote:

>Could someone please tell me what tool people use (and its name) that
>functions like a hook to lift up the plastic holding the keyboard cable and
>the screen cable so that the cables can be lifted out?

When I have to work on these things, I use a pair of 6" hemostats with curved
jaws. Dunno what the official tool is, though. Those 'stats, however are an
invaluable part of my workbench kit, one of the more useful repair tools I
own.

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Re: 3400 manuals

[Fabian Fang]

Cliff Rediger wrote:

>Looking for manuals (operating and service) for PB3400
>
>Gamba gives me only garbled text. No web page.
>
>Any suggestions are appreciated.
>
Several manuals, including the User Guide, can be readily downloaded from
the Apple Support website:
>
>
Go to:  
and do a search for PowerBook 3400.


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powerbook 5300 quuestions

[K]

[EMAIL PROTECTED]  answered some powerbook 5300 Questions, and I'd like to
add to these suggestions:

>>1. Is the Powerbook supposed to start up when the power adaptor is
>>plugged into it? Mine does.
>It should not. Even if it is only asleep, it should not start up when the
>ac  adapter is plugged in. You
>should have to press the space bar or another key to awasken it.

* However, mine also SOMETIMES starts up when plugged in. It happens after
the powerbook has been unplugged for some time. You will need to reset the
power manager (someone will post the instructions here) and then keep the
powerbook plugged in overnight to recharge the pram battery (which may be
dead) and the larger battery.

>> 2. One of the batteries (Apple) has been reconditioned with instructions
>>I read on the list archives,
>> and works well now, but the extra one (Panasonic) does not appear to
>>ever charge, even when left in >> overnight. When I try battery
>>recondition with it, the 5300 goes black, and I have to restart.
>The Battery Recondition should give you a bouncing battery icon on a white
>background. When the
> battery is completely discharged you may have a poorly  redrawn desktop
>until you restart, but do not > unplug the ac adapter until the  battery
>is fully recharged.

* You need to consider that this Panasonic battery is dead. Also, again
consider that the pram battery may be dead. People will post symptoms here
to help you check these.

>> 3. Does anyone know of a place to download simple directions on how to
>>use the GV PowerPort
>> modem/ethernet card that came with this machine?
>Start at  Read thru the descriptions of the s/w
>downloads you can flash up
> grade some cards, but read thru __carefully__!!!  IIRC you can damage
>your card if you use the wrong
> one or do not complete the  flash upgrade. Since the card was not made by
>the current owner of the
> GV name, you will be SOL. The flash is easy, just make sure you have a
>good  power source.

* Firstly, you can flash upgrade this card, and the information is on the
global village site. However, for instructions on how to USE the Powerport
card itself, you will first need to check that you have both the PCMCIA
card and the rectangular black connector cable (dongle/clyde) that came
with it. It has one connector for the phone and one for ethernet (check the
symbols on the dongle). To get the card to work you will need to have the
GV software installed; first version 3.02 for the full install (this should
also be on the GV site) and then the 3.06 update.
When these are installed, then insert the GV card and its icon will appear
on the computer's desktop. Double clicking that icon will give you some
help and some options.
To use the modem, you need to plug in a phone line cable into the phone
line and into the phone symbol on the dongle. The installer will have
placed the modem script in your system folder, and you need to select the
correct GV script in your modem control panel.
To use the ethernet function, you must have an ethernet /crossover cable.
You plug this into the ethernet symbol on the dongle and into the hub, or
the other computer. Then you need to enable file sharing through the
control panel and chooser on both machines, or through the network.

>>I would love to ethernet to my iMac, but am not sure how the card works.
>>Can it be put in the slot while the machine is running?
>Yes, do you have the dongle or cable. it should have a RJ-11 (phone) and a
>RJ-45 (ethernet).

I'd put the PCMCIA card into the slot before you start up the 5300, and
have the ethernet cable in place and connected to both machines before you
start them.

>>Can the card stay in the slot all the time without hurting the Powerbook?
>I would advise against it as it creates too much heat. You'll know it when
>it  happens the KB and trackpad > go wonkie. Do use the legs to raise up
>the back on  a hard surface.
>IIRC it is suggested tht the GV card be used in the lower slot if posssible.

*I do keep my PCMCIA card in the slot all of the time, because either I
wish to connect to the internet and need the modem, or I wish to connect to
the  network. I have even had two cards in the slots, but there is heat
generated, so use the card and see how hot your setup becomes. Then you can
decide when to remove it.

>>How can I tell which way is right side up on the connector that goes into
>>the card?
>For lack of a better way to describe it, the pretty graphics up and the 50
>(?) pin female connector in.

There is human figure on the top side and there should be two arrows
pointing to the right. This slightly smaller end slides into the computer's
PCMCIA slot. Push it in firmly.

>>   4. Does anyone have any recommendations on a good place to buy an
>>extra battery?
>Several people on this list will recommend pbparts.com, Dan Monk on the
>powerbook list has good PRAM battery prices and fair main battery prices,
>OWC or Smalldogs occasionally have specials on them, or macvizions.

1400 CD fix (2)

[Christopher Morgenstierne]

...
Actually, one full turn counter-clockwise has appeared to the best setting
for playing ALL CDs - including the Zeppers.
Ahh, 'Good times, bad times'

Christopher Morgenstierne
Tølløse,Denmark



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system 9.1 on 5300?

[K]

I bought a 4 G hard drive and the former owner left on it a clean install
of system 9.1, which booted fine on the 5300. I had it installed in a
powerbook 5300ce (active matrix screen, 117mz, 64 mb ram).  The 5300ce
needs to log into a NT server, a Citrix metaframe, run Office 98,  DAVE
and/or an old version of Virtual PC (however slowly)

a) My question is, should I leave on 9.1 for the networking capability, or
is it far too demanding of the 5300?
b) Or, is system 8.6 better for these requirements? (I do not want to run a
system older than this)
c) Since I would be running at least system 8.6, is Speed Doubler 8 helpful
since there is PPC code in this system?
Thanks for advice.



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observations on 190 upgrade to 5300

[K]

Having gained much information from this list about the items necessary for
a powerbook upgrade, I would like to offer the following observations after
watching it done:
a) if you are going to try this upgrade yourself, be sure you have the 186
page manual with illustrations
b) be sure that you not only buy the motherboard, but also the powerboard
(which the 190 does not have) and if you are upgrading to the 5300ce, then
buy that video board as well
c) you will need a torx 8 screwdriver (and possibly torx 6)
d) if you buy a larger hard drive, such as a 4 G, and re-drill the metal
cage holes to fit the screws which are now located in a different place, it
is likely that one front screw will hit the plastic palm rest and have to
be removed

Could someone please tell me what tool people use (and its name) that
functions like a hook to lift up the plastic holding the keyboard cable and
the screen cable so that the cables can be lifted out?




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Alladin problems and Cd Player...

[Mike Hebel]

I'm having problems expanding the SoundApp68k.sit file on my 540c
under 7.6 - is there something I need to know about using Stuffit
Expander Deluxe 4?  It expands the BinHex just fine but seems to do
_nothing_ when running the .sit file!  No matter how I do it it starts
up then goes away.

Also does anyone have access to the Sound Manager app that will work
on this PowerBook?  I've heard that this will give me the control
necessary to play CD's at least via the Line-in/Mic-in.  The only
reference I can find for it on Apple's site is in reference to
AppleVision which I don't have access to and I doubt would work on my
old 540c anyway.

Any ideas?

Mike Hebel   mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

http://drone8of9.crosswinds.net/documents/Mike_Hebel_Current_3.html

http://drone8of9.crosswinds.net/documents/Mike_Hebel_Current_3.doc


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Re: 3400 manuals

[Tina Holm]

At 1:33 -0700 03/10/01, Cliff Rediger wrote:
>Looking for manuals (operating and service) for PB3400
>
>Gamba gives me only garbled text. No web page.
>
>Any suggestions are appreciated.

Drag the links to the desktop or a folder and they will download just fine.
If you're using Explorer, you might need to do a "save as..." instead,  by
holding the mouse button down on the link and then choose from the pop up
menu.

Tina


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1400 CD fix!

[Christopher Morgenstierne]

Thanks a lot to NN whose name I dont remember but who has three cats and
whose 'Frankenbook' 1400 has an interesting page!!!:

http://members.home.net/gionpeters/PB1400

The pages describes a fix for the TEAC 1400 CD drives, found by daringly
trying his way. I have some CDs that my drive (8x) has accepted well, some
that it has never accepted and then some that would only work after
inserting several times. The latter have been the most anoying figthing
with, on the other hand, the given-up ones are a serious problem. There
have even been music CDs that the drive has given up playing, for instance
my new Led Zeppelin collection. Serious!

I have now done NN's fix, and the drive works like a dream. Again, thanks!

However, I think the text on the webpage could be modified - whereas the
pictures are exelent.
- I don't think it is necessary to take of the metal cover and plastic
buttom from the drive's box (step one), or remove the connector at the back
(I never did that)
- Simply take the drive out and open it. Turn it upside-down and remove the
small metal cover: no screws, use a minimum flat screwdriver to flip it up
at the four places it is bent round to lock on to the drive
(I mistakenly took off two screws in the rail on the one side and the
palsitc door with the result that the two parts of the rail were in the
wrong position with eachother when I assebled the drive and it could not
close).

(3/4 of a turn counter-clockwise was also the right for me)

All the best,

Christopher
Tølløse, Denmark

1400c/64/2Mb/SonnetG3



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Re: 3400 manuals

[cedric]

I will check for you, used to own one

cedric

> -Original Message-
> From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Cliff Rediger
> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 1:33 AM
> To: PowerBooks
> Subject: 3400 manuals
> 
> 
> Looking for manuals (operating and service) for PB3400
> 
> Gamba gives me only garbled text. No web page.
> 
> Any suggestions are appreciated.
> 
> Cliff
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3400 manuals

[Cliff Rediger]

Looking for manuals (operating and service) for PB3400

Gamba gives me only garbled text. No web page.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Cliff

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battery rollercoaster

[John Pitt]

At 8:32 PM -0400 2/10/01, Michael Dolberry wrote:
>From: Michael Dolberry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: That 170 battery rollercoaster
>
>Hi Folks,
>
>I am in the process of reconditionong the battery on
>my wife's PB 170.
>
>I have deep charged and discharged it several times,
>as recommended.
>
>The last two times the discharge curve has almost been
>identical. It runs down to about 25% after only 6
>minutes and then ramps back up to about 35-40% for
>about 5 minutes more, until finally discharging
>completely after about 35 minutes.
>
>While this explains why the battery goes to sleep
>after about 5 minutes, I wonder if this is a symptom
>of a bad battery or something.
>
>Has anyone else encountered such a thing?
>
>Mike Dolberry

yep, I've had similar results from two batteries that i've tried to 
recondition for my 170. I was quite surprised by the spike at 5 mins 
or so, but I decided it must be a feature of the chemistry of these 
batteries when they're on the way out. (unless it's the rate of 
discharge, but this is on Battery Amnesia, which I think gives a 
constant rate of discharge). I gave up and pulled the cells from one. 
They all held an initial charge, and I haven't had a chance to check 
them out past there. But yes, my guess is that your battery is 
probably u/s.

I'm sorry to say I don't like your chances with the external charger, 
either. I have one of these and it didn't really help the two weak 
batteries, not for want of trying. My guess is that Battery Amnesia 
achieves a better discharge in any case.

I'm currently working on putting together a pack that will go through 
the old battery shell to the regular battery terminals (so that the 
machine reads it as a battery rather than ac adapter from the dc 
input at the back). I'm wanting to do this without soldering the 
cells, so I can put them to other uses and increase my recharging 
options. Once again, I haven't had a lot of time to put into this, 
but it seems that the connections between the cells and from the 
external battery to the PB terminals need to allow for a high drain 
(and you need to be very careful not to short the terminals).

One funny thing: using one of the bad batteries I've described, I've 
been able to get an external battery pack wired through in parallel 
to extend it's life to about an hour but after I removed the dodgy 
cells from the original battery, I couldn't get enough power out of 
the external pack alone to stop the PB from going down.. My guess is 
that the wiring on the external pack isn't heavy enough to provide 
the necessary current, but it will trickle in to augment the old 
cells.

Any thoughts and experiences with other variants to the old NICd 
battery rollercoaster? I noticed someone recently remarked about 
replacing NiCd cells with NiMH. I've been working on the assumption 
that the 170 charger won't do a good job with NiMH cells, and would 
be likely to undercharge or cook them. Does anybody have any 
experience with this?

best wishes, and can I add to other peoples' comments, that although 
I'm only a (very) occasional contributor here, I really enjoy the 
spirit and tone of the discussion.

-- 
John Pitt
Community Management and Development Program
Centre for Aboriginal Studies
Curtin University
GPO Box U1987 Perth, Western Australia 6845
ph: (08) 9266 3379
fax:(08) 9266 2892 / 9266 2888

home:   7 Melville Beach Rd  Applecross  WA  6153
(08) 9364 8808

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