Re: 5300 power connection: it worked for me!

[Remy Davison]

>Hello, I have been working with my PB 5300's power connection: it would not
>maintain the connection. It would stay connected it if I held it in place by
>pushing it in.  So if it will work when it is pushed in, why not remove some
>of the plastic ( about a 1/16th of an inch.

Common problem. The solution is to strip off the plastic and resolder it 
and then tape it up. Not pretty, but it works.

  I used a sanding wheel on a
>Dremel tool) at the base of the cord connection so that I would not have to
>push it in.  I would like to report after 5 days I have not had any problems
>with the connection. Maybe this will work for others.
>George Tedrick  
>
>My PB has been through the REA at least once.  

It is a lousy power connector. Everyone I know with a 190/5300 has been 
able to bust it at least once. Unfortunately, despite its inherently poor 
design, it's not part of the REA. Only the internal power connector on 
the logic board is covered by the REA.

Cheers,

RD


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Re: Re[2]: DVD expansion

[Remy Davison]

>>The DVD decoder cards are in fact 16-bit PCMCIA, same as Airport - see
>>the developer notes to confirm this. Not that it helps a great deal
>>unless you can get DVD going on a non-CB PB.
>
>What does the DVD card actually do ?  I think I can get a DVD drive 
>into a PB1400, but I am not really familliar with DVD in general. If 
>I have a drive and the card, is that all I need ?
>
>>I'd be interested to know if anyone has got an internal/ext DVD drive
>>going on an older Power Mac - say, a 7300/7500 or something.
I sometimes wish we didn't start these threads 

First off, the only ways I can conceive of getting a DVD unit working on 
a legacy Mac are (i) internal on Power Mac (ii) external FireWire or SCSI 
on PowerMac (iii) FireWire or (maybe) SCSI on PowerBook. SCSI DVDs cost 
the earth (and more). Only recent PBs support FW. 

More importantly, I have no idea what hardware a generic DVD device looks 
for - if it looks for anything on a Mac. I note some PC DVD drives bundle 
an MPEG-2 decoder PCI card with the drive. 

While DVD-RAM is known to work - because Toast supplies the necessary 
drivers, as does Apple - I suspect Apple's driver supports the ATA bus 
only. I've never seen any evidence of FireWire bridge support. 

Bottom line: the 1400's video capabilities are extremely lousy in any 
case. Best off to invest in a Lime iBook 466 or Lombard 400 or something, 
if you want a good, reasonably priced portable DVD machine.

Cheers,

RD 

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Compact Flash reader/writer advice needed

[M Forrest]

Well, I was so excited about having lined up a CF card, CF/SM card reader,
and PCMCIA adapter, all for about $30! The adapter arrived yesterday, and
the media card is on its way, and then today I get email from the eBay
seller about the CF/SM card reader that it isn't available. (Which I thought
was "illegal" to do on eBay--to offer something you don't actually have to
auction???) Anyway, now I have to purchase a reader via another route.

So, while I am researching, I thought I would ask if anyone has any strong
opinions, advice, or experiences about USB readers. Any brand preferences?
Should I go cheap and just get a CF/SM combo reader, or go much more
expensive and get the VST Tri-Media Reader, or something in between?

Thanks for any and all suggestions/info!

Morgan, still trying to make this PB work for me for my November writing
project!


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Re: Optimum Online Cable??

[joedavex]

Hi Lynn,
>From your email address I realize we're neighbors (I also have an esslink 
account which is going away now that SNET has brought DSL to Harwinton). 
>From that statement you can see I went the DSL route and have been happy 
with it. You fortunately have access to Cablevision's Optimum online 
which offers you an alternative. I've set up Optimum for a number of 
clients and have been happy with the performance. When cable rolled it 
out earlier this year I was seeing downloads hitting 600-700k/sec, since 
then it seems to have levelled off at around 200k/s maximum. That's still 
alot better than SNET's DSL download speeds, the best of which I've seen 
is at about 145k/s which pretty much saturates the 1.5Mb connection which 
SNET sells me. Note that in August SNET made a subtle change to their 
offering and changed the basic plan from a "1.5Mb down/128k up" to a 768k 
down/128k up. Basically they are selling you half the service for the 
same price they were selling before. Optimum basically sells you as much 
downstream as you can (10Mb max) and caps the upstream at 128k also.
Pricewise Optimum can't be beat if you have cable with them already. If I 
had the alternative I'd probably switch to Optimum just for the cost 
savings, I'm paying $50/mo on DSL. So far none of my clients have had any 
complaints about Optimum in the area, the concern will be if the 
connection starts getting saturated, at that point if you don't like it 
switch to DSL.

On a sidenote, I fell bad that Esslink is probably getting hit hard with 
the arrival of cable and DSL access, they've been a great company to work 
with, I've had my Esslink account for about 5 years and have been very 
happy with them. Unfortunately when I called to see if they would sell me 
only a pop email account they said they couldn't, it's either $20/mo or 
nothing. I'm going to hate giving up that email account.

Let me know if you wnat any more info, but I'd say Optimum would be your 
best choice right now.

Joe


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>Hi,
>I have a Pismo PB 400 and am thinking of getting
>cable internet. Does anyone have Optimum (Cablevision)
>Online Service? I can also get DSL but Cable is  cheaper
>since they give discounted rate with your tv subscription.
>Anyone have any thoughts regarding which is better
>and also any personal experience with Optimum?
>Thanks.
>Lynn

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Re: Re[2]: DVD expansion

[Tom & Lisa P]

>  >>Ok, here's a poser - does the encoder card take up enough slack to
>>>allow other PB's to play DVD's as well?  I can see a 170mhz (?) PPC
>>>upgraded 540C having enough oomph if nothing else is running.
>>>The PCI ones for schm-Intel boxes say they'll run on a 133mhz so I
>>>think Mac might do better.  Or am I an idiot in need of a village. ;-)
>>
>>More importantly, are these DVD cards 16 bit, or CardBus ?
>The DVD decoder cards are in fact 16-bit PCMCIA, same as Airport - see
>the developer notes to confirm this. Not that it helps a great deal
>unless you can get DVD going on a non-CB PB.

What does the DVD card actually do ?  I think I can get a DVD drive 
into a PB1400, but I am not really familliar with DVD in general. If 
I have a drive and the card, is that all I need ?

>I'd be interested to know if anyone has got an internal/ext DVD drive
>going on an older Power Mac - say, a 7300/7500 or something.
>
>Cheers,
>
>RD

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dead PB 180 clock

[Martin]

>I just reformatted and reinstalled and guess what: it doesn't work. It has
>to be a hardware problem. But I can't fix it so I have to live it.
>Magnus


Sorry to hear that, Magnus.

Maybe it's one of those rare things, like the internal clock chip is
hooped or something. Bad luck.

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Re: PB 180 clock, bad news

[Magnus Rohde]

d. 17/10/01 18:12 skrev Martin på [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

> 
> Let us know how you make out : )

I just reformatted and reinstalled and guess what: it doesn't work. It has
to be a hardware problem. But I can't fix it so I have to live it. f...
l...

Magnus


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Re: CompactFlash media

[Vic Duong]

I got a 128mb Mr. Flash card about a month ago for my Canon s110. No
problems at all. In fact, you should look at this article:

http://www.dpreview.com/articles/mediacompare/

Goes to show, that you don't have to always pay top dollar for CF cards.

Newegg.com has the 128 cards for $45 and the 256 cards for $100.

Vic



> I have a 32mb & 128mb "Mr. Flash" cards. I have not experienced any
> problems (using the 32 mb in a Canon Powershot 350 & using the 32mb & 128
> mb in an Olympus E-10). I normally transfer files via a card reader instead
> of a PCMCIA adapter. I bought both cards from newegg.com (dirt cheap right
> now) & I am very happy.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Rob Mitchell
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> 
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5300 power connection: it worked for me!

[George Tedrick]

Hello, I have been working with my PB 5300's power connection: it would not
maintain the connection. It would stay connected it if I held it in place by
pushing it in.  So if it will work when it is pushed in, why not remove some
of the plastic ( about a 1/16th of an inch.  I used a sanding wheel on a
Dremel tool) at the base of the cord connection so that I would not have to
push it in.  I would like to report after 5 days I have not had any problems
with the connection. Maybe this will work for others.
George Tedrick  

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Re: Optimum Online Cable??

[ppp3]

I would suggest that it would depend on how you use your connection. 
If you frequent the binaries or mp3 newsgroups, or if you expect to 
frequent the binaries or mp3 newsgroups now that you'll have faster 
access, you'll need to find out what sort of retention and completion 
rates each option offers you. For example, one may be ten dollars a 
month cheaper but if you can never get a complete file 48 hours after 
it's been posted, you'll find yourself signing up for a premium news 
server that will now add that same ten dollars back. Also consider if 
either option allows you to post without adding X-Trace headers to 
outgoing mail or to outgoing news postings. If you're concerned about 
security you may find yourself buying a router or firewall to protect 
yourself, again cutting into whatever savings you initially believe 
you'll be getting.

Also ask each company what their upload and download caps are set at 
for each customer. If you're wanting to host your website on their 
servers, what does that entail ? I was more than surprised to find 
that my 'isp' offers 10 MB of webspace per account; however I have to 
put the files on floppy disk (not zip, not emailed) formatted to PC, 
and then physically take the files into their office 45 miles away 
for them to add the files to the server.

If you're going with cable, talk to your neighbours to see if any are 
already online. What are their experiences with speed during peak 
hours?

When you mention Macintosh to either entity, what is their reaction?

Also if you're going with cable, are you going to be receiving two 
different billings? That's what my 'isp' does so everytime I have a 
problem I get to do the bouncies between departments as each one says 
it's the other department's responsibilites.

My 'isp' doesn't even host its own mail server. In a traceroute I 
found that the mail server takes 14 hops before I can download mail. 
That's why I use mac.com which is much faster to download. My 'isp' 
is rurally based and moved the mail server to its isp's isp's server 
so that when the routers go down, which they do several times a 
month, few customers are aware of the lack of service. Mail bounces 
really indicate when an isp is falling down on the job.

I have no choice on highspeed connectivity but when I do, I'm jumping 
ship at the earliest chance.

Just my two cents of experience tossing into the fray.


>Hi,
>I have a Pismo PB 400 and am thinking of getting
>cable internet. Does anyone have Optimum (Cablevision)
>Online Service? I can also get DSL but Cable is  cheaper
>since they give discounted rate with your tv subscription.
>Anyone have any thoughts regarding which is better
>and also any personal experience with Optimum?
>Thanks.
>Lynn


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Re: CompactFlash media

[Tahlequan]

>Any opinions on "MrFlash" vs. Kensington. The former is less expensive.

>Donna Pointer-- iMac, ergo iAm

I have used Mr Flash for about a year without any problems.  

Good Luck--
Tony Ramirez

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Optimum Online Cable??

[Lynn]

Hi,
I have a Pismo PB 400 and am thinking of getting
cable internet. Does anyone have Optimum (Cablevision)
Online Service? I can also get DSL but Cable is  cheaper
since they give discounted rate with your tv subscription.
Anyone have any thoughts regarding which is better
and also any personal experience with Optimum?
Thanks.
Lynn



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Re: Re[4]: DVD expansion

[Remy Davison]

>RD> The DVD decoder cards are in fact 16-bit PCMCIA, same as Airport - see 
>RD> the developer notes to confirm this. Not that it helps a great deal 
>RD> unless you can get DVD going on a non-CB PB. 
>
>Non CB?  Could you define that term.

CB = CardBus. 32-bit card controller connected to the PCI bus. The 
pre-3400 PBs were 16-bit PCMCIA controllers attached to what was 
essentially 10MHz NuBus architecture.

>As for getting it running it all depends on how much CPU comp time the
>DVD decoder takes off of the actual CPU's hands.  If it does 90% or
>better it should run on almost anything - in theory.

True enough - if the pre-3400s actually supported Zoomed Video, they too 
could run PCMCIA cards like the Capsure. Although they're too slow to do 
anything but watch TV via a VCR.

I note Apple's now finally toting the use of the CardBus slot on the new 
TiBooks for Compact Flash cards - finally. What we've all known since 
1995. (but now the Mac's a 'digital hub' of course).

Cheers,

RD


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Re[6]: DVD expansion

[Mike Hebel]

MD> I too am "itching to try this". I suspect that even if
MD> it does manage to shoehorn into my PB1400, the RAM
MD> requirements would give me some trouble. Even trying
MD> to use VM on a Compact Flash card might be too slow
MD> for smooth playback.

I hadn't really thought about ram.  If everything else is turned off
you might be able to get away with 32meg but that might be wishful
thinking on my part me having only 12meg in my PB 540c.

MD> But then, just because it is newer technology, doesn't
MD> NECESSARILY mean that it is a RAM hog. :)

As with anything I'm sure it depends entirely on what you run and who
wrote it.

MD> BTW: Non-CardBus Powerbooks would be non-updated
MD> 3400's and earlier models, I believe.

Ahhh!  Non-CB (Card Bus).  That's what was conufisng me.

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Re: Re[4]: DVD expansion

[Michael Dolberry]

I too am "itching to try this". I suspect that even if
it does manage to shoehorn into my PB1400, the RAM
requirements would give me some trouble. Even trying
to use VM on a Compact Flash card might be too slow
for smooth playback.

But then, just because it is newer technology, doesn't
NECESSARILY mean that it is a RAM hog. :)

Mike Dolberry

BTW: Non-CardBus Powerbooks would be non-updated
3400's and earlier models, I believe.

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> CardBus ?
> RD> The DVD decoder cards are in fact 16-bit PCMCIA,
> same as Airport - see 
> RD> the developer notes to confirm this. Not that it
> helps a great deal 
> RD> unless you can get DVD going on a non-CB PB. 
> 
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Re: CompactFlash media

[Rob & Brenda Mitchell]

I have a 32mb & 128mb "Mr. Flash" cards. I have not experienced any 
problems (using the 32 mb in a Canon Powershot 350 & using the 32mb & 128 
mb in an Olympus E-10). I normally transfer files via a card reader instead 
of a PCMCIA adapter. I bought both cards from newegg.com (dirt cheap right 
now) & I am very happy.

Hope this helps.

Rob Mitchell
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>Any opinions on "MrFlash" vs. Kensington. The former is less expensive.
>Donna Pointer-- iMac, ergo iAm

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Re[4]: DVD expansion

[Mike Hebel]

>>More importantly, are these DVD cards 16 bit, or CardBus ?
RD> The DVD decoder cards are in fact 16-bit PCMCIA, same as Airport - see 
RD> the developer notes to confirm this. Not that it helps a great deal 
RD> unless you can get DVD going on a non-CB PB. 

Non CB?  Could you define that term.
As for getting it running it all depends on how much CPU comp time the
DVD decoder takes off of the actual CPU's hands.  If it does 90% or
better it should run on almost anything - in theory.
Anybody want to send me a PCMCIA cage and DVD card/drive to test on my
non-upgraded 540c? *grin*  Just kidding.

RD> I'd be interested to know if anyone has got an internal/ext DVD drive 
RD> going on an older Power Mac - say, a 7300/7500 or something.

See above.

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