Re: Appletalk to Ethernet Bridge (with TCP/IP)

[Van Damme Noël]

Rob on 10/19/01 9:12 PM wrote: 

> I have an older Powerbook 5300c that I recently got going, but it doesn't 
> have built in ethernet. I am using Apple's Appletalk Bridge software on a 
> Powermac 7200/120, but apparently it doesn't do TCP/IP. Perhaps I just don't 
> know how to set it up... 
> 
> How about cheap ways to get ethernet on this Powerbook? 

(at least) 2 ways:
1. buy a PCMCIA ethernetcard (got one im my 5300)
2. get a Gatorbox (Cayman Systems). You'll find them on eBay for about $20. I have 
three of them.

Have fun,
Noel.


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Re: Bad Blocks

[Tina Holm]

At 9:26 -0400 22/10/01, Erik Stiegler wrote:
>A bad block in the area the virtual memory swap file uses is the most fun.

Which was exactly my very first experience with bad blocks, took a lot of
headache, a lot of helping minds and whatnot, before I figured out it
wasn't the ram.

The drive was just 4 months old, and I had it replaced under warranty. Had
to make a lot of noise though, as it was bought from a phone company store,
mostly equipped with 18 y.o blondes with big you know what, and no brain.
She wanted to send my hd for repair and have me wait 2 weeks for it to
return... Oh, and a yuppie youngster boy, who said: Don't worry about the
chirping sound, mine does that, - and my friend's does it too...

I learned something, - never ever buy your computer equipment in the
supermarket or such places. Even the lousiest PC store around this outskirt
of Denmark have more knowledge.

Tina - ranting along


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PCMCIA Flash RAM cards

[Big Bird]

I have the PCMCIA card cage for my PB540c. The docs that come with the 
drivers for the cage say that some Flash Ram cards will cause the 
machine to crash on boot. I have one that does indeed do this. The
docs imply that there exist other cards that do not cause this crash.

Can anyone identify some cards that do not cause this crash on boot?

Mark Geary

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5300c Battery Recondition Program?

[Rob]

I have a 5300c that won't recognize the battery when plugged in. On my 540c,
there is an app that "reconditions" the battery and enables communication as
well.

The only other apps that I can find have to do with other Powerbooks, not
the 5300c, so does an app exist? If so, where? If not, how can I get this
battery to be recognized?

Thanks,
Rob


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Re: Appletalk to Ethernet Bridge (with TCP/IP)

[Rob]

Thanks for the reply, the card on ebay looks promising. How much does one of
the internal cards cost? I have no problems tearing this guy down (I just
built this one out of three dead ones) an would prefer an internal option if
it's reasonably priced.

Thanks,
Rob

- Original Message -
From: "makmac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: Appletalk to Ethernet Bridge (with TCP/IP)


> Here's what you need:
> 
>
> It's a combination modem/ethernet card. Works great with the 5300 I have.
>
> There's also a built-in option that you can add. It's a combination
> ethernet/video out card that you install in place of the video card that's
> currently installed. It's made by Focus Enhancements (I believe) and once
> installed you plug in a dongle that provides a standard Mac video out port
> and an RJ45 port next to it. Does thousands of colors and works great.
>
> However it's a rather involved process which requires tearing apart the
> PowerBook. Not for a novice. One of the list members, David Wegener, has a
> number of them for sale.



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Re: Appletalk to Ethernet Bridge (with TCP/IP)

[Martin]

>How about cheap ways to get ethernet on this Powerbook?
>It's a combination modem/ethernet card. Works great with the 5300 I have.
>
>There's also a built-in option that you can add. It's a combination
>ethernet/video out card that you install in place of the video card that's
>currently installed. It's made by Focus Enhancements (I believe) and once
>installed you plug in a dongle that provides a standard Mac video out port
>and an RJ45 port next to it. Does thousands of colors and works great.
>
>However it's a rather involved process which requires tearing apart the
>PowerBook. Not for a novice. One of the list members, David Wegener, has a
>number of them for sale.
>
>HTH,
>-makmac


Very thorough response makmac!  On a related vein, I'm trying to set up a
modem with my ancient Powerbook 145. It has an internal modem ( a tiny card
about 1" X 3", with only the words "Apple Computer" to identify it), for
which i can find no specs nor references. I also have a GV Flex external
modem. What advice can you (or others) give me on my best options for accessing
my internet services?

I have an ISP, and a domain (and website). Email is my prime concern,
not netsurfing (or netwallowing I guess on a PB145)...

I'd appreciate any suggestions or directions, BEFORE I pry it open   : )

martin

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Re: 1Gig RAM clobbers Virtual Memory

[makmac]

Donna Hood Pointer on 10/20/01 4:51 PM wrote:

> I'm running system 9.0.4. I just maxed out my machine at 1G RAM. Now Virtual
> Memory is turned off and unavailable as an option. In the memory Control
> Panel it says "This computer has more than 995M of RAM installed. Virtual
> Memory can only be used when less than this amount of memory is installed".
> With all that RAM installed I probably don't care, but most apps take more
> memory under these current systems when VM is not turned on.
> Does anyone else have a Gig of RAM installed on any machine? Does yours say
> the same thing? How about system 9.1?
> Donna Pointer-- iMac, ergo iAm
> 
Keep in mind that VM works by allotting a segment of your hard drive, equal
to the size you set VM to in the memory control panel. What is does is
create an invisible file on your hard drive. As such, if you were able to
set VM at 1GIG, you would loose that amount of space on your drive.

That would be a lot of space to kiss good-by ;^)

With a GIG-O-RAM, I would think you could launch all of your applications
and still have room to spare.

Heck, I only (ONLY!?!) have 288MB RAM on my Wallstreet and I've turned off
VM to reduce drive activity and save on drive space.

-makmac


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Re: Appletalk to Ethernet Bridge (with TCP/IP)

[makmac]

Rob on 10/19/01 9:12 PM wrote:

> I have an older Powerbook 5300c that I recently got going, but it doesn't
> have built in ethernet. I am using Apple's Appletalk Bridge software on a
> Powermac 7200/120, but apparently it doesn't do TCP/IP. Perhaps I just don't
> know how to set it up...
> 
> How about cheap ways to get ethernet on this Powerbook?

Here's what you need:


It's a combination modem/ethernet card. Works great with the 5300 I have.

There's also a built-in option that you can add. It's a combination
ethernet/video out card that you install in place of the video card that's
currently installed. It's made by Focus Enhancements (I believe) and once
installed you plug in a dongle that provides a standard Mac video out port
and an RJ45 port next to it. Does thousands of colors and works great.

However it's a rather involved process which requires tearing apart the
PowerBook. Not for a novice. One of the list members, David Wegener, has a
number of them for sale.

HTH,
-makmac


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5300c screen in 190?

[Alexander R. Pruss]

Can one put a 5300c screen in a 190, and thereby create a 190c (yes, I know
that Apple never made a 190c)?

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Re: Bad Blocks

[Dechao Wang]

what is Norton utilities? my flip disk cannot be accessed. do you think 
norton utilities is useful to recover the data file from the corrupted FAT 
flip disk?

Many thanks
Dech

At 09:26 22/10/01 -0400, you wrote:
>When it comes to bad blocks, I've found Norton Utilities to be absolutely
>worthless. Norton only tries to fix the file occupying the bad block, doing
>nothing about the bad block itself, leaving it there for the next file to
>trip over.
>
>A bad block in the area the virtual memory swap file uses is the most fun.
>
>I stopped wasting time with drives that deveop bad blocks, and just replace
>them now. Fortunately, bad drives tend to be few and far between.
>
>Erik Stiegler
>
>Tina Holm wrote:
>
> > At 14:36 +0800 21/10/01, Kenny Song wrote:
> > >I'm just worried this problem will come back to haunt me.
> >
> > I'd recommend a reformatting of the drive, and then check again with
> > Norton. Bad blocks is a hardware failure, Norton can't really fix it, but
> > it somehow excludes the bad block, so that it won't be used anymore.
> > Reformatting will also "cure" the problem, but if it reoccurs any time
> > soon, your drive is bad and should be replaced.
> >
> > Tina
>
>
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Re: 1Gig RAM clobbers Virtual Memory

[Rob & Brenda Mitchell]

Donna:
I have 1 gig of ram installed on my B&W OS9.1
(yeah I know its' the powerbooks list, sorry) and
I get the same message.
Just thought I would throw my two cents in.

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Re: Bad Blocks

[Erik Stiegler]

When it comes to bad blocks, I've found Norton Utilities to be absolutely
worthless. Norton only tries to fix the file occupying the bad block, doing
nothing about the bad block itself, leaving it there for the next file to
trip over.

A bad block in the area the virtual memory swap file uses is the most fun.

I stopped wasting time with drives that deveop bad blocks, and just replace
them now. Fortunately, bad drives tend to be few and far between.

Erik Stiegler

Tina Holm wrote:

> At 14:36 +0800 21/10/01, Kenny Song wrote:
> >I'm just worried this problem will come back to haunt me.
>
> I'd recommend a reformatting of the drive, and then check again with
> Norton. Bad blocks is a hardware failure, Norton can't really fix it, but
> it somehow excludes the bad block, so that it won't be used anymore.
> Reformatting will also "cure" the problem, but if it reoccurs any time
> soon, your drive is bad and should be replaced.
>
> Tina


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Lombard and wallstreet memory

[csean]

Just to update re. my Lombard and maxing the memory:
I finally got a working compatible 256MB low-profile module for my Lombard,
which now has 512MB installed. Works great so far. Putting it thru its paces
and planning to move to the Lombard 400 512MB/20GB as my main Mac.

So, obviously these 256MB low-profile modules do exist and they do work.
Outside the US it isn't easy to find them and they aren't cheap, but as I've
said recently, there are a few US online resellers who have them. Make sure
to buy from someone who offers a lifetime warranty and a no-hassles
replacement policy.

Chris H 

P.S. I've already got an iMate to connect my ADB Nuform keyboard (very nice,
highly recommended for anyone who has to type a lot) and Intuos tablet to
the Lombard. I now need a better way to connect my SCSI peripherals than the
SCSI Dock adapter (the one that lets you switch between SCSI Disk Mode and
SCSI peripherals). Anyone know where I can get one of those short SCSI
cables for Powerbooks that have a kind of "clamp" to attach it to the PB
more securely? I had one in the past, but sold it years ago.


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Re: flashing Q mark

[csean]

on 10-21-2001 21:01, (PowerBooks) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I recently almost had a disaster with my 18G IBM Travelstar in my
> Lombard. I was copying a file by USB from a Zio CF reader when my
> Powerbook hung. I had to force restart and I got a blinking "?". Disk
> First Aid couldn't repair but a combination of Norton Disc Dr and
> TechtoolPro could.

The flashing Q-mark on Lombards (and other "New World ROM" Macs, such as the
Yosemite G3) is a known problem. I have never had the problem on my Lombard,
but have had it happen frequently on my Yosemite.

There is a long thread on it at powerbookcentral.com on the problem: see


Apparently it is fairly easy for the MAC OS ROM file to get corrupted after
forced restarts and system crashes.

As some contributors have noted, a good solution is to keep a copy of the
MAC OS ROM file on a separate partition or on an emergency startup CD. When
you boot from one of these, copy the MAC OS ROM file to your System Folder
and replace the old corrupted file.

I just had this happen to my Yosemite G3/350. I had to leave for the
weekend, so I shut down the computer, which had been working perfectly (I
usually Sleep it). When I returned last night and booted up, I got the
flashing Q mark; I restarted, reset the PRAM 3 times, and after the Q mark
flashed a few times, the Mac booted into the OS 8.6 system I have installed
on a second partition. I then checked the Main partition (OS 9.1) with Disk
First Aid and DiskWarrior, all was okay. I then copied the MAC OS ROM
(version 6.1, from OS 9.1; which I keep in a Utilities folder) from the
second partition to the System Folder on the Main partition and rebooted.
All was okay once again.


Your specific disk problem may be different, but whenever you get a flashing
Q mark, I'd try the above.

Re. your problems, I would tend to avoid Norton when trying to "fix" a disk;
at least in my experience, it has caused more harm than good. It may be okay
for Optimizing/Defragging a disk, and the option to Recover files you
mistakenly trash has saved me a few times, but I avoid the Disk Repair
feature at all costs.

I have been in a similar situation to yours with my Yosemite and I got the
same disk errors and problems after trying to use Norton. I am sure that the
MAC OS ROM replacement strategy would have solved everything, had I only
known it at the time! To be ready if it happens again, I would suggest:
1) making a second partition on your HD that you can boot from
2) copy a good MAC OS ROM file to a special folder on the second partition
3) make a bootable emergency CD or Zip with a good MAC OS ROM file on it,
too
4) avoid Norton
5) use DiskWarrior to rebuild the directory once a week or so
6) run Disk First Aid after Diskwarrior
7) TechTool Pro/Deluxe is okay, though use disk repair programs as a last
resort
8) avoid Norton (again)

*obviously these are my opinions, especially re. Norton, and based solely on
my limited experience.

Good luck.

Chris H


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