Re: PB 1400 questions

[Robert Eye]

Currently, I'm running a PB 1400c/166, 64 megs RAM, OS 8.1.
[snip]
Second, I recently read about using compact flash cards to extend 
the memory on this computer; is this true, and could somebody 
explain how this works in laymen's terms please.
[snip]
Brian
Brian,

You *cannot* increase the size of the Mac's RAM with a Compact Flash (CF) card.

The CF card is read by the Mac as a type of external disk drive.

Some people have had success in using them as emergency boot disks, 
whenin you install a System Folder and whatever disk recovery 
applications you use. All you need is a CF card big enough to hold 
the files.

You just insert the CF card, with a CF-to-PCMCIA adapter, into a PC 
Card slot, power up the PB and do the four-finger salute 
(apple-option-shift-delete keys) to make sure it boots off of a disk 
different than the internal (alternately, you can select the CF 
"disk" using the Startup Disk control panel, if the PB is initially 
bootable from the HD).

This is nice if you don't have a functioning CD-ROM drive, or have to 
use an external CD-ROM, like in my 5300cs. (Alas, I could never get 
it to work on my 5300cs, but many people have had success with the 
1400.)

You can also store files on it, read/write to it, just like any HD.

And, you can select a CF "disk" for use as the disk location for 
Virtual Memory or cache memory for your web browser. For VM, turn the 
option for VM *on* in the Memory control panel. Then select the CF 
"drive" and tell it how much of the memory space you want to use.

Similarly for web browser cache, just tell the browser the location 
and size of the cache file in the browser's Preferneces.

There are some limitations with the CF read/write lifetimes (range of 
millions to tens-of-millions of cycles as MTTF). Still, they are 
pretty cheap for what they do, especially the lower-valued cards.

Regards,

Bob Eye
Dallas, TX
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Re: PB 1400 questions

[Ken]

My Reply follows quote. On 17/08/2003 21:14 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:  

>In a message dated 8/17/2003 11:55:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
>> Do you have an external CD Drive you can use? Maybe an external HD you 
>> can use as a startup disk? Norton can only do limited repairs to the 
>> startup disk. Sort of like working on your car's engine 
>> while it is 
>> running.
>
>I do have an external HD, but no means of connecting it to my Powerbook.  
>Same with an external Zip drive.  The only other CD drive I have is USB, 
>so it's incompatible with my Powerbook.  Any way to boot up off of the 
>internal zip drive?
>Brian

Hmm. Well, I don't know about booting from an internal Zip. The one in my 
Wallstreet needs the Iomega driver to mount, so I don't know how one 
would boot from it since the driver loads during boot.

There are cables and adapters that let you connect to the SCSI port on 
the 1400. I have a bunch of different kinds. Contact me off-list if you 
might be interested in purchasing one.

Ken

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

[k]

In a message dated 8/17/03 4:00:01 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

<< From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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

In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

By far the easiest way to do this is make the floppies  >>

I've been following this line of thought in digest mode and thought I would
intervene. I happen to have a sleeve of the floppies of system 7.0.1 At least
that what it says on the outside of the package. Inside there are 6 
floppies. I
believe I picked these up when attempting to get my Duo230 up and running
only to find out I couldn't use them. So I have no use for them. If you are
willing to pay postage from Mpls 55417 to wherever you are I would 
be glad to let
them go. They look as if they might fit in an overnight letter or an envelope
of that size.

Brad(RasAzul)
we fiddled a bit with a powebook 150 and that one needs special 
systemdisks I vaguely remember they were 7.1.1 or something like 
that. anyone ?

Kenta
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Re: PB 1400 questions

[Darkwolf45]

In a message dated 8/17/2003 11:55:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
writes:

> Do you have an external CD Drive you can use? Maybe an external HD you 
> can use as a startup disk? Norton can only do limited repairs to the 
> startup disk. Sort of like working on your car's engine 
> while it is 
> running.

I do have an external HD, but no means of connecting it to my Powerbook.  Same with an 
external Zip drive.  The only other CD drive I have is USB, so it's incompatible with 
my Powerbook.  Any way to boot up off of the internal zip drive?
Brian

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Re: PB 1400 questions

[Ken]

My Reply follows quote. On 17/08/2003 19:51 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:  

>Currently, I'm running a PB 1400c/166, 64 megs RAM, OS 8.1.
>I am wondering a little about some of the options I have.  First of all, I 
>saw a PCMCIA card in a macmall catalog- USB 2-port PCMCIA Card- it says 
>that it works with any 32 bit, type II Cardbus  slot.  I'd like to be sure 
>though, since I don't know much about PCMCIA cards- will this work in my 
>PB 1400?

The 1400 is PCMCIA. This is NOT Cardbus. Can't do USB on a 1400.

>Second, I recently read about using compact flash cards to extend the 
>memory on this computer; is this true, and could somebody explain how this 
>works in laymen's terms please.

Extending memory? Well, maybe you can use a PCMCIA adapter and a compact 
flash card to be your RAM Disk, but I don't think you gain much. Haven't 
tried it, however.

>Third, and most important, I am having a little difficulty with my PB- 
>Norton Utilities say that i need to repair the disk because the free block 
>count is incorrect.  I don't think it's a major problem, Norton says it 
>can repair it, but it needs to do it while my intyernal HD is not the 
>startup disk.  Tried the CD, for some reason it freezes when i Use it.  
>The only other option I can think of is that I use a Zip disk I have made 
>with a system folder and norton utilitieson it.  The only problem is that 
>I can't get my computer to boot up on the zip disk.  This disk is an old 
>standard of mine that i use to use for big disk repair jobs, and works 
>well on other computers via an external zip drive, but for some reason it 
>does not work through the internal VST zip drive on my PB.  Slecting it as 
>the startup disk via the startup disk control panels does not work.  Any 
>help?

Do you have an external CD Drive you can use? Maybe an external HD you 
can use as a startup disk? Norton can only do limited repairs to the 
startup disk. Sort of like working on your car's engine while it is 
running.

>Thanks in advance.  I realize that I have little to offer, and alot to 
>ask, so assistance is appreciated.
>Brian


Ken

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PB 1400 questions

[Darkwolf45]

Currently, I'm running a PB 1400c/166, 64 megs RAM, OS 8.1.
I am wondering a little about some of the options I have.  First of all, I saw a 
PCMCIA card in a macmall catalog- USB 2-port PCMCIA Card- it says that it works with 
any 32 bit, type II Cardbus  slot.  I'd like to be sure though, since I don't know 
much about PCMCIA cards- will this work in my PB 1400?
Second, I recently read about using compact flash cards to extend the memory on this 
computer; is this true, and could somebody explain how this works in laymen's terms 
please.
Third, and most important, I am having a little difficulty with my PB- Norton 
Utilities say that i need to repair the disk because the free block count is 
incorrect.  I don't think it's a major problem, Norton says it can repair it, but it 
needs to do it while my intyernal HD is not the startup disk.  Tried the CD, for some 
reason it freezes when i Use it.  The only other option I can think of is that I use a 
Zip disk I have made with a system folder and norton utilitieson it.  The only problem 
is that I can't get my computer to boot up on the zip disk.  This disk is an old 
standard of mine that i use to use for big disk repair jobs, and works well on other 
computers via an external zip drive, but for some reason it does not work through the 
internal VST zip drive on my PB.  Slecting it as the startup disk via the startup disk 
control panels does not work.  Any help?
Thanks in advance.  I realize that I have little to offer, and alot to ask, so 
assistance is appreciated.
Brian

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

[RasAzul]

In a message dated 8/17/03 4:00:01 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

<< From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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

In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


By far the easiest way to do this is make the floppies  >>


I've been following this line of thought in digest mode and thought I would 
intervene. I happen to have a sleeve of the floppies of system 7.0.1 At least 
that what it says on the outside of the package. Inside there are 6 floppies. I 
believe I picked these up when attempting to get my Duo230 up and running 
only to find out I couldn't use them. So I have no use for them. If you are 
willing to pay postage from Mpls 55417 to wherever you are I would be glad to let 
them go. They look as if they might fit in an overnight letter or an envelope 
of that size.

Brad(RasAzul)


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Re: help!

[Bruce Johnson]

On Sunday, August 17, 2003, at 12:49  PM, Jean-Jacques de Roover wrote:

Hello all,

I recently came into possession of a pb180, and then ran away with the 
circus (long story). Now that I've returned, I'd like to get it 
working, and see what it's capable of. I've tried powering it up, and 
I'm getting what I can only assume are the chimes of death, after 
which it promptly powers down.
Try removing the battery and see what happens. It could also (iirc) be 
a dead PRAM battery.

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help!

[Jean-Jacques de Roover]

Hello all,

I recently came into possession of a pb180, and then ran away with the 
circus (long story). Now that I've returned, I'd like to get it 
working, and see what it's capable of. I've tried powering it up, and 
I'm getting what I can only assume are the chimes of death, after which 
it promptly powers down.

In the ideal, after reviving it, I'd like to see this beastie provide 
simple word processing, and if possible, e-mail access.

Any guidance, particularly in the Chicago area, would be most 
appreciated.

For the record, I don't have any system disks to boot off of. I'll be 
trolling the web for downloads.

Thanks!

J-J

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