Re: How do I
On Sunday, Sep 7, 2003, at 01:41 Europe/London, flutterbug wrote: I am trying to get itunes to run on 1400/166 and 8.6. I think I have seen a post telling how to do this. Does anyone know how to do it. http://www.wormintheapple.gr/downloads/ This link contains all the information and download needed to do it. I recently got iTunes running on my PB5300, unfortunately, the 5300 seems to have very crippled audio capabilities, so it's not as useful as I expected it to be :-( Steve. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Blank screen - PB 5300 just died!
At 11:02 PM 9/6/2003, Drew wrote: You probably need a pass-through terminator to use with the 5300. I know Zip drives provide termination, but their capabilities are dubious at best. I wondered about that. But I checked the little switch on the Zip drive and it was set at Termination - On so I didn't worry further about it. I'll throw in a real terminator next time I try using the Zip on this machine! As for a completely non-responding 5300, that could be a lot of things. Have you tried resetting the power manager by pushing in (and holding) the reset button on the back of the computer for about 30 seconds? Afterwards, sometimes it will start without you pushing the power button, other times you have to push the power key first... But usually this clears up strange power/booting problems. If that doesn't help, then keep it plugged in for 24 - 48 hours and try again. Your PRAM battery could have been depleted, and a depleted PRAM battery can cause a failure to boot You may also have a completely dead PRAM battery (in which case you need to either buy a new one or rebuild your current one). Thanks - all good advice. I'll try those ideas today. The clone desktop is another matter (and probably best answered on the corresponding list - [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Power Computing clones, etc). I'm a member of that list too, but thought I'd throw all my problems in one message. Sorry about polluting this list with my desktop problem too. :-) But you gave a great response to that issue as well. I'll check on the cache DIMM tomorrow. Best, Allan -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Blank screen - PB 5300 just died!
On Saturday, September 6, 2003, at 06:26 PM, Allan Trick wrote: I need a little feedback on something if you have any... Last night I was copying some files from a Zip 100 disk to my PowerBook 5300. Everything was going fine until I dragged a folder of files over, it started copying, and then it stopped midway through like it was copying a REALLY big file--the Zip amber light kept on making it look like it was busy too--and then I noticed everything else on the PB desktop went away (HD icon, etc.) and it appeared to have frozen. I forced a reboot from the keyboard and reset the Zip drive too. When I restarted the PB, there was just a big black diamond with a 2 in it bouncing around on the screen. I guess that's a symbol for SCSI port 2? That's the clue right there. You were in SCSI Disk Mode, which means you must have a switchable SCSI cable that's acting flaky; I expect that if that switch gets thrown during normal operations, all sorts of weirdness will ensue. It could a be a switch that's partially thrown, so sometimes it makes contact, sometimes it doesn't, or it could be a physically broken switch, or crud in there making contact. If you are *certain* you're not using a cable that can be switched into SCSI mode something's wrong with the cable itself, or the scsi connections on the motherboard. Try a different SCSI cable, if you have one. Unplug all scsi cables from the powerbook and try booting. All the strangeness could well have confused the power manager so try this http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58416 -- Wherever you go, there you are. - B. Banzai, Ph.D. Bruce Johnson -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
PB 1400 to control a radio receiver?
I'd like to use my PB 1400 to control a shortwave radio receiver--namely a JRC NRD-525. The radio connects to a PC with an RS-232c connector. I have tried using my SCSI/Dock adapter with the RS-232c, but the receiver doesn't show up as a SCSI device in the Apple System Profiler. Also, when using Zterm to try to talk to the radio, it only looks for serial port devices. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Spence -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
aargh! my PB 1400 eats ZIP drives
My internal zip drive seemed to stop working on this thing a few weeks back. I would load a zip disk in, it would make a sound similar to a floppy disk being ejected (except lower in pitch)followed by a click. It would normally do this twice, and then the disk would sit in the drive, not loading to the desktop. Just beffore the noise, the drive would light up like you would expect, and afterwards, I can eject the disk without any problemsby pushing the eject button(no insert a paperclip or such). SO, I bought a new Zip drive, which worked fine at frist, but now it does the exact same thing. Does anyone have a cluewhat is happening here? Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Internal CD-RW on PB 1400?
XXX I wonder if it would be possible to somehow take the mechanism out of a CDRW designed for a WallStreet or Lombard and put it inside the casing of a 3400 CD-ROM module? Probably not, since I've never heard of it and VST would have probably made such a product if it were feasible. Can anyone prove me wrong on that one? XXX On the same train of thought, Can I put some CD-RW mechanism in the 1400 casing? I'm sure this was discussed earlier, but if so, I missed it. Best regards. Hugo Diaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The only thing we knew for sure about Henry Porter is that his name wasn't Henry Porter Bob Dylan, Brownsville Girl -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Patched version of Apple Drive Set-up for non-Apple IDE drives?
Hi, Does this exist? Patched version of Apple Drive Set-up for non-Apple IDE drives? I have a 160 Meg HDD for my 3400 that is branded as Seagate (Compaq) ST9190AG. This drive boots rather well with OS 8.1. Another Compaq drive doesn't boot; any version of Apple formatting app (Drive Set-up) has the same warning: this drive has protected drivers, but can still be initialized. The model# is ST9816AG. Thanks George __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: PB 1400 to control a radio receiver?
I'd like to use my PB 1400 to control a shortwave radio receiver--namely a JRC NRD-525. The radio connects to a PC with an RS-232c connector. I have tried using my SCSI/Dock adapter with the RS-232c, but the receiver doesn't show up as a SCSI device in the Apple System Profiler. Also, when using Zterm to try to talk to the radio, it only looks for serial port devices. Wait, is this a SCSI device, or a serial device? RS-232c is NOT the same pinout as the Apple 25-pin SCSI, and you'd better make sure nothing is damaged! You'll need to use a Mac mini-DIN serial to RS-232 converter cable. These are easy to find and fairly inexpensive, especially at car boot sales. This will connect to the modem/printer port on the back of your 1400, and to the RS-232 port of your shortwave radio receiver. I'm hoping nothing is damaged ... :-/ -- -- personal: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ -- Cameron Kaiser, Floodgap Systems Ltd * So. Calif., USA * [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Coffee. Delight. Border. May I see your passport please? -- Firesign Theater -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Compact flash speed...?
Hmm.. I did buy a newer faster 6.4gb drive a while back. And you're quite possibly right about the fragmentation. I'll give it a try again today and see if I have any better results. I'm quite interested in running the machine on just CF since with the hdd spun down the battery lasts s much longer :) Thanks for the suggestions. -nils On Sat, Sep 06, 2003 at 07:29:53AM -0400 or thereabouts, Brian wrote: I took my 128MB cf card from the camera that had about 80MB of pictures on it, and transferred them to the hdd. Now, it could either be that the system was pausing while accessing the hdd, but I believe it was while the machine was accessing the CF card. I did turn on VM and tell it to use the VM, but at the time didn't have any memory intensive apps on the machine. I'm going to try again in a few days, but I suspect will find the exact same results. Has anyone else tried this yet? I know a few ppl on the list were talking about it, but don't remember seeing any good feedback. I copy photos from my camera's media (smartmedia adapter) to the 1400 all the time, no pauses in the system that I notice; I've got the G3 with a faster 20 gig drive though. It just copies. when I boot from the CF card to run Speeddisk (I was the first one I think to do the CF system disk thing, and it was for the purpose of a bootable Norton tools volume this way) the thing runs just fine; and I don't notice that it's hugely slow or anything; it's fun to have it be COMPLETELY silent, no HD sounds :) The 1400's bus speed is anaemic and it's not made for much multitasking no matter what :/ I would blame it on the VM but I usually have VM turned on on my 1400 as well since 64 just isn't much. If you have a stock HD, those are very slow, just buying something modern will be about a 2X speedup in your subjective feeling of speed. And your drive might be fragmented badly? Anyway copying files off my Smartmedia is certainly not annoying, works pretty fast and smooth here. B -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Word sees double
I have had Office 2001 installed for quite a while and have been up until recently generally pleased. I call upon one or more of five Templates which I created previously as a normal part of daily business. Recently when I looked in the My Templates area of the Project Gallery, to my surprise there were two of every template. Each named exactly alike and when opened indistinguishable from each other. If I go out through the finder, and locate the templates folder inside my Microsoft folder, you can only see the original 5 template documents. There is no evidence of the phantom 5 documents which constituted the ten we saw in the program view. I have even tried creating a new template, saving that as a new name and looking for it with both methods. It also appears in duplicate in the menu bar method (using Word itself) and as the expected single entry using the finder method. I would prefer not having this double vision. Anybody have any ideas as to what is up? ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: PB 1400 to control a radio receiver?
On Sunday, September 7, 2003, at 10:08 AM, Spencer Carter wrote: I'd like to use my PB 1400 to control a shortwave radio receiver--namely a JRC NRD-525. The radio connects to a PC with an RS-232c connector. I have tried using my SCSI/Dock adapter with the RS-232c, but the receiver doesn't show up as a SCSI device in the Apple System Profiler. Also, when using Zterm to try to talk to the radio, it only looks for serial port devices. Yikes. That's because the two protocols, despite having the same connector, are *COMPLETELY DIFFERENT* interfaces. Now, assuming that you didn't kill either your Powerbook or your receiver by plugging the wrong things in, you need an adapter to connect it to the printer/modem port. A modem cable should work fine... -- Wherever you go, there you are. - B. Banzai, Ph.D. Bruce Johnson -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Patched version of Apple Drive Set-up for non-Apple IDE drives?
On Sunday, September 7, 2003, at 10:57 AM, George Mogiljansky wrote: Another Compaq drive doesn't boot; any version of Apple formatting app (Drive Set-up) has the same warning: this drive has protected drivers, but can still be initialized. The model# is ST9816AG. These Compaq things are a giant PITA. I don't think you can do this sort of thing Try Low Level formatting it in Drive Setup. -- Wherever you go, there you are. - B. Banzai, Ph.D. Bruce Johnson -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
TV Tuner or Video in for a PB 1400?
Just wondering if there's any way to have Video in on a PB 1400, or perhaps a tv tuner (thru PCMCIA??? I don't know). Anybody??? TIA, -Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: PB 1400 to control a radio receiver?
In a message dated 9/7/03 10:09:21 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ... The radio connects to a PC with an RS-232c connector. I have tried using my SCSI/Dock adapter with the RS-232c, but the receiver doesn't show up as a SCSI device in the Apple System Profiler ... The PB's serial port, which is actually an RS-422 port, can simulate an RS-232 port. Check Google Newsgroups for pinouts of Apple RS-422-to-RS-232 adapters. If you want a commercially made solution, try Black Box Corporation. As usual, you will have to write your own application. If the external device emulates a known ASCII terminal, then your job is much easier. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
