Re: 160 display/monitor??

[Grace Tallman Gooding]

THANKS so much Roger!!!

I am, of course, marginally terrified to open it up, but, I guess it might
be un-avoidable.

grace :)



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540 screen fading to black in the corners

[Tricia Adams]

Hello,

I have a 540 with a screen that starts to fade to black in 
the corners. When I first start it up, the screen is fine. 
Then the corners start to turn black, a little at first, 
then slowly creeping into the center. I haven't left it on 
long enough to see if it completely blacks out, but it does 
eventually reduce the visible screen to a circle. 

My questions:

Does this mean the screen is dying? 

Is the only way to 'cure' it to replace it? 

If I do have to replace it, is it possible to replace it 
with a 540c screen?

My thanks for your help.

Regards,
Tricia Adams


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Re: BeOS on 3400c?

[Jacob Hunter]

What's BeOS Max Edition?  ... A lot of good it does you if you can't 
use the keyboard... ;-)

BeOS Max is basically a development of the freely released beos 
personal edition (for PCs) but I doesn't need windows. The 'real' BeOS 
PE won't work at all in virtual PC so I was pleased with it (I don't 
think BeOS supports USB keyboards). http://www.beosmax.org/main.php

Jacob

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Re: BeOS on 3400c?

[Andrew Kershaw]

Was there ever a free version as there is for PC? I love beos max 
edition now. It runs in virtual PC, unless you use the keyboard, 
which hangs it.
What's BeOS Max Edition?  ... A lot of good it does you if you can't 
use the keyboard... ;-)

BeOS system requirements are basically this:

PowerMac with a PCI bus and PowerPC 603/604-class processor. 
Consequently, it won't run on any of the x100 PowerMacs, the 
6200/6300 series, or the G3 and up.  It's unsupported on the 
5400/5500, but works fine (and _was_ -- before Be, Inc. folded -- 
supported on the 6400/6500).  It works very well on 7500/7600/7300 
(7500 must be upgraded from original 601), 8500/8600 and 9500/9600 
class Macs and clones.  It supports only built-in SCSI and ethernet 
controllers, and only supports built-in or OEM video cards (like the 
TwinTurbo or Mach64).  It works really well with multiple processor 
Macs like the Daystar Genesis or 9600 MP.  It even works with G3 
upgrade cards, but not G4 cards, IIRC.

My concern with the 3400c is that the video controller, ethernet, or 
IDE controller won't work.  Everything else (heh, what's left?) 
should be close enough to standard 603e-class Mac hardware that it 
should work fine.  If the ethernet on the 3400c is MACE ethernet, 
that'll work fine, too.

There was never a free download of BeOS.  I own a copy of BeOS R4.5 
for my PowerTower Pro, but don't have it installed (mostly because I 
can't find a modern browser for it).  The 3400c I was going to buy 
got sold to someone else while I was in negotiations to buy it (darn 
swap list)...  So this project will have to wait a while. :-(

Peace,
Drew
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Re: Blank screen on 5300

[Malcolm Cornelius]

on 2/3/04 10:21 pm, Benito Flores-Meath at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I swapped in a complete panel from a working unit, including the cable to
> the motherboard.  No success.

Then surely we know that it is the logic board don't we ?

Best wishes

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Re: BeOS on 3400c?

[Jacob Hunter]

I love BeOS but I have only run it on PCs. I don't have a copy for 
Macs. I assume it would only work on older models. Was there ever a 
free version as there is for PC? I love beos max edition now. It runs 
in virtual PC, unless you use the keyboard, which hangs it.

On 3 Mar 2004, at 16:36, James Wade wrote:

I once thought of installing BeOS on an off topic Powermac 6400 but 
never got around to it.  I would like to try it.  Sounds like a fun 
project.

James Wade

On Mar 2, 2004, at 11:52 PM, Andrew Kershaw wrote:


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Re: BeOS on 3400c?

[James Wade]

I once thought of installing BeOS on an off topic Powermac 6400 but 
never got around to it.  I would like to try it.  Sounds like a fun 
project.

James Wade

On Mar 2, 2004, at 11:52 PM, Andrew Kershaw wrote:

Is it possible?

Has anyone tried?  BeOS requires a PCI architecture, and other than 
that, it supports most of the standard Mac hardware.  I wonder...

I've got BeOS 4.5, and I'm really thinking about (finally) picking up 
a 3400c... ;-)

Peace,
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Re: Wireless on a PB 1400

[THE ROCK]

How about on apowerbook 3400? What would I need to do it?
TIA.
Peter.
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Is it possible to go wireless with a PB1400?  I would like to access the
web from coffee shops or other free access wireless systems.
Sure. Get a Proxim Skyline card.

802.11b-compatible.



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Re: Apple CD 300

[lesher]

Grace Tallman Gooding wrote:

> I picked up an old external CD drive today but it doesn't have any cables.
>
> IF I get this PB160 working, anyone know what cables (this PB to 50 pin
> centronix SCSI??) I will need and where to find a driver that will work
> with the CD drive?
>
> Any favorite source for SCSI cables, SCSI terminators??
Generic SCSI stuff is everywhere in the surplus/hamfest market. You might 
also try places like Electronicsurplus.com, Halted, compgeeks, etc.

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Re: Apple CD 300

[Volk (contractor)]

Grace,

I would imagin that someone on the LEM list hasthe adapter(HDI  30 to DB25
and cable DB25 to 50 pin centronix you'll also need 2 terminators 1 a pass
thru for 50 pin centronix as the SCSI device must be terminated on the input
and output.

Roger

Grace Tallman Gooding wrote:

> I picked up an old external CD drive today but it doesn't have any cables.
>
> IF I get this PB160 working, anyone know what cables (this PB to 50 pin
> centronix SCSI??) I will need and where to find a driver that will work
> with the CD drive?
>
> Any favorite source for SCSI cables, SCSI terminators??
>
> Thanks,
> grace :)
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Re: 160 display/monitor??

[Volk (contractor)]

Grace,

There are video cable connections in the area of  the adjustment sliders
internal to the machine, the problem could also lie with the main interconnect
cable to the upper and lower halves of the machine.  For directions on
disassembly go to http://www.academ.com/info/macintosh and go to the Powerbook
section.  Other good info can be had from http://www.lowendmac.com/, MacFixit,
and The Mac Freak site.  For Power Manager problems with this series of
machines http://www.westwind.com/reference/TN/PMreset.html has the info, in
fact you might want to try this first.

Good Luck :-)
Roger
Grace Tallman Gooding wrote:

> Hey, I asked this before, but didn't see a reply (I might have missed it
> with problems with email & phone).
>
> I got a PB160 off ebay and the guy claimed it worked.  After I finally got
> the power cord (that he forgot to send the first time), I plug it in and
> try to power up and I get noises but NOTHING on the monitor/display.  The
> monitor lights up and I can adjust the brightness/contrast sliders, but I
> can't see anything going on.
>
> The guy I got it from doesn't seem to know anything about it, which is not
> helpful.  Is there some easy fix for this?  Anyway to find out if it is
> really working in there?  Someone at husband's work suggested hooking it up
> to a monitor, but I'm not sure I have the right cables...
>
> Anyone have a suggestion about what to do next?  I would really like to get
> it working, but this is my first laptop and I don't have all that much
> experience with hardware issues.   My G3 and my Powermac 7100 were hoping
> this would be another FUNCTIONING member of the family (the SE was working
> until I stole the SCSI cable to hook up my scanner).
>
> TIA,
> grace :)
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