Re: Best hard drive for 500 series PowerBooks?

[ACFX44501]

>As the proud new owner of a 540c (thanks to Craig) I am trying to find 
>out all I can about it.  Is there a "best" (fastest/most efficient) hard 
>drive design for the 500 series?

With native you're limited to 500 MB (there were s very few larger ones 
made before manufacure was terminated).

With an EIDE-SCSI converter, you are limited to 8 GB by the Apple 
supported ADTX, and larger with the Australian converter which is rare.

If your PowerBook (any SCSI-based PB) came with a 1 GB drive, then it 
already has the ADTX converter, and all you need do it replace the drive 
with a larger one. However, there are mechanical issues with "old" 
pattern 2.5" drives vs. "new" pattern drives.

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Re: Powerbook 145 power supply specs

[Ken]

My Reply follows quote. On 20/05/2004 20:38 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
said:  

>Hello Everyone!
>
>I recently bought a Powerbook 145 on EBay. It seems to work fine save one
>thing: I do not have a power supply for it. Of course, I have dozens of
>old laptop power supplies from Zeniths and such back in my closet, so,
>does anyone know the output specs needed on a Powerbook 145 PS, that I may
>not have to buy one?
>
>Peace and Love,
>Terry
>-><-

I believe that it uses the same one as the 150/165/170. They are labeled:

7.5V, 3A.

Drop a line off-list if you want one "reasonably priced."

Ken

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Re: IBM formatted hard drive

[Yersinia]

ACFX44501 writes,



H. Come to think of it -- oh, I am really getting senile here, as 
this is fairly recent -- I actually DID use Drive Setup to format a 2 GB 
HD for Mac, which I assume had to have been IBM formatted when I got it. 
I assume this because it was used, coming from my boyfriend's Mac free 
workplace. Someone was going to throw it out, he snagged it and gave it 
to me. Anyway, what actually happened was, once he installed the HD and I 
gave it a proper SCSI address, my Mac said "This disk cannot be read by 
this Macintosh." Which was not really a surprise, and was also what known 
IBM formatted floppies used to give me when I inserted them, although I 
knew they had to be Mac formatted before I could use them. My first move 
was to run the Erase Disk function on the new HD, but all that 
accomplished was offering me a choice of "Macintosh 1.2 GB Standard" or 
"Extended" formats. With Drive Setup, however, I was able to pick 1.9 GB 
Extended format, which I did, wanting to get the most space possible out 
of the new HD.

Anyway, the formatting worked out just fine, and the HD has been serving 
me well.

Now if only my Disk Doctor and Speed Disk would work on it.  sigh

~Yersinia.

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Best hard drive for 500 series PowerBooks?

[Hal Meeks]

Hi,

   As the proud new owner of a 540c (thanks to Craig) I am trying to find 
out all I can about it.  Is there a "best" (fastest/most efficient) hard 
drive design for the 500 series?  Thanks!

Hal

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Powerbook 145 power supply specs

[Terence Dennis Sherman]

Hello Everyone!

I recently bought a Powerbook 145 on EBay. It seems to work fine save one
thing: I do not have a power supply for it. Of course, I have dozens of
old laptop power supplies from Zeniths and such back in my closet, so,
does anyone know the output specs needed on a Powerbook 145 PS, that I may
not have to buy one?

Peace and Love,
Terry
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Re: IBM formatted hard drive

[ACFX44501]

>I can't see why not. I've gotten floppies which were IBM formatted and 
>was able to Mac format them easily with the "Erase Disk" function applied 
>to the floppies in question. So I don't see why Drive Setup used to 
>similarly format an IBM formatted HD should be any less effective.

The "erase disk" function can change a floppy from IBM to Mac (or back) 
because there is only one format, namely that of a "flat" (i.e., 
unpartitioned) file system.

The same is almost true of a hard disk which is already in Mac format ... 
it can be changed from HFS to HFS+ (and back) ... but not to IBM (or 
back).

Changing a hard disk from IBM to Mac requires Drive Setup, which will 
properly initialize the first five or six partitions to include the boot 
partition, the various hard disk driver partitions, the patch partition, 
etcetera, and, of course, the special recovery blocks, none of which are 
present in the same way on an IBM-formatted disk.

Those Mac-specific partitions are already present on an HFS-formatted 
hard disk, so "erase disk" can easily make the conversion to HFS+ (or 
back).

"Erase disk" can change the characteristics of the *only* partition on a 
disk (the floppy case), or the *selected* partition on a disk (the hard 
disk case) ... it cannot change an IBM-formatted (and partitioned) disk 
to a Mac-formatted (and partitioned) disk.

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Re: PB 5300 using a 3400/Kanga battery?

[Dan K]

As Roger points out, a 5300 cannot charge a LiIon battery (AFAIK), but 
can indeed run on one. A couple of eons (errr . . . years) ago, I tested 
a 5300C with a 3400 battery. I recall that at full clip (no powersaving 
at all) it got something over 4 hours of runtime. Not sure now how much 
over, might have been 6 or 8 hours or some crazy amount. I DO remember 
though being VERY VERY impressed, especially since I was used to my 1400 
batteries lasting at most 1.5 hrs on a _good_ day.

Long time ago, old brain leaks, y'all understand (hopefully. :-)

Dan K

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Re: IBM formatted hard drive

[Michael Druckenmiller Jr.]

You wont be able to do it using the original version of  drive setup, unless
it is an apple harddrive. HOWEVER, there is good news, there is a hacked
version of Drive setup available on the net, as well as instructions on how
to "hack" it yourself using resource editor, so it will allow you to
partition and format the drive...

I know this can be done, I did it in my Classic II I just forgot the
links... Maybe somebody knows, or you can search for it Try searching in
google for drive setup.

-Mike-




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Re: IBM formatted hard drive

[Yersinia]

Dan 5300c writes,



I can't see why not. I've gotten floppies which were IBM formatted and 
was able to Mac format them easily with the "Erase Disk" function applied 
to the floppies in question. So I don't see why Drive Setup used to 
similarly format an IBM formatted HD should be any less effective.

~Yersinia.

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Re: IBM formatted hard drive

[Ben]

Hopefully! I have been having truble putting an IBM format HD in one of my
Macs. But I know it can be done as I have done it before. ~ Ben ~
- Original Message - 
From: "Daniel De L'eau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 9:43 AM
Subject: IBM formatted hard drive


> 1)  If I take an IBM formatted drive and drop it into my 5300, then start
> from an external hard drive, I should be able to use Apple's drive setup
to
> format it for Mac, right?
>
> 2)
>
>
>
> Dan5300c
>
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Re: PB 5300 using a 3400/Kanga battery?

[Andrew Kershaw]

I've heard System
7.5.2 still has the capability of charging the 3400's LiIon battery, but I
don't know if that's a fact
That's System 7.5.2 with PowerBook 5300 Enabler.  It should recharge 
the original Sony Li-Ion battery, as that was the OS/hardware 
combination that was originally intended to be put into circulation. 
Apparently a _very_ few actually did make it to customers.

System 7.5.3 and later removed the capability.
I have no idea whether it would recharge a 3400's Li-Ion battery. 
IIRC, the manufacturer is different (though I don't really know who 
made the 3400 batteries), and probably the serial ROM chip in the 
battery that identifies it to the PowerBook isn't recognized by 
System 7.5.2.  It's worth a try, though.  That original OS might be 
hard to find.  I've got an archived copy around here somewhere... 
But I don't have a 3400 or 3400 battery... ;-)

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Re: PB 5300 using a 3400/Kanga battery?

[Andrew Kershaw]

Hello,
...IF this e-mail message gets thru (w/ all of the "bounced" messages I have
been getting...!);
I was wondering if the above is possible
I have seen the Apple "PowerBook G3, 3400, 5300, 190: Battery
Interchangeability Article," and done the research on the FAQ and 
the WWW, but now I want
testimonies from the resident GuRus on the list...

In addition to the two other posts confirming it works, there is a 
bit more to say.

Not only does the battery not charge, apparently it isn't recognized 
correctly, either.  I believe one of the Victorias on this list did a 
test for us once - she ran her 190 (I think) off a 3400 Li-Ion 
battery.  The control strip didn't give her any info about the 
battery (current charge or expected run-time), so she used a stop 
watch (or other clock) to time it.  I guess it ran for something 
close to 5 hours.  Not bad!

So, yes, the battery will power the PowerBook.  The OS, however, will 
not recognize it properly (that includes not displaying any info 
about the battery's charge level in addition to not re-charging it). 
So that's a tricky combination - if you've been running on battery 
for a while, you may have no warning before the power cuts out.  I 
don't know if the PowerBook hardware will automatically detect a low 
voltage and go to sleep or if going to sleep requires the OS to 
intercede before an undervoltage shutdown and loss of unsaved work.

Peace,
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IBM formatted hard drive

[Daniel De L'eau]

1)  If I take an IBM formatted drive and drop it into my 5300, then start
from an external hard drive, I should be able to use Apple's drive setup to
format it for Mac, right?

2)



Dan5300c



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Re: pb170 batery

[Yersinia]

Roger writes,



OK, well, I got batteries for my PB 190 from Nexcomp easy and cheap so 
that's why I thought that other guy could find batteries for his 170 from 
there too.

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Re: PB 5300 using a 3400/Kanga battery?

[KG]

> I have seen the Apple "PowerBook G3, 3400, 5300, 190: Battery
> Interchangeability Article," and done the research on the FAQ and the WWW,
but now I want
> testimonies from the resident GuRus on the list...

I've run 3400 batteries in the 5300 before, and they work great and last a
very long time. But the 5300 can't charge a 3400 battery. I've heard System
7.5.2 still has the capability of charging the 3400's LiIon battery, but I
don't know if that's a fact, and besides that, the 5300 is well-nigh
unusable when it's running 7.5.2--perhaps the worst OS in the history of
personal computing, with a disrespectful nod to Windows ME.

So...I'd say go for it, but keep a VST 3400 battery charger handy for that
work.

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Re: pb170 batery

[Volk (contractor)]

Yersinia,

Batteries for the series 1XX PowerBooks are available from Gadget
Power.

Roger

Yersinia wrote:

>  can you help me ?
> thanks>
>
> Try looking here:
>
> http://www.nexcomp.com
>
> I think you can run a search there and see if they sell the specific
> battery you need.
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Re: pb170 batery

[Yersinia]

Try looking here: 

http://www.nexcomp.com

I think you can run a search there and see if they sell the specific 
battery you need.

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pb170 batery

[hélios buiXart]

i search a battery for my pb 170 and i don't know where to find one .
can you help me ?
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Re: PB 5300 using a 3400/Kanga battery?

[Volk (contractor)]

Craig,

The Battery (Lion) will work, however it will not charge in the Book.

Roger


> Hello,
>
> I was wondering if the above is possible
>
> I have seen the Apple "PowerBook G3, 3400, 5300, 190: Battery
> Interchangeability Article," and done the research on the FAQ and the WWW, but now I 
> want
> testimonies from the resident GuRus on the list...
>
> Thanks!
>
> Craig W.
> Atlanta GA
>


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PB 5300 using a 3400/Kanga battery?

[COCCORP]

Hello,

...IF this e-mail message gets thru (w/ all of the "bounced" messages I have 
been getting...!);

I was wondering if the above is possible

I have seen the Apple "PowerBook G3, 3400, 5300, 190: Battery 
Interchangeability Article," and done the research on the FAQ and the WWW, but now I 
want 
testimonies from the resident GuRus on the list...

Thanks!

Craig W.
Atlanta GA

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