Re: 1400- battery rebuild

[Cathy Welsh]

On Thursday, January 30, 2003, at 09:46 PM, Garry Hamblin wrote:

> I had mine rebuilt by a local outfit called "Battery Boys" here in
> Saskatoon.  Cost me $125.00 CDN I think.  The results were comparable 
> to
> buying a new one which was over $200.00.

I don't have a 1400, but I have had experience with ebatts.com- very 
good, fast, and excellent CS. Go here 
  and click on the 
model you have. Also, pay attention the Amp hours- theirs is usually 
higher than OEM.

Cathy


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Re: ClassicStumbler 1.5 is out

[Cathy Welsh]

On Tuesday, January 28, 2003, at 06:20 PM, Jkr wrote:

> on 1/27/03 2:35 PM, Andrew Kershaw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In any case, 
> I think the best bet
>> for getting CS to work on the 1400/5300 would be to get AirPort to
>> work there also.

Yeah- that would totally rule.

>>
>> Now I just have to find a way to fool AirPort into thinking it
>> doesn't need those services,

Maybe loosen it up with a bottle of Absolut in the freezer- always 
works for me ;)

>
> thanks for getting back to me i was just wondering i know theres alot 
> of
> peeps out there that have older books that use lucent cards and they 
> would
> probably like to use a app like classic stumbler or macstumbler
> i just got me a new ibook monday so i can run os x scanning software 
> hey but
> thanks again for getting back to me

How true. I was just sitting at the park today working on my iBook 
while watching my kid play and realized I had forgotten any backup 
capability. I fired up MacStumbler and lo and behold: there's someone's 
high- speed linksys LAN and me and my Mac just tip- toed right in for a 
quick email backup ;) Oh, how I'd love to do that with my 5300cs and 
the WaveLAN Turbo card. With the 5300 I wouldn't have to worry so much 
that a bird is going to poop on my keyboard while I sit at the bench.

Cathy


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5300cs MV16 installer problem

[Cathy Welsh]

Hi everyone,

I recently installed a Lapis MV16 16 bit video card on a 5300cs and I 
think I screwed up. When I installed it, I was running 7.5.3 and it 
worked fine, but then I wiped the drive and upgraded to OS 8.1 thinking 
I could just re- install the drivers for the card. Well, I can't. The 
installer stalls at installing the MV16.rom and freezes the machine no 
matter what- Extensions off, booting from a floppy, booting from a CD. 
I was using the last installer available from Focus, the v 2.0 beta 
which is supposed to update the drivers for 8.1, but I can't get the 
original drivers from the 1.0.4 installer, which were for 7.x to 
install either.

Do I have to go back down to 7.5 to get this in? Is there a workaround?

Thanks for any ideas,

Cathy


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Re: Best OS for a 5300cs

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On Monday, January 20, 2003, at 11:43  AM, victoria brandon wrote:

>  Word refuses to
> run because "not enough memory" (when there's plenty),

But have you allotted enough memory to Word? Just a thought.

Cathy


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Re: Interested in a 5300cs?

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On Sunday, January 19, 2003, at 04:36  PM, David Deckert wrote:
> Although I know nothing of it's history, this unit appears to have been
> through the REA program (first phase) because the serial # ends in AA.
>

Look inside the battery bay (usually upside down) and see if there's a 
date stamped inside- that means it's been through phase 2 and when.

Cathy


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Escrow trading (was Re: TIBOOK...)

[Cathy Welsh]

On Friday, January 17, 2003, at 10:08  AM, Matthew Guemple wrote:
>
> We could do the deal through and Escrow service and split the cost. 
> You send
> them the money and they hold it. I send you the machine. You have 
> say... 2
> days to make sure it's cool, if not you send it back, if you like it 
> you
> tell them and they pay me.

I'm pretty sure this email was intended to be off- list, but it brings 
up a good point- I used to do quite a bit of trading on ebay with Macs 
and once I had an old pee-cee laptop to sell. The buyer bought it and 
asked if I'd do escrow, and I thought, sure- I have nothing to hide. 
Well, he dutifully paid the escrow, so I sent it, but when the guy had 
it, he told the escrow company I'd sent a laptop with no HD, RAM or 
CPU. Of course, he was lying, but once that parcel is in his possession 
there's nothing you can do and it's your word against theirs. So, he 
shook me down for a 50% discount, which, I obviously had to accept: We 
both knew if I didn't I get back a laptop *without* a HD, RAM or a CPU.

Chalk it up to lessons learned.

Cathy


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Re: 5300 RAM/ wireless info

[Cathy Welsh]

On Wednesday, January 15, 2003, at 05:29  PM, David Deckert wrote:
> Cathy thanks for the info about the wireless. Wow, and with
> MacTCP-to-Jag compatibility as well. I would have given up long ago and
> installed Open Transport 1.1.2 on the 7.5.3 machine, extra RAM usage be
> damned.

It was cool seeing the 5300cs pop up in the G4 iMac's (OSX 10.2.3) 
network, to say the least ; )


>
> Do I understand you to say that the older WaveLan software is still
> floating around, but the cards are generally gone, and that newer
> versions of the card (Orinco/Lucent) might only work with later
> versions of (what?) software?

Sort of. The old Lucent brand WaveLAN gold and silver cards were re- 
branded some time ago. I think the name and/or companies handling it 
have changed about 4 times. Apparently, the Orinco cards are identical 
to the WaveLAN except for badging, but Orinco drivers (on Proxim's 
site, I believe)  state the minimum for running the card are OS9 (or 
something higher than what I wanted to run on the 5300cs) whereas the 
old Lucent drivers state compatibility down to System 7.5.2 and a PB 
down to the 190. The old Lucent drivers are available on 
versiontracker. Now, if you find an Orinco card (which seem to be cheap 
and plentiful), from what I've read on the list, it should work with 
the old Lucent drivers, but I never tested it so I couldn't guarantee 
it'd work. BTW, the Lucent WaveLAN silver is exactly what's in my 
original ABS. I don't know what's inside the new ones. I imagine if you 
could find a dead ABS on ebay (dead from the capacitor problem) for 
cheap, you could pull the card from it and use it just fine. The 
previous Apple AirPort cards were also manufactured by Lucent, which is 
why you see in this thread that AirPort drivers will work for them, as 
well. The only difference is that the AirPort card has no built- in 
antenna.

HTH,

Cathy


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Re: more wireless Q's

[Cathy Welsh]

On Wednesday, January 15, 2003, at 11:27  AM, Andrew Kershaw wrote:
> Cathy,
>
> The Orinoco cards are the Lucent cards!  They are the same hardware
> with a different sticker on the front.  That is the only difference
> (unless you are getting the "short antenna" version, but even then,
> they should have the same circuitry).  Still, IMNSHO, I wouldn't
> waste my time with the OEM WaveLAN drivers on a machine that can run
> AirPort.


That's what I thought, but I wasn't sure if the old WaveLAn drivers 
would run the Orinco cards so I didn't want to give bad advice. As you 
know, the old Lucent WaveLAN drivers are the only that list support for 
the older machines such as our 5300cs and for OSes below OS 8.6.

>
> You said you are running 7.5.3 and MacTCP on your 5300...  May I ask
> why?

We use ancient educational apps and games for our daughter on the 
5300cs and many of them won't run on higher OSes or cause problems if 
we do. Yes, I agree MacTCP is not very elegant, but we've have no 
problems at all once we got it configured.

Cathy


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Re: more wireless Q's

[Cathy Welsh]

On Wednesday, January 15, 2003, at 10:03  AM, David Deckert wrote:

>>> Give the WaveLAN Silver (or Gold) a look.
>>
>> Is there a current lead on where to get one (or another) relatively
>> cheaply?
>>
>> After spending roughly $25-28 (card, two supposedly compatible
>> dongles, shipping) trying to get the hacked 3Com Ethernet solution to
>> work I may want to spend a bit more and try wireless.
>>

I see Orinco/Lucent WaveLan/etc. silver cards for sale in the USD 40- 
50 range and the old WaveLAN drivers that support down to a 190 (I 
think) and System 7.5.2 are available on versiontracker. I'm not 
absolutely sure the WaveLAN drivers will work with the Orinco cards, 
though. The drivers from Proxim- or whoever they are now- seem to 
require OS9- ish.

We got our WaveLan silver from a closeout deal on the 'net for under 40 
bucks shipped, and it works perfectly on a 5300cs running 7.5.3. 
Configuring the old- school MacTCP was a little bit of a bitch, but 
once it was running it tapped right into our DSL AirPort network and we 
easily surf wirelessly with it and transfer files among any of our 5 
wireless- enabled Macs all running anywhere from Jaguar 10.2.3 to 7.5.3.

Looks like we maybe got the last el- cheapo one from here (very nice 
company, BTW)  because there's 
no price listed anymore, but like I said- they're out there. Try a 
Sherlock and you'll find some deals.

Cathy



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Re: 5300cs built- in RAM disappearing act

[Cathy Welsh]

On Tuesday, January 14, 2003, at 07:12  PM, Paul Nelson wrote:
>   What does "About this Mac" say, as ASP isn't always gospel truth?
> If it says 40, believe it, if 32 find another RAM chip.


It says 32. But I'm glad to hear it. I want to have this feedback so 
when I go for an RMA the tech won't insinuate that it might be some 
issue with these PBs.

Thanks,

Cathy


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Re: 5300cs built- in RAM disappearing act

[Cathy Welsh]

On Tuesday, January 14, 2003, at 07:11  PM, Malcolm Cornelius wrote:

> on 15/01/03 03:04, Cathy Welsh at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> This was posted by my husband to another list, so it may look familiar
>> to some of you, but I wanted a second opinion ;)
>>
>> I upgraded a 5300cs/32MB/750MB/8.1 with a 32MB RAM card and now the
>> built- in 8MB is not recognized. System Profiler shows 32 MB Built-  
>> in,
>> total, "expansion RAM", but not the 8 MB soldered.
>>
>> If I take out the card, all is normal and shows the original 8MB just
>> fine. Put the card back in, the 8MB disappears.
>>
>> Bad RAM or bad PB?
>
> Are you sure it is a 32MB card ?  How many chips ?  What is the ident  
> on the
> ram chips ?

*Pretty* sure, Malcolm. We suspected that too, but the System Profiler  
doesn't even mention the built- in- it lists the whole 32 megs as  
"expansion" with no mention of the soldered (is that usual behavior  
when adding expansion RAM?)

The card has stamped on it:
 
---
94V-0
 |
3595  PCB 11381-0001  
REV B  |
  
   |
  
   |


There's also a sticker that says 32MB, but I know that could be a  
mistake.

I'm sorry, I don't knwo what you mean by "chips".

Anyway, thanks for responding so quickly,

Cathy


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Re: Good Macworld article on infrared communications

[Cathy Welsh]

On Tuesday, January 14, 2003, at 05:26  PM, victoria brandon wrote:


>  FWIW this
> clever idea might have been more widely used if weren't strictly a
> laptop-to-laptop device; if, for example, an IR port were installed on 
> the
> *front* of desktop Macs, how handy.

You mean like the original Bondi iMacs had way back in '98?  ;)

Best,

Cathy


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5300cs built- in RAM disappearing act

[Cathy Welsh]

This was posted by my husband to another list, so it may look familiar 
to some of you, but I wanted a second opinion ;)

I upgraded a 5300cs/32MB/750MB/8.1 with a 32MB RAM card and now the 
built- in 8MB is not recognized. System Profiler shows 32 MB Built- in, 
total, "expansion RAM", but not the 8 MB soldered.

If I take out the card, all is normal and shows the original 8MB just 
fine. Put the card back in, the 8MB disappears.

Bad RAM or bad PB?

Any ideas/advice greatly appreciated,

Cathy


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Re: 5300 Repair extension Program Still Active

[Cathy Welsh]

On Monday, January 13, 2003, at 11:17  AM, Mary Ross wrote:

>
>
> I just want to share this with the list.

Thanks for the heads- up ;)

Cathy


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Re: Need advice: wireless pcmcia for 3400

[Cathy Welsh]

On Saturday, January 11, 2003, at 10:08  AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I need a wireless pcmcia card for my 3400 running OS 9.1.
> Will be used with a Belkin 802.11b wireless cable/dsl router ... but 
> from the
> info I can find on Belkin's site, their pcmcia cards don't have Mac 
> software
> ... has anyone used a Belkin wireless pc card successfully with a 
> similar
> configuration (i.e., is there 3rd party software that makes this 
> work)? ...
> other suggestions?

I use a WaveLAN Turbo silver 11mbps card on a 5300cs running 7.5.3 
successfully on a DSL AirPort network and it might work for you. I 
*think* the current iteration of my Lucent card is now known as the 
Orinco silver which is widely available and I've seen for under USD 50. 
Also, they have Mac drivers (but the Mac drivers don't list 
compatibility down to 7.5.x whereas the Lucent drivers do) and no 
limitations as to what kind of 802.11 network they can join, AFAIK. 
However, I could be mistaken. I've never used a Belkin router (not 
knowingly, anyway, although I've ecrtainly stumbled onto various 
networks while traveling), so I could be wrong.

Cathy


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Re: 5300 won't wake up

[Cathy Welsh]

On Friday, January 10, 2003, at 05:17  PM, victoria brandon wrote:

> BTW I've just replaced the RAM card:  it seems entirely normal, but 
> could it
> be causing these catastrophes anyway?

I'm sure you might have already tried it, Victoria, but if not, put 
back in the previous RAM card and see if the symptoms alleviate.

Cathy


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Re: How many MB in a RAM card?

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On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at 10:29  AM, victoria brandon wrote:

> Greetings to all electronics experts --
>
> Last week I bought what purported to be a 48MB RAM card on eBay, with 
> the
> idea of maxing out my 5300 at 64MB; it arrived yesterday, was 
> installed, but
> only 48MB (total) showed up in the system profiler.  So . . . maybe I 
> hadn't
> seated it firmly enough?

Victoria , I'm no expert, but my guess is that the person who sold you 
the card didn't know that the 'Book has 16 MB of soldered RAM and 
assumed by looking at System Profiler that the 48 MB it showed was all 
on the card or mistakenly listed it as such.

Cathy


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Re: 5300 battery

[Cathy Welsh]

On Sunday, January 5, 2003, at 01:42  PM, victoria brandon wrote:

> How long should a battery be able to keep a sleeping PB going without
> running out of juice?
>
(snip)

Hi Victoria. As you know, I recently got an Apple- refurbished, sealed  
5300cs, so, presumably, the battery could have been sitting in the  
carton for 5 years. After a few reconditioning cycles, I think it's a  
good as it'll be and I get (using Jeremy's CSM) an average of 1 1/2  
hrs. of use including a few floppy disk accesses interspersed over an  
average of 24- 48 hrs. of sleep time. Because I have the luxury of a  
back- up battery, I never plug it in unless recharging overnight after  
the battery depletes. I'm kind of fastidious when it comes to batteries  
and back- up as you might gather as you read on;)

> So this morning, after about 12 hours sleeping (not plugged in), it  
> woke up
> OK on the battery, but only lasted ten minutes or so before running  
> clear
> down to nothing.  Is this at all normal?

I don't understand the reporting system used by either Apple's or  
Jeremy's CSMs and wether their respective accuracies (or lack thereof)  
are because of the limitations of the software or because of difficulty  
forecasting these NiMH batteries, but I also will get flaky "time  
remaining" and "percent full" reports. Often, while the battery is  
showing anywhere from a 30- 70%, I will suddenly get the low battery  
warning and then I know I only have a minute or two to save my work and  
the PB shuts itself down abruptly. The same applies to my new battery,  
but everything (life left, time remaining when I get the low battery  
warning and the accuracy of Apple's estimated time, etc.) is doubled.  
Anyway, using Jeremy's "historical time remaining" is pretty dead- on  
accurate in seeing how much time I have left.



>  It's been my understanding that
> it's bad for the battery to keep the adapter plugged in all the time,  
> but if
> it's going to run down so quickly just sitting there what choice is  
> there?
>

Have you tried Apple's "Battery Recondition" utility? They recommend  
using it every month, while e-batts.com, which is where I got my new  
battery from, recommends it every 2 weeks for maximum life.



> BTW this battery was bought "new" (I suppose it was actually new-new  
> quite a
> few years ago) last August:  please don't tell me I've got to shell  
> out for
> another one quite yet!  But what *should* I do?  If anything?

If you do, I highly recommend e- batts.com
  and getting the 3.5 Amp  
hour battery. While not exactly a bargain- basement deal, they're  
pretty much in line with other retailers prices for brand- new  
batteries and the 3.5 Amp hour rating is the highest I've seen and  
costs about the same as what I see other places selling their 2.2 or  
1.8 Amp hour batteries for. They also sell the lower capacity battery
 for competitive  
price and their CS is excellent if you have any questions. The  
difference in the higher capacity one is amazing when you're used to  
such short charge spans. In fact, the time I get from my new battery is  
often longer than my husband gets on his new iBook, albeit I'm only  
running 7.5.3 with 8 MB of RAM whereas he's running Jaguar with 256 MB  
RAM and burning CDs every now and then.

BTW, I'm not affiliated with e-batts.com other than a satisfied  
customer.

Good luck,

Cathy



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Re: PB 540C software

[Cathy Welsh]

On Saturday, January 4, 2003, at 02:33  PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]  
wrote:

> diane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> I need to finally set up my old PB540C so I can crash on the couch  
>> with it.
>>
>> First I need to completely reformat it. What is the best/quickest
>> system I can put on it and does anyone have old disks I can buy? IIRC
>> those versions are no longer at Apple.
>
> It'll work with 7.5.3, which is available on the ftp.apple.com ftp
> site.  I'd recommend getting the network install disk and doing the
> install over ethertalk or serial appletalk.
>

Here is the d/l page for System 7.5.3 update  


Another method which I used (if you have the equipment available, of  
course) to quickly install the update was I burned a CD containing all  
the update pieces then installed onto my 5300cs via an old external  
SCSI CD drive.

Cathy


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5300cs upgrade options?

[Cathy Welsh]

Hi all, I'm new to the list as I just bought an Apple- refurbished 
5300cs and so far I'm thrilled with it. Here's what I'd like to do and 
what I've done so far:

First, it has 8MB of RAm I applied the 7.5.3 update and bought a 3.5 
amp hours battery. And we have an Apple extrenal SCSI cd drive for 
loading software.

1. What is the best way to treat these batteries? So far, the life on 
thenew battery is dynamite and I'd like to keep it that way, but I've 
read conflicting advice regarding these NiMH batteries.

Does the Apple battery recondition utility do any good as they suggest 
once a month?

Should I let the battery run down completely before I plug it in and 
recharge it?

Does it hurt to remove the battery when I'm working at home and then 
put the battery back in as needed?

2. Next, while I'd like to get the most performance, the RAm isn't 
really an issue. It's mainly used for word processing now, but...

If I do want a RAM upgrade, is it a special 70 ns DRAM or can we use 
other compatible SPEC RAM cards we have laying around?

3. I'd like to get an Ethernet PC card. Id I do, will I be able to 
Appletalk with my HFS formatted disk to my husband's iBook or if not, 
would reformatting to HFS+ allow me to do this and would System 7.5.3 
be enough or would I need a more recent OS version?

4. Another option I'd thought of is an 802.11b card. I see that the 
Orinco (fka Proxim, fka Farallon) silver cards are quite reasonable now 
and Orinco lists it is compatible down to OS 7.5.2.

Will this card work on my 5300cs? I see the specs on the 5300 is a Type 
II PC card- is that different than a plain PC card?

TIA for any advice, help,

Cathy



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