Re: Low Level Formatting and PowerBook IDE/ATA hard drives

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>Well, all I can say is that Apple has got it wrong. I can, and have,
>low-level formatted my hard drive. Then, when 'initialise' is 
>selected, the program shows
>"Performing Low-Level-Format" for a while (time shown varies, depending on
>size of Hard Drive), then it goes on to zero-all data (if it's selected) and
>finally finishes off, naming the disk etc etc.

Well John, what is actually happening is that the utility is simply writing
Zero's to the drive. Although it "looks" like it's doing a LLF it's simply
not possible.

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Re: ATA Hard Drives/PCMCIA slot

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>On Sunday, February 23, 2003, at 09:46PM, Ken Norris (dialup) 
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>Where can I find resources for external ATA Hard Drives that will plug into
>>the PCMCIA card port on a PB 1400c? I haven't seen any at lowendmac.com or
>>anywhere else, yet I've been told they exist. Is it just a matter of
>>adapters and power supplies?
>
>IBM makes the TravelStar 8E and 10E hard drives with PCMCIA cards, 
>which work with such slots in all PowerBooks, and were discussed on 
>this List not too long ago.
>
>Fabian
>

Toshiba has a 5gig PCMCIA card that uses there 1.8in drive (same as 
in the iPod)
It's kinda pricey though. you would be better off to buy one of the 40 or
60gig internal drives and upgrade your book for less money, unless
you absolutely _have_ to have the removable drive for security or ?.
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Re: OT: Mac Friendly Web Host

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>Wow, Shawn King's on this list?
>
>Man, we've even got celebrities in here...
>Peace,
>Drew
>--

celebrity?  get a life.


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Re: Bootable Compact Flash

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>I'm just catching up on this month's digests and came across this
>fascinating thread about creating a bootable Compact Flash disk. I'm
>adapting the information for a Mac Daniel article to appear on Low End
>Mac on Tuesday.
>
>Which models have been able to boot successfully from such a setup? I see
>the 1400, 3400, and 5300 mentioned. What about the Blackbirds (5x0
>series), 190s, G3s, and TiBooks? I'd like to be able to provide a
>comprehensive list with the article -- thanks!
>
>--

I've done it with my Kanga and with my PDQ,
no luck so far with my 5xx books.

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Re: Source for 3400 pram battery

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MacResQ has them on there clearance page right now for  $2.99

Donny Monk at  has them all the time
for $12.

Aloha, Ken

>Hi, I searched all over the place (net and real life) and
>found the best price was through an e-bay auction. I
>contacted the seller and everything worked out perfect (I
>got the battery, instructions and the torx for less than
>$20). Very friendly and helpful.
>
>You could contact him at:
>
>Paul Erdelt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
>or you may search e-bay to find him.
>
>I hope this helps.
>
>Gabriel
>
>
>
>   > >Anyone ever found an alternative source for 3400 PRAM
>>  batteries? e.g., >camera stores, electronics shops, phone
>>  stores, Radio Shack, etc? >
>>  >Seems a pretty simple battery that looks a lot like
>>  batteries used in other >types of equipment.
>  > >
>  >

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Re: portable stylewriter cable

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>Hi,
>   Even though this is not actually a powerbook question, it does
>concern the portable stylewriter printer. I purchased one off ebay ,
>after being told that the cable is a regular serial cable. Well that was
>wrong, does anyone know where I can find a replacement cable or how to
>build a serial to parallel cable?
>Arne Christiansen

Arne

The cable you seek is for a product called PowerPrint which allows you to use
a Mac with a 'Windblows' printer. (the Portable Stylwriter is in 
reality an HP 340)
If you have the cable and the software you can print to literally 
thousands of printers,
quite handy for a traveling powerbook user.

I think I may have an extra cable around somewhere...

contact me offlist if you would be interested in purchasing it and I will
rummage thru the boxes.

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Re: browser for 540?

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>Dear listers,
>
>I know this has been discussed and rehashed, but alas,
>I wasn't paying attention. I now find myself wanting
>to put my 540c on the dsl line/home network. It had
>Netscape 3.0 on it and that just doesn't cut it. I
>installed 4.08, and it's okay, but can anyone suggest
>another browser that may be a bit quicker and get
>through all the certificates okay?
>
>Thanks,
>pat
>
>Running OS 8.1, 36 ram, 500 hd
>

iCab is by far the best/fastest browser for 68k Macs that is up to date
and complies with most of the  standards.

give it a try  

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.Net, I think, is a way to try to sugarcoat the fact that Microsoft is trying
to move its whole business into this pay-as-you-use kind of thing.
And I don't know.
When I have a house,
I'd rather own my house and take the problems than rent it.
And I think the same is true about software.
 
Linus Torvalds

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Re: EIDE in PB 5300cs?

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>In a message dated 6/26/02 1:17:56 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
><<
>I just put a 10gig IBM into my little sisters 5300cs and it exhibited the
>exact same symptoms that you described. Turns out the drive had been jumpered
>to the slave position. Once the drive was set to Master Disk Setup had no
>trouble initializing it.
>>>
>
>Ken,
>
>Did it (the 5300cs) address all 10 GB? Or just the first 8 GB?
>
>I'm getting a "new to me" 5300c, and it's coming with the stock 1 GB drive,
>which is obviously a little small these days.
>
>I'm thinking of a 10 or 20 GB IBM 40GN, a series which works very well (and
>is super quiet) in my Wallstreet.
>
>But, no need to upgrade if the machine (the 5300c) can't address the storage.
>

Running OS8.1 with 40MB Ram it has no trouble seeing all 10 gigs in
3 partitions 2/4/4

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Re: EIDE in PB 5300cs?

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>Well moving on..., I learned today that the new 4 gb drive I have been
>trying to get loaded in my 5300cs is an EIDE drive and not an AT/IDE drive.
>
>So I guess the big question now is, has anybody gotten one of these to work?
>Will they work if formatted on another newer powerbook?
>
>Boy and if it turns out the EIDE doesn't work on my machine and someone says
>something to the effect that I better not risk it and well, you know ...,
>then I'm going to have myself one heck of a long laugh.  :)
>
>Dave
>

Dave

I just put a 10gig IBM into my little sisters 5300cs and it exhibited the exact
same symptoms that you described.
Turns out the drive had been jumpered to  the slave position.
Once the drive was set to Master Disk Setup had no trouble initializing it.

Aloha, Ken

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Re: Narcoleptic 520c Won't Spin Dow

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>  This stock but beat up eBay "Parts" 520c has 12MB RAM and is running OS
>  7.1.2 on a 170 MB Apple IBM drive.
>
>  I use it mostly as a test bed & conditioner for RAM & batteries but also
>  word processing.
>
>  It has a nasty habit of going to sleep any time it feels like it but
>  mostly when opening things. Open a control panel or app. and the screen
>  may go black. Hit any key and it comes back but may immediately go to
>  sleep again, as soon as everything is properly displayed on the screen.
>  Setting the sleep control to never, has no effect. It will do this when
>  booting from a disk tools floppy as well as the hard drive, so I don't
>  think it's a software problem.
>
>  It also runs the hard drive continuously. It won't ever spin down even
>  when it's put to sleep from the menu.
>
>  I have reseated the processor card and switched RAM cards to no effect.


This sounds to me like a Power Manager problem.

Try restarting the book and hold down the  command-option-P-R keys
to reset the PRAM.
Hold the keys down and make them chime at least_10_ times before
you let the book restart.

If that doesn't clear the problem then I would suggest that you
remove all power from the machine and disconnect the Pram battery for
an hour or so to fully discharge the PRAM.

If you are uncomfortable opening up your book to do this you could just leave
it without power for about a week and probably accomplish the same thing.

Aloha, Ken

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Re: Fwd: Re[2]: Voice Recognition on 68k Powerbooks?

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>  >>Mike (and anyone else who may be interested)
>
>>>You can find Plaintalk v1.3 that will work on 68k macs on my iDisk at:
>>>
>>>it's about 7mb of data.
>>>I'll leave it there for a few days so that anyone who is interested can
>>>have a chance to get it.
>
>Oops! Maybe you removed it before I got to it but I get:
>http://homepage.mac.com/ksan2c/.cv/ksan2c/Public/PlainTalk%201.3/PlainTalk%201.3%20Disk%201.sea-link.sea
>
>Did you have to pull it off for some reason?
>
>Mike Hebelmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

No it's there.

If you can't get to it let me know and I'll stuff it and send it to you
in the mail.

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Re[2]: Voice Recognition on 68k Powerbooks?

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>BJ> Mike Hebel wrote:
>
>>>  I'm curious - does anyone have the older version of Plain Talk lying
>>>  around?  Something that will work on 7.6.x and 68k?  (Apple, once
>>>  again, has relegated almost anything but the newest version to the
>>>  dustbin - or hidden it beyond the ken of man.)
>
>
>BJ> Hidden is right...try:
>
>BJ> http://www.info.apple.com/support/oldersoftwarelist.html
>
>BJ> There's plaintalk 1.5 there...
>
>BJ> Also it's in the older system downloads on the same page.
>
>
>I thought 1.5 only works on PPC Macs?  I'm looking for something that I
>won't have to upgrade my Mac to use.  Maybe a version older than 1.5...
>
>Mike

Mike (and anyone else who may be interested)

You can find Plaintalk v1.3 that will work on 68k macs on my iDisk at:

it's about 7mb of data.
I'll leave it there for a few days so that anyone who is interested can
have a chance to get it.

Aloha, Ken

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For Sale

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Lista's

I have for sale an External High Capacity Battery Pack.

SlimPack for Duo from Battery Technology Incorporated
Model# MC-202S along with the BTI MC-20200 Smart Charging Device
and all of the necessary cables.

The Battery Pack itself is Approximately 11 inches wide
(about the same as a Duo) by 6 & 3/8ths inches deep and 1/2 inch thick.

The Smart Charger attaches to the side of the standard Duo power supply
just like an Apple battery charger.
Fully charged it is supposed to provide between 4 & 6 hours of running time.

I bought this used about a year and a half ago for a trip I was takeing
and it worked well for me.
I have not used it since then and I'm afraid that if it just sits in the closet
it's going to become unuseable.

It's a really nice accessory and would be great for someone that travels
a lot with a Duo.

I have two pages of instructions and information that I printed out from
the BTI website when I got the battery.

Guaranteed no DOA


Any reasonable cash offer considered
(Interesting trades also considered)
I'm Looking for a PCMCIA Card Cage for a Powerbook 540c

Buyer to pay shipping from 90814

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For Sale: Duo 2300

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I have for sale a Duo 2300 with 28MB Ram and a _Brand New_
Apple-Rom Toshiba 6gig 4200 RPM hard drive.
Fresh install of OS 8.6 on the drive but I can load any system you want.

This Duo was assembled from the good pieces of several dead Duo's
so it has a trackball assembly rather than a Trackpad like most 2300's.

It has the correct 9.5 in Screen from a 2300 that is clear and bright
with no dead pixels!

I have also installed a brand new Pram battery during the buildup.
The case plastics on this machine are all in excellent condition!

NO system battery or Wall Wart included as I don't have any extra's

Asking $225 OBO
I will pay for shipping Via FedEx to ensure that it arrives safely at 
your door!

Aloha, Ken

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Re: 540 Pram Battery-where to buy?

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>In a message dated 8/27/01 10:14:08 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
><<
>Would you be so kind as to tell me where you purchased the 500 Pram
>batteries?  And how much it cost?
>>>

You can get Pram batteries for just about any Laptop made from
Donny Monk at  

The Pram for 5xx series is $20 or $25 for a kit that includes the correct
Torx driver and printed instructions.

All prices include shipping.
(Canada and Europe $1 more, all other International $2 more!)

He also sells System Batteries and parts for Pbooks too!


Aloha, Ken

(A satisfied customer)

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