Re: Bootable Compact Flash
On Friday, November 15, 2002, at 07:31 PM, Edward Nilges wrote: Here's something that looks interesting. It's a 2.5 IDE Flash Disk: http://www.magicram.com/2.5IDE_Flash.htm There is also an interesting article on Lowendmac about doing the same thing with a compact flash card in a PCMCIA adapter...(probably cheaper for relatively small storage capacities.) -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
PB5300 Power Manager Unit Needed
My 5300CS has lost it's power manager board...anyone out there have one they would be willing to part with at a decent price? Thanks. -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Help, my Powerbook 3400 is Dead!
Well, I knew I shouldn't have bragged on my new powerbook 3400. After working flawlessly for several days, it has died. It started out by having problems hanging up and locking up during booting up. I did all the usual things, rebuilding desktop, reset pram, trashed preferences and it still acted buggy. I decided on a clean reinstall of the OS from Cd. Halfway through the install, it locked up. When I pressed the reset button however, it refuses to come back up. I have tried the power manager reset per instructions from the Service manual, but all I get is a situation that is as follows: The machine will not start. When you press and hold the reset button to reset it, it lights the green sleep led and will not start. When you press the reset button it extinguishes the led, but still won't start. If you press the reset again, you get the lit LED situation again. I have gone through the power manager reset sequence several times, with no help. I am beginning to think that either the PM board or the main board is fried. Luckily, I have a 90 day warranty on the purchase, but I would really rather avoid the hassle of shipping it to California and waiting for a replacement. Any suggestions? -- 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:powerbooks;mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:powerbooks-off;mail.maclaunch.com For digest mode, email: mailto:powerbooks-digest;mail.maclaunch.com Subscription questions: mailto:listmom;lowendmac.com Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: 5300 cs won't start
on 10/13/02 9:40 PM, rpadv at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All My wife has a PB5300cs 64MB ram, 6.? GB Hdd that was running good then went to sleep and now can't be started. I can't remember how to reset the power manager, could the PM be the problem. Can anyone advise? Thanks Jim Disconnect the battery and the AC Adapter. Press the reset button on the back of the 5300 in and HOLD it in for at least 30 seconds. Reconnect power and press the reset button once to fire it up. Shut down normally and you should be back up an running again. -- 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: 190/1400/3400 battery differences.
I believe that 190/5300 batteries can be used in a 3400, not sure if it works in reverse. 190/5300 NIMH batteries will work (with a much shorter run time) in the 3400 instead of the LiOn battery. The LiOn batteries will not work in the 190 or 5300 however. -- 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 3400C vs. PB 5300 CS
I have a chance to add a PB3400C to my (already too large) collection of Macs at a reasonable price. I've never used a '3400 and I was curious as to how the speed of one with 32mb of ram would compare to my trusty old Powerbook 5300 CS with 40MB ram. Considering the fact that the 3400 has a 180 mhz processer compared to 100 in the '5300, plus a faster bus and a backside cache I would think it would be quite a bit faster? Has anyone actually used both machines that could give me some type of a percentage difference? I'm just trying to determine if I can justify the 3400 as a backup computer to my main laptop which is the Ibook clamshell 300 mhz at this point. Thanks! -- 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
Is my PB 5300 Power manager bad?
I recently took my trusty old powerbook 5300 on a two week vacation trip. All was well until the last couple of days when I discovered my batteries would no longer run the computer. I've reset the power manager, and it shows that it is charging the battery. But when you power the machine up on battery power, it runs a very short time and then says the battery is dead. Although both of the batteries are old, they had been holding a fair charge, and I just find it a little hard to believe that they would both die at the same time. Anyone have a sure fire way (other than a new battery) to determine if the battery or the power manager is at fault? Thanks! Jim W. -- 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: OS 9.1 on a 5300?
on 8/22/02 4:52 AM, Robert Hutchins at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My PB 5300 had some serious directory problems so I hooked it up to my 8500 in SCSI disk mode, initialized the HD and installed OS 9.1. Chmes of deaaath! I run 8.6 on my 5300 and it works great. How much ram do you have? I am pretty sure that I've heard of people running 9.1 on the machine, although I'm not entirely certain, and have never tried it personally. I've heard most recommendations for 8.5 / 8.6 on the 5300 though. Mine is extremely stable and reasonably responsive with 40 MB Ram, a 6GB Fuji Drive, Ram Doubler, and SpeedDoubler installed. I have the CS model, btw. -- 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: Apple Presentaion System ? Yep it works :-)
on 9/7/02 6:36 PM, David Allen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Found the problem. I may be pretty good with Macs, but I've got a lot to learn about VCRs!!! I have no idea what channel L1 is, but while playing with the Channel L1 probably translates to Line Input 1, which would be what you are looking for to run video into it. I wish I could get my hands on one of those Presenter gadgets you found. -- 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: Older Software for Older PowerBooks
So, my question is, all this software is obviously outdated, but is some of it still largely compatible and useful? Is PageMill 1.01 a good program w/attractive templates that are more or less compliant w/today's standards? And, would pdf files generated by Acrobat 2.1 be at all problematic for today's Readers? A lot of older software is still very compatible and useful in my opinion. I am making a guess here, but I would think that the newer acrobat readers would be backwards compatible. I don't know anything about Pagemill 1.01, but I am running version 3 on a Powerbook 5300, and aside from the limitation of a 640 X 480 screen it works great. I personally don't like all of the fancy html stuff on a page anyway and can do basically anything I want with 3.0. You can often pick up old copies of PageMill on Ebay. I think I paid less than $10 for this one. -- 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 3400 New Fujitsu HD - Now Sleepless
on 8/24/02 9:38 AM, Gary D. Adams at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Russell - Unknown1 - Idaho USA wrote: Well, I have tried everything I can think of to get my PB to wake from sleep without using the reset switch after installing the new 20 gig Fujitsu but nothing seems to help. This may not help at all, but you might do a search for a control panel called Sleeper. It does the same things as Energy saver but has more features and who knows, it might work when the Energy saver won't. I use it on my Imac to automatically shut down the machine after it has been powered on with Energy Saver, as apparently Energy Saver won't do both, at least it won't on my Imac. I don't remember where I got the program or I would include the URL. -- 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 3400 New Fujitsu HD - Now Sleepless
Well, I have tried everything I can think of to get my PB to wake from sleep without using the reset switch after installing the new 20 gig Fujitsu but nothing seems to help. I found the url for sleeper : http://www.stclairsoft.com/Main/products.html -- 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: Flashcard adapter with PB5300?
on 8/2/02 11:01 AM, Bruce Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: jwilliams wrote: I posted this last night but it didn't seem to get on the list, so here it is again, if it's a dupe I'm sorry. I have a PC card compact flash card adapter for a PC laptop that I have. I was wondering if it would work with my Powerbook 5300? Has anyone tried one of these? Works like a charm. Thanks for the info guys...this is good news. We're taking a two week vacation in a month or so and I plan to shoot a lot of digital photos and wanted to be able to dump the flash cards to the hd for storage. I'm about to expand the hd of the 5300 to a 6 GB so I will have some storage space. -- 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
5300 CS Problems / Questions
Mostly out of curiosity, I recently bought myself a PB 5300CS. After upgrading the OS to 8.1, the little machine runs better...no crashing, hangups, etc. However I still have some work to do. The PRAM battery is completely dead, and I'm wondering if that might be causing some strange behavior I'm seeing. The laptop works ok on AC power, but when running on battery it gets flaky. Just a few minutes ago I was working on it on battery power, the monitor started to flicker a little...I moved the panel a little to check for a bad connection and the computer shut off. It took quite a bit of tinkering with the reset button and Power on button to ever get it to come back up. I have also noticed that when I start it up from battery power, sometimes it has to be reset to start instead of just pressing the power button. I have reset the power manager more than once and zapped the pram. Is the behavior I am mentioning possibly all related to the dead PRAM battery? Also, does anyone know of a source of speed doubler that would run with OS8? It was originally on the machine but is for OS 7.5.2. It won't work with OS8, partially because I don't have the install disk, and the version is 2 anyway which is not compatible with OS 8. I don't understand why when a company discontinues a product they can't release it for download or as public domain instead of just doing away with it and all support for it. Thanks, Jim Williams -- 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: Modem issues with 540c
Your modem should be the Global Village PowerPort Mercury model, if your PowerBook is a U.S. Model. When I got my 540 used, I couldn't get the modem to work. apparently someone had done a clean OS install and deleted the modem software. I managed to find the disk images for the modem. If you need them I can email the images to you. I hope no one sees this as piracy, since the software is obsolete, not supported by GV anymore, and not available on their site. On Monday, July 22, 2002, at 11:25 AM, b e n w e l l s | headwerkx wrote: Hi all, Tried firing up the internal modem in my 540c a few hours ago with little success. Won't dial from PPP Control Panel, just errors that the actual modem is trying to access something (itself?) that is already in use. AppleTalk is set to Ethernet, TCP/IP was tried on PPP and Ethernet settings and no dice. The actual modem config was Internal, and Global Village Gold, which I'm pretty sure it is. Despite having used Macs for years this is the first time I've actually had to set up a PPP connection in classic MacOS (did it in OSX Beta, that was simple enough) so I may have missed something elementary, so please, don't be afraid to point out my idiocy! The 540c's running MacOS 8.1. Cheers, Ben. -- 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 -- 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
