PB190 not booting up from fully charged battery
I have two fully charged batteries for my PB 190. While I can get my PB 190 to boot up while plugged in via the ac adapter, it refuses to boot up with either battery. I have reconditioned and fully recharged both batteries, still, no boot up. PB works fine otherwise. Any suggestions? Thanks. Morgan -- 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 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 Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Compact Flash reader/writer advice needed
Well, I was so excited about having lined up a CF card, CF/SM card reader, and PCMCIA adapter, all for about $30! The adapter arrived yesterday, and the media card is on its way, and then today I get email from the eBay seller about the CF/SM card reader that it isn't available. (Which I thought was illegal to do on eBay--to offer something you don't actually have to auction???) Anyway, now I have to purchase a reader via another route. So, while I am researching, I thought I would ask if anyone has any strong opinions, advice, or experiences about USB readers. Any brand preferences? Should I go cheap and just get a CF/SM combo reader, or go much more expensive and get the VST Tri-Media Reader, or something in between? Thanks for any and all suggestions/info! Morgan, still trying to make this PB work for me for my November writing project! -- 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 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 Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: VST Tri-Media Reader and Zips and CF PCMCIA
Donna suggested: Did you try reinstalling Netscape? What version are you using? Can't reinstall it. Don't have it on floppy. And I don't have a floppy drive hooked up to my iMac to make a floppy version from the CD version I have. Can't d/l it because I can't get online with a browser to d/l it. Catch-22. tell your mother-in-law to add an account name to her account (she's allowed 7 names) that is 7 characters or less. Then try to access THAT new name which will be useable in that earlier version of AOL Believe me, I know more about AOL than I care to. Was one of the very first subscribers years and years and years ago--1991 I think. Already thought of this option, but my mother-in-law is vacationing and away from a computer for another month or so (can you believe being offline for that long??!!!). Anyway, that option will not work right now. Yes, I could call and get her password, but her user name is also too long. So going the AOL route is just off the list of possibilities right now. And no, it's not worth installing AOL on my iMac and calling her for her account info and me setting up another account on her account while she is away.That's just a lot of futzing. I think I have a much easier workaround. At this point in time, I am just going to wait for the Compact Flash card and USB CF/SM reader to arrive Just got the PCMCIA CF adaptor today. It seems to be a far smaller headache than taking the PB directly online at this point. The CF card and CF/SM reader are due to arrive Thursday or Friday, Saturday at the latest. So I just have to hold tight until then. Patience...ugh! If I want to make the PB capable of being online at some point in time, updating browsers and such will be far easier via and CF card, I think. I am a little concerned that the USB CF/SM reader is a reader only and not also a writer, but I did a little research and it SEEMS that I should be able to drag and drop over to the reader from my iMac. I am keeping my fingers crossed, anyway. If not, I'll just sell this reader and get a reader/writer. I only paid $10 for this one, so I know I can sell it and get back what I paid for it. Once I finally get the CF card and reader, I'll report in on how it all works out just in case someone else on the list is interested. Thanks, Morgan -- 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 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 Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: VST Tri-Media Reader and Zips and CF PCMCIA
Makmac wrote: PS. I don't think there is a special Zip driver for PowerBooks. The one that installs for desktop Macs should be the same for PowerBooks) No, I didn't mean to imply there was. The reason I have two is because 2 or 3 years ago my business partner needed to hook the SCSI Zip she already had up to the new non-SCSI iMac, and discovered it was within a few dollars to purchase a new USB Zip as it was to purchase the SCSI to USB adapter. So, since I now have two Zips, I can hook the SCSI Zip up to the PB190 and the USB Zip up to the iMac. But I have never really liked Zip. Just personal preference. I would suggest a PCMCIA ethernet card. Then it's just a matter of transferring from Mac-to-Mac rather than from media-to-Mac-to-media-to-Mac... Plus an ethernet card can be found for a third of the price you're looking to pay. Well, my iMac is hardwired into an Xrouter wireless hub for cable modem access, with an iBook with Airport card also accessing the cable modem. I was looking into getting a wireless PCMCIA card, but they're about $80. I wasn't sure how hooking up the PB via ethernet might work with the setup I already have. I don't really need internet access on the PB. I spent about $30 on a small (only 8MB) CF card, PCMCIA adapter, and USB CF/SM reader, so I figure I got a pretty good deal. I won't really be accessing the PB too much, mostly for an intense writing project in November. I decided against the VST Tri-Media Reader when I found the CF/SM reader for $10 on eBay. I am trying to make this all as portable and fuss free as possible, which is why I was looking for a way to get around the Zips. I also think it's a cheaper way of getting some backup storage for some of my files on my iMac, since I now have everything I need and the CF cards are really cheap through one online place I found. But thanks for the suggestions! Morgan -- 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 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 Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: VST Tri-Media Reader and Zips and CF PCMCIA--ooops
Makmac wrote: PS. I don't think there is a special Zip driver for PowerBooks. The one that installs for desktop Macs should be the same for PowerBooks) OOOpppsss!!! I realized that I read your comment wrong. While there probably isn't a special driver for the PB, I don't have a driver on the PB at all, and the driver that came with it came on a CD, and of course the PB has no CD. So getting the driver installed will be a small PITA. That's why I opted for spending an extra $30 to bypass the Zips completely and go the route of PCMCIA CF card. Thanks again for your suggestions! Morgan -- 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 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 Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: VST Tri-Media Reader and Zips and CF PCMCIA
I don't love Zips, myself, but I have found all the drivers I have ever needed on the 'net and downloaded them to get around the CD issue. Well, tonight I tried to get the PB online. It does get online through my dial-up ISP that I am about to turn off in a few days, but now I can't get the Netscape browser to work. So there's an old old version of (pooey pooey I HATE to even say this) AOL (v. 2.7!) that I decided to try. My mother-in-law has an account that I can access. Well, no go there because the account name has more letters in it than version 2.7 will allow. So that's out. Connecting the Zip has just become WAY too complicated, and now I am glad that winging their way to me are a CF card, CF PCMCIA adapter, and CF/SM USB reader for my iMac. Just seems like this is going to be the easiest solution afterall...glad I found the deals/steals on eBay to make it happen!!! Thanks for all the suggestions. Anyone else using the route of CF media with their old PB? Morgan -- 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 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 Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: VST Tri-Media Reader
Donna Pointer wrote: I have a USB VST Tri-Media reader, which reads, writes and formats floppies, CompactFlash, and SmartMedia. I was thinking of getting one of these, now that the price is down to $99, and then getting a CF card and adaptor to use as removeable storage from my PB190 to my iMac. How's the VST Tri-Media working for you? I already have both a SCSI Zip AND a USB Zip, but I have never really liked Zip drives. I still have to finagle getting the PB online somehow to d/l the correct Zip driver for the PB. Seems like the Tri-Media, CF card and PCMCIA adaptor would be easier, although pricier since I already have the Zip drives. Any suggestions? Morgan -- 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 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 Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Digital camera and PB540
Joseph wrote, Of course the hard part for you will be to find a PCMCIA cage, good luck. I am sorry to be showing my ignorance here (I am new to the list and just now beginning to dust off an old PB190, so I have a LOT to learn)... I just wanted to say that right now on eBay there is a PB G3 WallStreet PCMCIA Card Cage. I doubt that it's compatible with the PB540, but in the off chance it is, or someone else reading this is interested, here's the link... http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1283012779 Right now there are no bids, and a buy it now price of $10. Sorry if this is a waste of baud space... Morgan, who has been surfing eBay a lot these past few days in search of items to make this puppy work for me!! -- 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 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 Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: PB G3 Wallstreet Battery Source
Does anybody know of a good (and cheap) source for a battery for a PB G3 Wallstreet? How much is cheap these days? Here in Japan, they run around $100 - $120 at discount stores. Local Micro-Center here (Kansas) sells them for $250! So that sounds a lot cheaper. They are all over eBay right now. Highest price at the moment is $75, so I doubt they go much over $100-$125. I'm not sure if this link will work: http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?MfcISAPICommand=GetResultquery=Wal lstreet+batterycategoryid=ht=1st=0category1=4599maxRecordsPerPage=100S ortProperty=MetaEndSort You can also try searching using words besides Wallstreet battery under the Search only in Computers : Apple, Macintosh category. Hope this helps. Morgan -- 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 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 Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
