Re: Xircom Ethernet card
I have a PB1400c 133, running MacOS 8.6. I bought a Xircom 10/100 PCMCIA Card (RE-100) on eBay, assuming that Xircom - being such a large PCMCIA Card brand - would support MacOS. Of course they don't and as a result, I am unable to use the card. Is there an unofficial driver I have been unable to find, or has anyone lucked out with another manufacturer's driver and a Xircom card? Nope. Afraid not. Xircom never have, never will. No hacked driver I'm aware of. Sorry. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/seagate/536/index.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: Sanyo CDR-93 2 speed external SCSI cd-rom drive
I need a software driver for the following ancient external cd -rom. Thank you. Sanyo CDR-93 2 speed external SCSI cd-rom drive. Also known as Sanyo crd-400e Need software drivers. Try Apple CD-ROM 5.3.1 (OS 7.6) Easier to find CD-Sunrise (freeware) which works with most non-Apple SCSI drives. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/seagate/536/index.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: 'nother 5300/PCMCIA Modem Q?
Well I have yet to locate a modem cable for the Zoom modem I have and I'm not yet ready to pay $19-29 for a new one. I figure one will show up on ebay one of these days, and in the interim, I've still got the 28k. BUT... Yesterday I came across yet another 56K modem with Dongle for a few bucks. Of course, with my luck it had an ethernet dongle but NO telephone cable. For the price I paid, I look at it this way, I'm now increasing my odds in finding a dongle for one or the other. :) So my Q is, is anybody here using a Xircom CreditCard Ethernet 10/100 + Modem 56 with their 5300 or similar PBook? It is a model CEM56-100 I think made by Intel. It has two plug-ins for use of both RJ-11 and RJ-45 cables. The modem will work; the ethernet won't. Xircom never have, and never will, make Mac drivers. They're quite up front about it. Plenty of other ethernet cards for older PBs (e.g., Fallaron, Dayna Communicard and MacSense 16-bit 10/100 card). Also the other one people've been mentioning with a different driver. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/seagate/536/index.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: SmartDisk Products
For interested List members who may not be aware: http://www.smartdisk.com/BlowoutPricing.htm SmartDisk.com's Fallblowout sale includes many peripherals for 1400, 3400, and other PowerBooks, such as batteries, chargers, and expansion-bay modules. Does this mean 50% off the prices listed? Or are the prices stated the discounted ones? Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/seagate/536/index.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: 3400/3500 battery voltage
Just wanted to ask if anyone's using the Li-Ion batteries from the 3500 aka Kanga in a 3400? I've heard one report of a 3400 owner with a fried PB, who was told by an Apple tech that he fried his logic board with one of the higher-voltage 3500 batteries. Didn't seem logical to me, as all the info I've read is that these batteries are compatible with both the 3400 and 3500. Agreed, doesn't make sense. IIRC, they had high wH ratings, but any Mac shop will sell you what is a '3400/3500' battery. AFAIK, the input voltage on PBs is all 24v on the AC. Different models do have varying input battery voltage ratings, however. The 1400 is around 9.6V, while the 5300/190 run at around 14.4v. 3400s/Kangas can use the NiMH 190/5300 batteries and I'm pretty sure the 3400/3500 also run on 14.4v batteries. The diff is that the 3400 shipped with a 32Wh battery, while the Kanga had a 47Wh. TiBook now ships with a 55Wh battery, I think. No idea of the battery input voltage. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
Re: OS 9.1 up and running great on PB 3400
The one thing I miss is 'PPP Menu' (Easy one menu control of all your online activities) - it doesn't work with 9.1. I dislike having to open the 'Remote Access Status' Control Panel just to disconnect from the net. You could dis/connect using the Control Strip module. I liked FreePPP too and isntall it on all client machines using pre-OS 9 setups. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
Re: 5300 stuff...
But thanks for the confirmation on that 4000 colors issue. I thought I had read that somewhere... So now I wonder what will happen if I do it anyway! ;-) Can't harm the hardware, can it (I mean, besides slip-ups during soldering in the VRAM)? What happens to an LCD when you try to display more colors than it physically supports? Does it do that funky shimmer thing, or is there something more sinister to watch for? Yes, it'll do that funky shimmer thing ;-) When you do it on a CRT, it can completely flake the video prefs. I did it just for laughs on the Lombard once and the whole thing went crazy. Had to trash monitor prefs and start again before I could see anything (think I used MoniSwitch). However, moniswitch does warn you can screw up your whole monitor doing this, although it's more likely to happen with the CRT than an LCD. I don't switch anything at all now, 'cos I use the 10.1.5 hack for Lombard accelerated Rage Pro graphics. Besides, 24-bit XGA is fine. I think (IIRC) with the 1MB VRAM on a cs monitor, nothing will happen at all. I had a mate who also had a 5300c/1MB (nearly everyone I worked with at the time seemed to have a 5300 or a 1400) who smashed his screen. He got a 5300cs screen 'cos it was cheaper and nothing changed at all. No added options on the monitor CP. It's the same with the 1400s, which all had 1MB VRAM, but it didn't make a diff, regardless of what screen was fitted. Also, the 190/5300/1400 had separate external video, of course, so it wasn't like the more modern 'Books (e.g., the Lomb/Piz VRAM (8MB) splits itself in two when supporting max res on an ext. display, so the int. video gets 4 MB and the ext. gets 4MB. I still have the optional 190 video out card somewhere, so must sell it sometime. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
Re: 5300 stuff
Here's a question... If I upgraded my 5300cs to 1MB of VRAM (instead of the 512KB), would it give 16-bit color on a cs display? Would the passive display work in that many colors? Do the 1400cs displays work in thousands of colors or are they 8bit (256 colors) only? Peace, Drew IIRC, the 1400 passive screen does thousands. If the LCD for the 5300cs screen can do thousands, then adding VRAM should allow you to use that mode. The video controller is probably the same on all 5300 models. Actually, the 512K 5300c does do '000s of colours in any case - only at 640x400. IIRC, passive (not active) screens also only do about 4,000 colours or so. At least, the ones of this vintage do. I had a Stinkpad of similar vintage and recall IBM had to do a retraction in their ads, because their passive screens didn't actually deliver true 16-bit colour. So, you don't actually have to upgrade the VRAM - and it would require rather sophisticated surface-level mounting skills, assuming you could even come by the VRAM chips (and extreme caution with heat). Given the relative cheapness of the 5300c and 5300ce (IIRC, Charles Moore's column at LEM recently mentioned 5300ces at, what, $99 was it? Bargain. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
Re: PowerLogix PowerBoost? What the...?
Yeah. I pulled out the calculator and looked too. Looks right. But
damn, that would make one hot processor at 43.5MHz bus. They must
have had some sort of heatsink solution too, 'cause I can't imagine
that the 100MHz part could be clocked up an additional ~40% without
overheating.
I had a former Apple engineer (high/low level hw engineering) living near
me for a while and he had his 5300 bus clocked to 40MHz without problems.
It was a fair bit zippier than mine. He said the CPU wasn't worth
upclocking w/out L2 cache (and he was right, given the 1400).
The original 1400 would've been 120MHz as well, but Apple at the time
(given the release schedule) couldn't get the 1400s stable with the CPUs
at 120Mhz, so 117 it was. Mind you, I've seen a 117MHz 1400s which were
also less than stable; some I gave up on as I could never get them to
work properly.
Geoffrey ('Brains') who frequents c.s.m.p. used to manage school labs of
1400s and hates them with a passion as he ran into all sorts of trouble
with them (random freezes, RAM combos working with some, not others
etc.).
I think the revved ROMs in later 133s and 166s fixed a lot of problems,
as I've come across a fair few of these which exhibit no problems
whatsoever.
Cheers,
RD
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Re: 3400 PRAM batteries
Subject: Re: Source for 3400 pram battery MacResQ has them on there clearance page right now for $2.99 Donny Monk at http://www.poerbooksplus.com has them all the time for $12. Aloha, Ken That IS a great price. Yep, that's what I paid ($3) for (2) of mine. I still have one. They're the same for the 5300/190 etc. BTW, if G3 users want to be cheap, they can use them. They plug right in. The diff is they use only 1 cell, not 2. This only becomes an issue if you swap batteries in sleep mode and have a _lot_ (i.e. 512MB +) of RAM. But it's better than paying $40+ for the G3 PRAMs. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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 $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: PB 3400 plaintalk input - mono or stereo?
I have been working on making my 3400 my 'all purpose web authoring and sound recording machine' (I haven't decided on a name for it yet). I finally got the sound software that looks good (SndSampler) and hooked my good stereo condenser mike up to it and MONO SOUND. Nothing I can do to get stereo. I fear that 'plaintalk' is a mono microphone standard. Does anyone know if this is true? Is there any kind of inexpensive audio in adapter I can get for it? This is really devastating to my plans to get this old machine to be a usable workhorse without TOO many adapters. I really would rather have a used iBook or TiBook, if I had the bux. Maybe I really need to spend whatever bux I have and upgrade to something newer It's a mono mike, IIRC. The input is 16-bit stereo/44khz in the 3400 (in fact, in every PBook since the 500 series, except the 190, which doesn't have input. Two options: a _powered_ stereo mike; or plug in the mike to your sound system (cassette deck is good) and use line out to line in on the 3400. Worked fine on my old 5300 (vastly inferior to 3400, but same sound in). The built-in mikes in the screen bezel are lousy, although by shouting repeatedly at iListen I got it to open MS Word and so on. e.g., OPEN UP! OPEN UP! OPEN ^%$%#$%#@ MICROSOFT WORD!! (but you don't want to do that ;-) Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
Re: 3400 users!
Tom John Thanks for the replies! I think I'll go and buy a firewire card and see if it works or not. I will keep everyone posted on my success/failure. This has been canvassed a few times here. Try John Frohro's excellent page: http://www.wwc.edu/~frohro/Cardbus/Cardbus.html USB cards will generally work out of the box (MacAlly, Belkin etc.). You need the hacked USB installer John has thoughtfully provided on his site. FireWire cards are too thick to fit into the cage. The cage is PCMCIA; the controller is CardBus (TI). MCE will do the swap to a CardBus cage - $99. _Warning_ *Don't* attempt to _force_ a card in there. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
Re: Ethernet for 3400c/180
Any PB3400 enet or enet/modem card will work in your 3400's PCI slot. From page 33 of the 3400's devnote: Most conÞgurations of the PowerBook 3400 computer come with an ethernet interface installed in the PCI expansion slot. Two types of card are used, one with an ethernet interface and a modem, the other with ethernet only. Both cards have an RJ-45 connector that is accessible through an opening in the back of the computer¹s case. For a PC card ethernet nic, I'd buy one of these 3COM cards and use it with a hacked* Farallon driver. At $8 (+ S/H) for a PCCard ethernet nic, it's a terrific deal. 3COM PCMCIA 10BASE-T ETHERLINK CARD 3C589C/D Or you could get the MacSense 10/100 card and have 100bT as well. There's a 16-bit card as well which works with the 5300/1400. (Although I grant you, $8 can't be beaten :-) Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
Re: Disk Tools
Howdee Listers: I just acquired a messa Powerbooks (that some IBM'er got in a grab-bag at some church thingie) of various types and specs. Now, back in the old days of system 7.1, there was a floppy called Disk Tools that could ... well, heck; y'all remember that...!!! I tried my old copy of it on these PB's but they all said that they could not use it because the system on it was too old. Is it possible to put any variation of 7.5 (or anything after 7.1.x) onto ONE floppy? OR CONVERSLY, is there ANY WAY to startuyp a modern mac on a floppy? (Of course I know that I could always hook up the PB to a Desktop w/ a CD-ROM...) D/L Apple's Network Access - it's a 7.5 boot floppy image (1.3MB) which will boot all PBs up to and including the 500 series, and all DT Macs prior to the PCI- based Power Macs/Performas. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
Re: Stumped! 5300 and Ram Doubler
I'm totally stumped. My 5300c simply refuses to work with Ram Doubler. It has its stock amount of real RAM (16MB soldered in), an upgraded HD (IBM 1GB), no PC cards, running MacOS 8.1. Whenever I try to install Ram Doubler (version 8.01 or 9.01, or 8, or 9) I get a bus error immediately when starting up. This is when the MacOS screen comes up, before any extension/control panel icons show up. I get the bus error if no other extensions are loaded EXCEPT for Ram Doubler. I get the bus error if I load ALL extensions, INCLUDING Ram Doubler. Funny thing is, if I turn virtual memory ON (built in Apple Control Panel) and have Ram Doubler loaded at the same time, the computer will boot fine and it will tell me Ram Doubler cannot load because virtual memory is active (turn it off!) I've tried loading a clean system installation with all the extensions on/off, no luck. I KNOW other people must be using RD with their 5300s - any ideas? I ran TechTool Pro (latest 3.0.7 version) and everything checks out fine. Same for Norton Disk Doctor. Assuming your RAM card's seated correctly, try putting a space in front of RD so it loads earlier. As a CP in OS 8/9 (IIRC), it loads later as a CP. See how it goes elsewhere in the boot process (can't hurt). Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
Re: Wallstreet battery, one more time...
Well, I ran Battery Reset one more time, shut down, reset the power manager, zapped the PRAM, and now the battery is toast again. No lights, nothing. ARGH! Ran Battery Reset again, did some voodoo dancing, still no lights, no functioning battery... WS batts are a bit troublesome IMHO. The charging circuitry is a bit suspect (with twin batteries at least) in my experience. This is usually the right-bay battery (no, not loose) when charging left and then switching to right. Recommendation? I just leave the 2nd battery in with AC plugged in until it decides to get charged. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
Re: SpeedDoubler 8 conflicts
Immediately after posting a request for advice on SpeedDoubler 8 (which won't work on a PB 5300 with OS 8.9.1) I learned that the (free) 8.1.2 upgrade is needed to make it compatible. There are lots of download links on the Web, but they all seem to lead to Connectix and not found. Where can I get it? Found it here (checked it): http://www.passportnet.com.br/suporte/prog/SD812U.sit (500K) You're right, though, not easy to find anymore. Couldn't be bothered searching Connectix, but their old ftp link doesn't work. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
Re: battery power
Hi all I decieded to test the battery for myself and see how it works in the 190cs i set the monitor to 256 colours (The maximum for this book) and have so far used the Mac since 10.25 am for word docs, email, veiwing photos, and light web browsing. It is still going strong and it is 1.07pm now i will let you all know how long i got in total tonight So the 3400 LiION worked in the 190, yes, Victoria? That's v-e-r-y interesting. Someone once asked me why they don't work and, correctly, pointed out that the 190/5300s weren't ROM disabled to not recognise LiIONs, only software disabled (i.e. only from 7.5.2, Enabler 1.1 or something). I never got to try a 3400 batt in my 5300. But of course they won't charge. But so long as they work, who cares? Having both PBs is the advantage in your case. I think 3400 batts new are pretty cheap now, right? I'd be interested to know whether MyBatteryPPC recognizes the LiION. This's quite a find you've made here. Which OS are you running? 8.1? That's what our 190 ran [still runs in hands of new owner]. Pretty good web browser on 24MB RAM + Netscape 4.08. 3+ hours on a 190/5300 is not_bad_at_all :-) My Lombard batt is dead. Sigh. $130 for a replacement. *Deeper sigh* Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
Re: Duo AC adapter okay for PB 1400/G3?
Sorry for the basic question, but I couldn't find the answer in the usual Web resources... Can I use an AC adapter from a Duo 280 with my PB 1400/Newer G3? I had been using my 1400 with the Duo AC adapter, (it happened to be plugged in under my desk.) After a day or so, my ethernet connection stopped working and I have had to reinstall OS 9 on the main hard drive partition. Is the AC adapter to blame? Or did I just encounter another garden-variety file corruption type problem? Thanks in advance for any advice you might have. Yep, fine. I'm running my Lombard off a 36w/1.5A Duo 280/2300c adapter right now. They won't charge batteries unless the PB is off or asleep, but they work just fine (and cheap too). Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
Re: Appearancelib
Hi friends , Where can I download appearancelib to restore a 1400 screwed system? thanks in advance xavier The OS 8.1 update (about 20MB). The 8.1 Appearance lib and control panel also work in OS 7.6, for those who want the newer look. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
Re: Powerbook 3400 and buring cd's
Hi all I'm using a 240mhz 3400 with 144meg ram not upgraded to be Cardbus compliant and I wanted to ask if its still possible to burn CD's with a PCMCIA CD-RW? Thank you How about a SCSI burner? PCMCIA, AFAIK, there are no drivers out there. The 3400 will burn data up to 24x I'd say with no probs. Just avoid USB burners. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
Re: Best Quicktime for a 1400?
I just inherited a 1400 and I think mistakenly put QT6 on it. Every cideo clip I play sputters like crazy. What version of QT should I run for best performance? I am running OS 8.6? QT 5.05 will run fine - it does on my 8100/100. MPEG-1 is hopeless, but uncompressed .mov clips run fine. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
Re: powerbooks- SCSI manager 4.3?
I am using Toast 5.1.4 to my 9.1 1400/G3. I have an external Yamaha 8824 SCSI CD-RW drive. When in Toast, I woud like to increase the RAM cache for Cd burning, but the option to do that is ghosted out and not available- it says that feature needs SCSI Manager 4.3. SCSI manager 4.3 came in around OS 7.5.3 or 7.5.5 or so, maybe even earlier! I just did a reinstall of the 9.1 update while I had my Apple external SCSI CD drive installed, in case the installer left out the SCSI stuff as there wasn't a SCSI drive available at the time I did the OS install (I don't recall if I installed from my external Apple CD drive or across the network, for 9.1). But no change. I also upgraded my Toast Platinum from 5.02 to the 5.1.4 with no difference. Does the SCSI manager get installed on powerbooks? Apple system profiler and some other utils on my desktop, don't show me the SCSI manager version that I can see, so I don't have a way to check for sure what version may or may not be on the laptop. If anyone is using Toast on a 1400, I'm interested if in the Toast prefs you can change the RAM cache size. A few issues here. The PB1400 and earlier PBs doesn't support SCSI Manager 4.3. For a more detailed guide to burning CDs on PB1400s and earlier, go here: http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/seagate/536/burningcds.html The tests were done with Toast 4.0 (which, at the time, refused to install on a 1400 or 5300), but this also applies to Toast 5 and 4.xx). Bottom line is: no RAM cache on non-SM4.3 'Books. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
Re: going to London
The iBook runs on European current. We came back to AZ in May, 2002. I used my PB5300 plugged in every day in England and Holland. All you need is the correct adapter. A packet of adapters, about 4 of them and all usable in Europe, is about $8.00 at AAA offices here. No need to change voltage. Just plug the adapter in between your iBook power cord and the wall socket. If the holes fit, and there is an adapter that will in that package, then you are in business. Don't see if they are cheaper in Europe. In Britain they price things as if a pound sterling is equivalent to a US dollar. It takes one and one-half dollars to buy one pound sterling. My advice is don't wait and do be prepared to spend more for everything in Europe. Even worse now that the dollar has gone down. All Macs since at least the LC (1990) have had universal P/Ss, and I think some earlier ones, like the IIci, cx and IIx. Naturally, that includes all PBs + the Portable. Your region-specific lead costs about $5. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
Re: Internal Zip drive for a Wallstreet 233/512 Powerbook ??
Hi Guys (and Gals) Does anyone here know if a VST Zip 100 drive is compatable with a Wallstreet 233/512 14 TFT G3 series powerbook. Model number for the VST Zip is ZIPG3. Depends - there were 2 G3 Zip models (the Kanga ones were labelled '5300'). One fits the Wallstreet and has a taller form factor. The other model suits the slimmer Lombard/Pismo (1999/2000) G3 PBs. VST www.smartdisk.com still has them I think refurb for about $20. Somewhere was offering the Lombard/Pismo ones recently for about $45 for the 250 with 5 disks, IIRC. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
Re: Powerbook 5300cs 100BaseT Ethernet
Okay where the heck can you find this cxomapany or card? I have to replace an old dayna ethernet card. Do a Google search - their distributors are everywhere. It's a 16-bit 10/100 card, so it works in PCMCIA slots, not just Cardbus. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
Re: Powerbook 5300cs 100BaseT Ethernet
More on this: this is Dr. Bott's page http://store.drbott.com/drbott/macsense.html They've got it @ $84. Best price I've seen so far is $74. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
Re: Powerbook 5300cs 100BaseT Ethernet
Thank you Remy. One of them looks like the old dayna card with the dual ethernet setup bnc/rj45. Anyone know if the bnc has to be term. for it to work? I had my dayna working but now nada. No, no term needed. Use the 1.2.2e driver with the Dayna; 2.2.3 doesn't work properly. The older driver is bug-free in my experience. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
Re: Powerbook 3400 100BaseT Ethernet
I have tried with a D-Link DFE-650TX card to get higher speed transfers from the internet - higher than those with a 10BaseT internal card alone. Can anyone suggest a better way to go about this or am I doomed to failure? I am running 8.6 and I would like to stay with this OS. I have a PB3400/200/48/6gig hd. I hope that this is enough information. I hope one of you more experienced people coud suggest something. I use a cable modem. Thanks. I just looked at the specs of the DLink and I don't see Mac drivers mentioned anywhere. It simply won't work without a Mac driver. I'm assuming you haven't somehow found a compatible Mac driver. Try MacSense's 10/100 PCMCIA card - built for Mac (and any PB 1400/190/5300 as well). Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
Re: 3400 DVD burn?
Does the 3400 have the capacity for DVD burns? Theoretically, I'd say yes, if: - it's a SCSI DVD burner (use Toast DVD or Toast Titan). SCSI DVDs cost $$$ though. - if the 3400 has CardBus and can use FW (thus, Toast Titan or Discribe 5). The 3400 runs 8.6-9.1, therefore it can support the burner software. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
Re: 1400 PCMCIA Virtual Memory expansion?
I'd work, but the one gotcha is flash memory has a limited number of write cycles. In a digital camera or the like, they'll last a good long while. But, used as virtual memory where there could be thousands of writes in a short time, it'll die very quickly. True, but they're guaranteed for at least 10 million writes. I have 4MB card from 1995-6 (?) that's still going strong. The 32MB I use in my Lombard for continuous backup while I'm working every day has had a _lot_ of use and has had no problems. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
Re: Memory
Does anyone know if the same ram chips will work in the 5300cs and the
190??? I have extra ram for the 5300 (54MB) that I would love to use in the
190/
Thanks
Jim
Some will, some won't. All Apple RAM will. Some Kingston RAM - most -
will. Everything else is hit or miss. The reason is Apple revised the
memory specs at the last minute before release of the 190/5300 and RAM
manufacturers had already manufactured on the old specs. Incorrect RAM
will either not be recognized, cause startup bus errors or cause timing
issues ('wait states').
If you have a (presumably) 56MB card, it is a 5300 card. The 190 won't
recognise more than 36MB if it's a 190 and 40MB if it's a 190cs (mind
you, I've never stuck a really big card in a 190, and I;m not sure
there's an ASIC or something in ROM which won't handle it). I'd be
interested to hear how much a 190 recognised of it though - probably up
to its RAM limit. The 2400 had similar JDEC card limitations, but 3rd
party manufacturers have worked around these and I think the latest was
104MB for those PBs. And, as Michelle Klein-Haas has shown on Vintage
Macs, even a good old LCIII/475 can take 128MB 72-pin SIMMs (132MB
total). Although in fairness, I s'pose even a 386 with 8 RAM slots could
take 8 16MB 30-pin SIMMs. Although why you'd bother on a machine like
that, that's one helluva a lot less usable than an SE/30 is beyond me ;-)
Cheers,
RD
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Re: USB on a PB1400?
Does anybody out there know how easy it is to get a Wallstreet 'USB'd? Very. Buy a USB PC card. Install Apple's USB CardBus Support if it's not installed already. Plug in. Go. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
W95 on 386 (was VPC on 3400)
One 3.5-inch high-density floppy disk drive VGA or higher resolution (256-color SVGA recommended) - For grins and giggles we installed windows 95 on such a system. It took some 20 minutes *to boot*. For giggles, Bruce? How many floppies did you have to feed into it?? That ain't funny ;-) (or did you 'cheat' and use a CD ROM?). Notably, with a little hacking, you *can* run OS 8.1 on 32-but '030s. And 7.6.1 on most of them. On 4MB. And boot in about 60 seconds. Dammit, my 4MB Classic's running in the corner now on 7.5.5. It still amazes me anybody bought that stuff (W95) when you needed a (then) hugely expensive Pentium or really serious 486DX system to _walk_ it, let alone run it. Not that mere mortals owned machines with 16MB of RAM either. My 75MHz 486DX StinkPad ran W4WG 3.11 and it didn't run it fast. I shuddered to think how 95 would run on it. My 100MHz PowerBook 5300 sat across from it and, believe me, it _was_ faster than the IBM. Pretty comparable too, with 10.4 colour screens (although the 5300's was active, the IBM's was passive). The 5300 felt like an iceBook does, like a subnotebook compared to the brick-like ThinkPad. It felt no less solid either. More to the point, you got things done in 7.5.3 on the PowerBook. You got nowhere fast on the ThinkPad with 3.11. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
Re: 5300 Memory Upgrade
As for a CD drive for your PB, all I can tell you is I use a replaced cd drive out of my mac, I replaced it with a cdrw, but I need to be able to boot from cd so I hooked the old cd up to the unit via scsi cable with the hdi-30 adapter. You can find a good Apple rommed cd all over on the lem swap list. You don't actually need an Apple-ROMed CD to boot from one. So long as the CD is truly bootable (i.e., it's an OEM system CD, or a system CD which has been made 'bootable' with boot blocks put on it by Toast), it'll boot off virtually anything. My Yamaha SCSI CDRW will boot the Wallstreet Lombard (and, in the old days, 5300 and 190) off any bootable CD or CDRW. The problem with the Apple ones is, while they're v. sturdy and last forever, they boot at 2x or 4x, which is probably fine for 7.5, but not for 8.5 or something. Then again, Apple 300 and 600 CDs are cheap, so long as you have an external case to put them in. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
Re: OS9 on a PB 3400
SO what is the biggest improvement of OS9 on a PB3400 over OS8.6? I am happily running 8.6 but am always tempted by the call of 9 but never sure that it is worth giving up that extra RAM Can those of you having made the upgrade of OS tell me benifits Cheerz Jo0lz Why not just put 9.1 on a partition and boot off whichever one you need to run particular apps (e.g., Disk Burner). Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
Re: Forum for LaserWriters
Sorry for this, but could somebody tell me a forum like this for LaserWriters? On usenet, try comp.sys.mac.printing Not as personal as this list, but a lot of people there with a wealth of info on LaserWriters. Cheers, Remy. Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
Re: Using a CF card to boot a PB 5300cs?
I hadn't considered that a different brand of card would make a difference. CompUSA had 128 MB SanDisk (a pretty reliable brand) CF cards for $39.95 after rebate, so I bought one. I guess I can use it in my digital camera if it won't work as a boot disk. I might check at newegg.com and see what deals they are running on CF cards. Interesting if different brands produce different results. I've had no probs booting 190s, 5300s, 1400s Wallstreets from CF. I used either the OS 8.1 or 8.5 system from the Disk Tools floppy. Plus an appropriate Norton's and DW. No bus errors. The only time my 5300 gave bus errors was when the RAM card was loose (frequently, given it was thrown in a bag all the time). The only other issue may be to do with the card cage itself - they can and do begin to die from excessive use. One of our Wallstreet slots has died already (the top one, not the Zoomed Video one, fortunately). The connector itself is fragile. On one PB, the serial port died (I think an IC), and it also took serial capability out of the PCMCIA cage (i.e., no modem could be used). Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
Re: pb5300 and Compact Flash
I tried to reformat a Compact Flash card in my Mac to be a Mac disk, and now my digital camera cannot read it at all. It certainly cannot reformat it in the camera (as suggested below) because it cannot recognize it. I'm pretty sure I am going to have to find someone with a Windows laptop to reformat it for me. Use Disk Charmer (shareware) to format it as a PC disk. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
5300 Sluggishness (and other stuff)
Listers The discussion on speeding up the 5300 referred. This have been a quest of mine ever since I got my hands on one 2 years ago. I have't followed the thread, but from the last posting it seems SpeedDoubler only doubles the copy speed. I'm using CPU Doubler, but does not really notice any speed increases. There might be an increase in copy speed, but since the floppy's demise... The Q.s: 1 Is this the only options to speed up the 5300? I suppose the answer will have to take into account the s/w used, including the OS version. 2 Is there an 'optimum' OS for the 5300? A suggestion was 8.5. 3 What do you 'loose' ito. functionality (and gain ito. speed) with, say, 8.1? If this is a repeat of aleardy well trodded ground, can you refer me to an archive or someting. As before, I recommend SpeedDoubler - there is hard, empirical evidence done by myself and Paul Fuchs at c.s.m.p. that in most cases it 2x the speed of operations and 3x in some cases. Try, for e.g., a launch of Word 5.1 or 98 w/ and w/o SD 8. Or a print preview in Word - or scrolling (highly CPU intensive). The proof is in the pudding. I agree with Charles Moore that 8.1 is probably the best compromise on a 5300; it's not quite as fast as 7.6.1, but more stable and gives access to HFS+ disks. I used to keep an 8.6 partition on my 5300 for apps which specifically needed 8.6 or later. Although QD went native in 8.6, the graphics performance is so sluggish with the 5300, that it taxes the CPU, leading to even more slowdown in 8.5 or later. 8.1, for e.g, won't run Toast 5, but you probably aren't burning on a 5300. Toast 4.1.2 runs on 8.1 though. I'd also probably recommend QT 4 on low-end machines - it works better on my 8100/100 than QT 5 (and I somehow feel QT 4 is a more mature product). BTW, you can access my 5300 page at http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/seagate/536/index.html [n.b. macpowerbook.com no longer works - all the stuff is there at the link above, so if you're interested in my ancient ramblings about last century's PowerBooks, update your bookmarks. But Fortunecity.com, who're going broke, truth be known, cancelled -without telling me - the domain they bought me [for life!] and it's available now. I may move the whole archive over to Mac.com or some other free page if I ever get the time. Damn dot com implosion. Rant on In stopping movie uploads, they also decided PDFs (!?!?!?) were also unacceptable and dumped all those from my site (and refuse the uploads) _without_ telling me rant off Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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
Re: How can I speed up my 5300?
I have a 5300cs with 64 megs of ram...and it's slower on the internet than a Toshiba 75Mz pentium. Can you tell me why? It's also slower than my PB280 and way slower than our 2300c!! You need to SpeedDoubler 8 (no longer sold but available) to speed up emulation. Remember, the 603e is a low-power chip, comparable to a Power Mac 6100/60 (PPC 601 chip). Equally, a Celeron 1GHz is not going to be as fast as a PIII-1Ghz. I seriously doublt your 5300 is slower than your 2300, though, unless the 2300 has a SCSI drive. The 280 will be faster in 040 applications and also has a SCSI drive. The 5300 runs a v. slow IDE drive (4050rpm). You also need to ensure the PPC native versions of software are loaded - such as Netscape or whatever. IE will run v. slowly, but Netscape 4.08 (Navigator not Communicator) is good and has up to date security certificates. I used to have a work P90 running Win 95 Netscape 3 and it was _not_ much faster than my 5300, side-by-side. My bigger, faster HD in the 5300 helped, but the desktop still had a faster (5,400rpm) drive and more RAM. On a 100bT network running 10bT, the 5300 was sufficiently fast, downloading from some sites (Apple, MS) @ 200K/per second. Refresh rates on the browser won't be esp. quick, but it is, after all, a 7-year old design. It will actually do java, while I wouldn't ask a 280 to do java at all. If you want faster browsing, turn images in iCab, Netscape or Opera off and only manually load the ones you need. The other advantage the 5300 has over the 280 is in graphics. The 280 has no FPU and is terribly slow drawing images. The 5300 is usable with Graphic Converter/mild Photoshop (earlier versions) and scanning, while it handles digicam photos with no problem. You'd die waiting for a 500K jpeg to decompress on a 280. If they're not fast enough for you, you need to look into getting a faster Mac. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. 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 Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: best writing app and word processor for 170
I'm surprised 5.1 runs OK under OS 9.1. It runs fine under 9.2.2! (and in Classic as well). No problems. I found 5.0 went funny on 8.6 and 9.0. Possible '5.0' itself (i.e., not 5.1a) is problematic under 8.6/9.0. Apple and MS both said Word 5 and Excel 5 had problems running above 8.5. Never read this one. I'm a little sceptical that it's a way to get us to upgrade though. I found the Hot keys failed to work correct, though you could do a kludgy fix by reassigning the keys and some of the formatting wouldn't work. I kept a 8.5 on my old performa just to run Word and Excel 5. I always keep a full backup of my entire Preferences folder on CDRW - the Word prefs are critical as far as keeping the keyboard macros intact. Same with replacing any other pref file that gets corrupted. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. 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 Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: 5300 gray levels?
I don't have my 5300cs (256 color) with me as I loaned it out; memory tells me it only had display options for 4-color greyscale. Is that right, or should it do 8-bit greyscale (256 greys?) I just don't rememeber that option being available in the monitors control panel on that model. The latter. It can do it all right. Don't know about later OSes though - 9.1 wasn't out when I sold mine. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. 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 Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: iBook question...actually two
and I still haven't found out if I can drive a second monitor at a resolution higher than 600x800. Little help please? Coloured iBook? Mirror mode only at 800x600 on a projector or TV using composite out. Not VGA out. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. 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 Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: HD for 3400
Would that fit in a 5300? Donna Pointer-- iMac, ergo iAm Thanks for the info Maybe I'll wait till I see an IBM HD with a fluid spindle I don't wants something too noisey in my PB Jo0lz OWC has the 20GB IBM fluid bearings model on for $80, which seems a super price. 2-year IBM warranty. It's listed under Clearance. Absolutely. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. 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 Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: HD for 3400
They have 30gb drives for $117! Gary Damn good. I paid $149 for mine about 8 months ago, and that was an exceptional price then. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. 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 Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: 5300 and digital photography
Get a camera with Compact Flash or Smart Media cards (just about anything that isn't a junk camera these days has one or the other, except Sony with their Memory Stick cards) and a pcmcia adapter for it. Sans makes adapters for either; I got one for $11 at a local electronics shop. Infinitely faster, IMO than hooking up the camera via serial, and doesn't use batteries in the camera. And if you get a more modern camera, that 128 mb card might indeed fill up if you don't just shoot at the lowest resolution. Fortunately CF and SM cards are plummeting in price lately, especially for 64 and 128 mb cards... You can also get PCMCIA adapters for Memory Stick Multimedia cards - although I go with CF, as the media is cheapest and so are the adapters. You can also use them as Mac volumes, of course - reboot with extensions off and format. For reformatting (several ways), but the quickest I've found is to use the old shareware Disk Charmer and tell it to reformat as a PC volume. Very rapid and reliable. cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. 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 Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Hitachi DK23CA-20GB into PB3400
Hi All I have been offered a laptop hardrive...Hitachi DK23CA-20 20GB...at a good price Anybody know if this will fit into a PB3400 with no problems? Anybody have any comments to make on these HD's Is it quiet/noisey? Is it quick/slow? So long as it's under 19mm, will work fine - most likely a 12.5mm drive. Personally don't like Hitachis - noisy 3GB I have. But YMMV. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. 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 Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: 5300 vs 3400 ram cards
Thanks, great info. So will the 5300 specific 56mb card work in a 16mb board, but only be recognized to 64mb? I ask this because the 56 card seems to be more available. May work but could be instable. Why not get a 48MB? The 56s are in fact comparatively rare and there's no point paying for RAM you don't need. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. 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 Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: upgrade 5300 VRAM, or not?
A 5300cs with 256 colors, can one upgrade the VRAM and have thousands of colors? (excluding solutions for external monitors). Not VRAM upgradeable. The 512K VRAM is sufficient to run a 5300c screen though you'd have to swap. It'll do 16 bit at 640x400 (not 480). 1MB from the 5300c/ce logic board is required for this. I thought this would be easy to find out, but the answer eludes me after more than a little searching. See the graphic of all the 5300 logic board configs at my page at: http://macpowerbook.com/pb5300.html I assume not though as I don't see anything mentioned for 5300 VRAM chips after trying several RAM vendors. But I don't understand why notsurely they did not surface mount a nonstandard part for something this basic.but perhaps they did. Yes. I don't think any PB VRAM is upgradeable, except for external monitors with separate cards driving them. The dead 5300 I picked up super cheap came back to life after the REA motherboard replacement, (woo hoo!); a friend wants to use it (buy or loan, not sure yet, but I have a preference :) to generate little web graphics while away for the summer. GraphicConvertor or Photoshop plus 256 colors would not be horrible for web as final destination, but 1000's colors would be nicer. You'd need the Focus Lapis PDS card which replaces the Apple video card (the card's VRAM for ext. is entirely independent of the internet soldered VRAM). If you find one cheaply enough, it'll give you '000s colours on an external. cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. 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 Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: help with ethernet connection for PB3400c
Hi. I recently picked up a powerbook 3400c and the previous owner -- I don't know how/why -- ripped out the ethernet/modem it came with. The back of the machine is just has a hole going into the laptop's case. I have a pcmcia 56k modem, but would rather be able to connect it to my home LAN to transfer files etc. I've searched around online, since I'm new to apples in general (although I am experienced w/ PCs) and can't find any good places that have either the replacement ethernet/modem or a PCMCIA ethernet for it. Can anyone give me a recommendation/hint as to where I can get a replacement for this? Also, it's running OS 8; I'd like to upgrade it to OS 9, but haven't been able to find any info on whether or not the machine can take os9. I don't have the discs, so I'd have to buy them and would rather know if I should even bother before doing that. If you're on a 100bT LAN or are networked to a 100bT machine, you might want to look into the MacSense 10/100 card which works with 16-bit PCMCIA. Note that all Mac ethernet cards require a Mac driver (so choose, MacSense, Fallaron etc.). Any generic modem card -apart from Winmodems - will work. You can use FreePPP for dialup or you can use Modem Script Generator to construct a script for Remote Access (if one doesn't exist already, and many, many scripts already do). You'll also get 56k, versus the OEM item's 33k. You can go up to 9.1 on the 3400, although you would want to max out the RAM to 144MB. 128MB modules cost $80 at Other World Computing, which isn't bad at all, considering what these babies used to cost. 9.1. provides functionality for some newer software (Disc Burner, iTunes without a hack etc. etc.), but I'd probably stick with 8.6 unless you need to run 9.1. Or you could partition the HD and run different OS versions off each one. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. 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 Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Speed Doubler Problems
I've just installed Spped Doubler 2.0 on my PB 5300cs running OS 8.1. Now when I try and click on any icons on my desktop they disappear for a few seconds and then reappear, but don't open their applications. Anyone else run into this or any other problems with Speed Doubler? Macluver You need to upgrade. vs 8 works fine on my 5300 with 8.6. Cliff Or you can use SD 2.xx up to 7.6.1 I think. But 8, as Cliff says, needs 8. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. 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 Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: 5300 back from REA. nearly :)
Hi gang, just thought I'd pass along the latest development with a 5300c I sent through the REA program recently. After waiting the 'suggested' two weeks, I rang Applecare Aus. today asking if they could track down my little friend. The lovely Sharon said 'good news/bad news'. The good news is that it has been done, and left here on 3/04. The bad news is that the tech didn't put your name on the docket. I've had to ring the courier, confirm it was delivered, where it was delivered to, and who signed for it. Not so easy it seems in an organisation of over 1500 people on 3 campuses, spread over 300 Km. Anyway, it turns out Bruce from the mail room signed for it on the 8/04. Ok, being in Australia, there's obviously more than 1 Bruce in any University department (just ask Monty Python), and a phone call to the mail room reveals that all the Bruces are in a car heading to our most remote campus, so I'll have to wait until tomorrow to find out where it is. This was someone else's 'Book though, wasn't it, Ian? Not yours? Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. 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 Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Powerbook 3400 Cardbus Home Upgrade
I dont know much about PCMCIA Card Cages but if the problem is getting the card fit into the slot, (is it the same thing?), all I did was use the finest grit sandpaper I could find and sand off a little bit off the edge of the Macally card and then, it fit into the slot quite nicely Hope that helps... and YMMV Yep, that works for the MacAlly, while some others just slot right in. Not for FW cards though. Check out Rob Frohro's page on the 3400 for what's compatible with 2400/3400/Kanga via USB. I'll post the URL if people don't have it. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. 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 Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Ethernet card brands
Anyone know about some of the cardbus types, that will let you run 10/100 for a Wallstreet? MacSense make both 16 and 32-bit 10/100 cards. The 16-bit ones will also run on 5300, 1400 (non-CardBus) PBs. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. 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 Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: USB?
Hello all, Just got a PB 5300cs. I was wondering if there is anyway to connect USB devices? I have a digital camera that I'd like to download pictures from to the 5300cs. Thanks, Mike Afraid not. Does the camera take compact flash or any other flash memory card? If so, simply buy a cheap PCMCIA adapter, slot in the card and insert it into the PB. Mounts as a hard drive. Much faster than USB as well. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. 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 Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: PB5300 Screen Off
I have both my 5300 ad 3400 PBs each running 8.6 and connected to a DSL Router via PCMCIA cards. Something about the system doesn't like it when the PBs go to sleep:windows freeze, etc. So, I set the Power Managers to never Sleep but turn the screen off during inactivity. Works fine on the 3400, but the 5300 screen never turns off. One difference comes to mind (asside from different RAM) - SpeedDoubler on the 5300. Cliff, Could be router/network, but try switching off SpeedDoubler's 'intercept Apple events', so it doesn't take over calls to/from the system. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. 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 Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: DIN Modem to RJ Adapters?
I believe these would be the European modems. Not sure of the details since I'm in the USA, but I seem to recall some discussion on the Duo list about it. Scott Holder At 02:10 PM 3/28/2002 -0600, you wrote: Hi! I recently obtained some PB Duos to give as gifts. They all have 16 Mbs of RAM and an internal modem. However, the modems do not have the familiar RJ, american kind of socket, but a regular 8-pin serial DIN socket. Just like the printer/modem port.snip No, these are Australian modems; AUSTEL is the Australian Telecommunications Authority, and Banksia is an Australian firm which makes modems. Or I think they still do. AUSTEL approval is required for all modems and I seem to recall the Express modems didn't meet certification standards in the early '90s. What you've got is essentially a Farallon Fastnet serial-RJ11 connector for LocalTalk networking, but they work for serial communication. Same cable essentially. Try FreePPP for connectivity and try the shareware ValueFax or the old FaxSTF 3x (maybe 5 works, dunno). Telecom software most likely won't work. You should also be able to pick up an old copy of Smith Micro's MacComCenter - should be thousands of free ones somewhere, or a copy for $1 on ebay or something. ValueFax is a pretty good start to see if you can get things going though. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. 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 Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: flash memory
Anyone else have experience with this method? Are there any drawbacks to doing this, I know read/write cycles on the disk could be an issue. I have a card from 1996 that still works fine (4MB). The Sandisk ones are guaranteed 10,000,000 writes (don't lose count ;-) Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. 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 Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Hard drive upgrade for 1400
I have found an IBM Travelstar 12 gig drive for a good price and wonder if it can be used in my PB? I have the 1400 take apart manual in pdf format and have reviewed the procedures for hard drive replacement and feel OK about it. I have a feeling that SCSI Disk Mode will be a thing of the past with a drive this big. Will partitioning fool SDM into working?. I do use this method occasionally to copy large quantities of data when ethernet is too slow. Should work, although may require 4 + 8 GB partitions using Drive Setup. Notionally, the IDE controller on the 190/5300/1400 was the older spec which recognised only up to 8.2GB. However, people have successfully by-passed this limitation via partitioning. I find ethernet is not much slower than SCSI on the 1400, primarily because the 1400/5300/190 SCSI runs the old SCSI chip which is limited to 3MB/ps throughput. In practice, this works out as 500-600K/ps. It can reach maybe 900-1MB when doing copy-to-copy with Disk Copy images (which are cached in RAM), but that's not the usual situation. Even my old Quadra 700 manages around 1.7MB p/s as it has the SCSI Manager 4.3 compliant SCSI controller (5-10MB/ps). I'm not sure whether partitioning will kill SDM. On the 3400 with drives over 3GB, attempting to use SDM can WIPE ALL DATA from the drive. With the 5300, partitioning can eliminate SDM functionality, but otherwise cause no harm. I've never had occasion to partition a 1400 with a really big drive, but since the SDM capability is in ROM and the 5300/1400 aren't architecturally a great deal different, I'd suspect it simply wouldn't work. Let us know the results of your 12GB transplant though. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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 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: Cardbus card in 3400c?
I have a 3400c and a 56K modem card. The card fits fine in both slots. I also have a Cardbus 10/100Mbs 3Com NIC. It fits fine until the last 3/8, and it hits a hard stop. It won't fit in either slot. Is this to prevent a Cardbus card from going into a Non Cardbus cage? Is it ok to file it to fit? I wouldn't advise it. First, is there even a 3Com Mac driver for 10/100bT? Second, if the card is too thick, it suggests the pin connector may be out of alignment which could damage/bend the pins. Don't risk it. Suggest MacSense or another vendor of 10/100bT cards, if you can get a card (which you should be able to) from a vendor with a returns policy. That way you can try it and return it if it doesn't fit. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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 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: SmartMedia PB 5300
Isd there any way for a PB 5300 to read SmartMedia cards? My real issue is that I have a Nomad II MP3 player. I can't use the USB port to connect to the 5300 (AFAIK), but I figured-- if I can get SM cards into the PB (w/ a PC card or something), I can copy files from the HD to the SM card and then put it into the Nomad. Will this work? Yes, via a SmartMedia PCMCIA adapter. See here: http://www.flashmemory.com.au/shop/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=12amp;cat=S martMedia+Reader%2FWriters Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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 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: USB card
Thanks so much! i'm pleased to report that my 3400c is CardBus compatible according to ExtractIt! The controller is - but the cage isn't. All 3400/2400/Kanga owners should check out this page: http://www.wwc.edu/~frohro/Cardbus/Cardbus.html Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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 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 memory question
No, unfortunately not - the largest RAM card for a 3400 is 128MB. Hmmm...that's too bad. Is there any way to break the 64MB ceiling on my 5300ce? Compact Flash cards (as virtual memory drives) RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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 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: Re[4]: DVD expansion
RD The DVD decoder cards are in fact 16-bit PCMCIA, same as Airport - see RD the developer notes to confirm this. Not that it helps a great deal RD unless you can get DVD going on a non-CB PB. Non CB? Could you define that term. CB = CardBus. 32-bit card controller connected to the PCI bus. The pre-3400 PBs were 16-bit PCMCIA controllers attached to what was essentially 10MHz NuBus architecture. As for getting it running it all depends on how much CPU comp time the DVD decoder takes off of the actual CPU's hands. If it does 90% or better it should run on almost anything - in theory. True enough - if the pre-3400s actually supported Zoomed Video, they too could run PCMCIA cards like the Capsure. Although they're too slow to do anything but watch TV via a VCR. I note Apple's now finally toting the use of the CardBus slot on the new TiBooks for Compact Flash cards - finally. What we've all known since 1995. (but now the Mac's a 'digital hub' of course). Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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 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: Re[2]: DVD expansion
The DVD decoder cards are in fact 16-bit PCMCIA, same as Airport - see the developer notes to confirm this. Not that it helps a great deal unless you can get DVD going on a non-CB PB. What does the DVD card actually do ? I think I can get a DVD drive into a PB1400, but I am not really familliar with DVD in general. If I have a drive and the card, is that all I need ? I'd be interested to know if anyone has got an internal/ext DVD drive going on an older Power Mac - say, a 7300/7500 or something. I sometimes wish we didn't start these threads grin First off, the only ways I can conceive of getting a DVD unit working on a legacy Mac are (i) internal on Power Mac (ii) external FireWire or SCSI on PowerMac (iii) FireWire or (maybe) SCSI on PowerBook. SCSI DVDs cost the earth (and more). Only recent PBs support FW. More importantly, I have no idea what hardware a generic DVD device looks for - if it looks for anything on a Mac. I note some PC DVD drives bundle an MPEG-2 decoder PCI card with the drive. While DVD-RAM is known to work - because Toast supplies the necessary drivers, as does Apple - I suspect Apple's driver supports the ATA bus only. I've never seen any evidence of FireWire bridge support. Bottom line: the 1400's video capabilities are extremely lousy in any case. Best off to invest in a Lime iBook 466 or Lombard 400 or something, if you want a good, reasonably priced portable DVD machine. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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 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: 5300 power connection: it worked for me!
Hello, I have been working with my PB 5300's power connection: it would not maintain the connection. It would stay connected it if I held it in place by pushing it in. So if it will work when it is pushed in, why not remove some of the plastic ( about a 1/16th of an inch. Common problem. The solution is to strip off the plastic and resolder it and then tape it up. Not pretty, but it works. I used a sanding wheel on a Dremel tool) at the base of the cord connection so that I would not have to push it in. I would like to report after 5 days I have not had any problems with the connection. Maybe this will work for others. George Tedrick My PB has been through the REA at least once. It is a lousy power connector. Everyone I know with a 190/5300 has been able to bust it at least once. Unfortunately, despite its inherently poor design, it's not part of the REA. Only the internal power connector on the logic board is covered by the REA. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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 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: Playing sound files on Pb190
1. Can I play mp3 (or wave, or...) sound files on my Pb190? (Mac OS 7.5.3) No. Not on any 68K Mac. But you can decode MP3 (slowly) to AIFF (lots of disk space) using SoundApp 68K. 2. If yes, then: where can I find such a software for download. I tried to find somewhat on the net, but all I have found, they're work only on PPC machines. The cheapest portable MP3 jukebox would be a PowerBook 5300. Works well. Mine did. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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 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: Playing sound files on Pb190
I have had the same issue with my PB540c - I think that neither has enough CPU speed/power to do it. Maybe under another OS at 8-bit mono 8khz but what fun would that be. ;-) The 500 does have 16-bit/44KHz, Mike - but I'm sure you already know that :-) Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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 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: Speaking of PCMCIA...
1-besides being able to use a faster modem card than my built in GV 19K modem and being able to read compact flash cards, what other useful things can you do with a PCMCIA card? UW-SCSI, 100/10 Ethernet, among others. Don't forget Airport - not Apple's card, but Farallon's and Lucent's work on the PB500 series - they're PCMCIA. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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 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: DVD expansion
IF and I mean IF someone (VST) was to produce a DVD expansion module for a PB 3400 what else would be needed to view DVD movies on a 3400? Thanks In the dark with DVD PCMCIA MPEG-2 decoder card (MCE have it and there used to be a WS kit). Notionally, a SCSI DVD player or DVD-R/RW might work, but they're horribly expensive. And I don't know what hardware SCSI drives look for. Cheaqper in the end to simply get a DVD iBook. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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 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 memory question
That's interesting. My PB 3400/240 is maxed out at 144MB. Is it possible to go higher with a 3400? No, unfortunately not - the largest RAM card for a 3400 is 128MB. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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 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: PB1400 USB options
I found a MacSense card that worked. I don't have it handy but can email you the product numer if needed. Their website has drivers for only two model numbers available, so it must be one of them: an MPC-10 or an MPC-200. The card came with a dongle with RJ45 (10bT) and BNC (10b2) connections. Clark's right and he's talking about 10/100 cards, not 10bT/10b2. MacSense make both a 10bT and a 10/100 card, the latter being CardBus only. On the 1400 or older, only 10bT is possible. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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 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: PB1400 USB options
I've been told by an Apple rep at CompUSA that you can do both of these (and also wireless) via a PCMCIA card... Airport wireless with the 1400, yes. But that's the point - Airport is PCMCIA. 100bT, FW and USB are CardBus. The CompUSA rep doesn't know his/her onions (or Apples, evidently). Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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 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: PB1400 USB options
I'd like to find out what options there are to add USB or possibly Firewire capability to a 1400cs (with Sonnet G3 upgrade). What kind of add-ons are available? I'd like to hear from those who might have these accessories how well (or not) they work. I'd considering getting an MP3 player and obviously need to deal with the connectivity issue. None, I'm afraid. AFA USB/FW are concerned, the 1400 is a dead end. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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 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: flash as RAM
How many rewrite cycles are these flash cards rated for? If one uses them for VM, which is frequently rewritten, might one not eventually run into the rewrite cycle limit problem? SanDisk ones are rated at 10 million. Don't know about others. I have one from 1996 that still works fine though, which is longer than a lot of hard drives! Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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 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: SCSII to SCSII ???
When I get back to the USA will I be able to connect my 5300 to my *new* 3400 SCSII to SCSII to transfer files? Yes, Cliff, but tricky (slightly). Better to burn a CD or use ethernet if they're available. Apart from which, it'll be not much faster than ethernet; the 5300's SCSI is slow and the 3400 will slow its own SCSI bus accordingly. About 500kp/s for random writes. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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 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: Reno CD drive and PowerBook 500 series
What software do you use to transmit sound via SCSI? regards, cedric Nothing in particular. The Yamaha CDRW connects to the 5300. Then regardless of whether I'm using Jam, Toast or CD-Copy, you can play music. Or simply using SoundApp or SoundJam playing CDs from the Yamaha. To get pedantic, the 5300 does support audio playthrough of sorts - through the expansion bay. The audio lines are there, but Apple never built a 3.5 CD ROM expansion bay drive for it (for reasons obvious).. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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 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: pb500 stuff resources...
As suggested, I am posting a list of items I would love to find for my [snip] Compact Flash PC card adaptor They cost about $12 and you can get them many places where they sell compact flash cards. They are usually in the same display. I have one. It works fine. I am using it with a 64MB Compact Flash card in my 520 card cage They are indeed brilliant - Kodak, Sandisk among many others make a generic adaptor. You can boot any PCMCIA PowerBoook up to including the Wallstreet with one. Drive Setup will format them as Mac disks, but you can leave them as PC disks to swap data with PC notebooks if you want. Dozens of times faster than a floppy and much more reliable. Speed is generally better than, say, a SCSI Zip (and much more handy). Mine just sits in the slot most of the time to back up projects in progress.128MB ones are getting reasonably cheap now (about $40 I saw recently somewhere). Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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 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: 2300 Minus Word Processing
Thanks Remy! I've been out in the Alaskan bush for too long. I'll bet I'm the only guy who does not know that the upscale powerbooks do not come with a word processor. Now let's see if I have it right: If I was able to purchase one of the 3-4 thousand dollar powerbooks, they would not have a word processor on them? Right. It is a Mac thing. But a _PowerBook_ is very unlikely to be someone's first Mac or their only Mac. OTOH, iBooks come chock-full with software. It would be assumed that Pro users already have Office (so why add to the price by bundling it?). Windows notebooks, OTOH, usually come with MS Works (some Pro ones with Word). But then again, they usually charge you extra for 100bT ethernet and FireWire. Or you often (say, with Dell) choose the software package you want. I've got a feeling they bundle A/Works 6.0 with PowerBooks now, but can't remember. There's probably something in the Apple-MS agreement too that prevents them from bundling - might kill a few Office sales from Pro users (ditto Power Macs). It is legal to put a copy of Apple software on your PowerBook that came with your desktop Mac. The Apple license actually says 'a backup' and you're not allowed to use both at the same time (!). Not that this actually means anything, I suppose. If you have Dock with SCSI, use the Zip or Syquest; if not, use a printer cable between Duo desktop (slow but it works, via file sharing). Use the CD ROM to install on the Duo. Or simply copy the AppleWorks folder as well as the Claris folder in your System folder. Cheers, RD Is this just a Mac thing? If so, it makes it much easier for people to buy the Windows books. I guess you learn something new everyday. I've got Appleworks 5.03 on my home desktops. Can I transfer it to the 2300? I don't have it on disk, but these came with my computers. Is it legal to do this since I am the owner? Also, how would I do it? I have some zip drives and syquest units that I could scsi up to the 2300. I'm not sure what exactly folders I would need to transfer. Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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 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: Broken 2400c
Hi all, I am new to this list, I recently acquired a PowerBook 2400c, and was very happy with it. Unfortunately I unplugged my SCSI CD-ROM from the back of it when it was sleeping, and things have not been going well. It seems that there is either something wrong with the battery or with the interface to the battery. Now, the battery level is always shown at the absolute minimum in the control strip and on the menu bar. In the menu bar sometimes it just shows the battery by it self, and other times it shows it as being charged with the lightning bolt. In the control strip it sometimes shows the battery with the plug over it and other times as it being charged, and sometimes no battery or level at all, just the plug. This is all running off the AC adapter because it will not even give me a start up chime on battery power. Could someone please provide some help with this. Thanks, Jeff At a minimum, try resetting the power manager. You can use TechTool (freeware) from micromat.com to clear the PRAM which will reset the power manager. That's the first step. There's a remote possibility that removing the SCSI plug may have shorted/damaged a component in the PSU, but that is, as I say, remote. Also, because batteries may be recognized incorrectly or not at all when the PRAM corrupted, d/l Apple's Battery Reset 2.0, which resets LiION batteries. But my first bet is the power manager. Reset it or use TechTool to zap the PRAM. If you're new to PowerBooks, it's just you have to get to know a few issues which aren't applicable to desktop Macs and there're a few tricks of the trade. But enjoy the 2400 - they're truly excellent, lightweight, powerful 'Books. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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 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: 2300c Minus Word processing
We acquired a nice 2300c for our kindergarten room. I've worked with Macs for some years but am still learning the specifics of this notebook. It came with 8.6 and a ton of extra software. I can't believe it but I can find no word processing program??? There is no Clarisworks, no Appleworks, no Microsoft Word, no Nissus Writer... nothing, zip, nada. Can this be done? Can you install system software and not install the default word processor? With all of the programs on this thing (I was told it was used in corporate business), I can't imagine it not having a word processor !? Please excuse the rant, I just didn't expect this. Anyway, I have OS 8.5 on CD. Is there any way to put Clarisworks on this 2300? I'm assuming that 8.5 has some sort of default word processor on it. Believe it or not, PowerBooks didn't come with a Works package. They still don't. Only consumer machines (iMac/iBook) get bundled software like that. The 190/5300/2300 certainly didn't. You could simply d/l the old Nisus Writer (4.2 I think) or the recently-removed WordPerfect 3.5 (but about a 35MB d/l). You're probably best off finding a $5 LCII someone's junking and getting ClarisWorks off that (I have so many copies, they're coming out of my ears, but the postage from where I am would kill you). Should also be plenty of inexpensive copies on ebay. Word 5.1 (you can also freely d/l Word 6 97/98 translators, which also work with Word 97/98/2000/2001) works well on the 2300. Invest in a copy of SpeedDoubler 8 (truly, believe me). AppleWorks 5.0x works very well on the 2300 and is bundled with MacLinkPlus translators which'll do most of what you want (convert to/from Excel and so on). AppleWorks 6.0 doesn't come with the translators AFAIK. If you have it, I'd recommend 8.1 or 7.6 on the 2300. 8.5 is a bit too heavy duty, although go for it if that's what you have. Then do the free 8.6 update. You can AppleTalk the 2300 to a desktop with a CD ROM if you don't have Dock. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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 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: Broken 2400c
Yes, I am new to PowerBooks, what are the guidelines for connecting and disconnecting stuff, how about ADB or serial connections? Not recommended to pull ADB devices while powered up. OK in sleep. Serial you can yank any time. Also, is it pretty safe to assume that it is the I/O board? Considering that the SCSI port and the battery connection are both on the I/O board. Quite possibly I/O board. Never had a case of SCSI shorting out the battery or its connector, but PSUs are the things which fail most often. Maybe ask Kyle on G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] He's an Apple-authorised tech. Assuming the obvious - battery is known good? Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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 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: Looking for 4mb or 6mb memory chip for Powerbook 100
At 9:11 PM -0700 9/19/01, indie wrote: i think i have a 4 meg chip for a 165c. will that work? It won't. Damn powerbook memory! I'm pretty sure you can still get PB100 memory from transintl.com or used from powerbookguy.com Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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 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: HD mounting bracket for 3400c
The problem is that the screw holes are in the wrong place, as the 3400 was designed around the earlier drive spec format. My recommendation is to drill the right holes in the right place, to mount it yourself. Or, an even easier route is to set the drive in, then tape it in place, or even better, use peanuts (shippping peanuts) to keep it pressed in. Sure you can call me a goober, but believe it or not, that will offer BETTER shock protection than having it screwed in! screwing new holes in does make sense.. i guess i could try that... as for the peanuts, won't they move about, shake or shred into pieces by constant jarring and transport... have this worked for you ? i am willing to give it a try... Taping a drive or gluing it (or wedging it in, for that matter) is usually OK, so long as you ensure the drive won't move. The other thing to be careful about is to leave at least a 2mm gap between the bottom of the drive and the logic board - otherwise, you can short the whole thing (expensive and not at all funny). Someone mentioned velcro, but I wouldn't advise synthetics like that which might be conducive to static (very bad news). Not to mention the possible melting problem someone else raised. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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 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: HD Mounting
I am not sure about the 3400, since I have never been inside one, but the difference in mounting screws for newer drives for the 1400 is a non-issue. With the cradle and the zillion little pins, the drive is not exactly going to fall out on you. So there is no need to drill, glue, use bubble gum, velcro, or other adhesives. True enough, but in the 190, 5300, 3400 Kanga, there is. The drive can just fall out and if there's any kind of electrical contact with the logic board, you can fry your HD, your mobo, or both. That's why MCE sell a mounting kit. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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 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: New PowerBook User
Welcome Joey. Seriously. I guess it's a 165c you're talking about, yes? If you find yourself any old Mac monitor (try GoodWill or something) plus a cheap PB monitor adaptor, you can use the 165c, regardless of the screen. You can then network the 190 and 165 using a standard mini-DIN8 (Mac serial/printer cable) which costs about $5. Then exchange data via file sharing. It's better to replace the floppy; the 190 modules can be replaced by 5300, 3400 or Kanga G3 floppy modules. These are pretty widely available from places like smalldog.com and powerbookguy.com. Also try pbparts.com Probably $20-25? for a new floppy. Someone on this list may have spare. Cheers, RD Hello All! Just wanted to introduce myself, I am Joey Kelley a high school student who has just come into not one, but two PowerBooks. A 175c and a 190. Obviously I know which is the better one, especially considering the 175 has big orange blotches in the screen. A question for you all: Will the floppy drive from the 175c fit into the 190? The 190 drive is bad, and unless I get the ethernet card working with out any additional drivers, I can't get anything on or off of it as I don't have another workable mac besides the 175. Any suggestions on this matter, and any others, such as what are the practicle uses of a 175 with a bad screen, or just what I can do with a 190, would be appreciated. Thanks! cya, Joey Kelley Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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 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: Which PB? 1400 or 3400?
I must very respectfully agree with Beverly. Part of the reason I never bought a 1400 was that there was still MAJOR compromises with the Powerbook. It still only had one speaker, smaller HD, slow CD-ROM, smaller screen, slower processor, but most important of all, the limitation of 64 megs of The 1400 (w/ 64 megs) can't run complex architectural CAD, and 3D renderings. It could barely play games that was written for the 603-604 family. The 1400, even when new, was little more than a web browser, expensive word processor. The 3400 (w/144 megs) blew away the 1400 in all applications it ran. There was no applications the 3400 couldn't run for its day. I've never owned or saw a Powerbook that could perform at that level, until the G3's were introduced. Yes, ditto. The 1400/G3 upgrades are great, but that 64MB RAM limit puts a ceiling on the G3's massive potential. USB is possible too, which extends the 1400's functionality considerably. The PCI architecture provides a great speed boost, supports DMA (and thus larger, faster HDs) and, importantly, SCSI Manager 4.3 for fast CD burning or data transfers. Batteries (NiMH at any rate) are more plentiful, as are replacement floppies (from the 5300 or 190), as are internal Zip drives. The screens are better (think iBook 1999-2000), graphics performance superior (the 1400 was v. sluggish). Still runs Office 98/2001 well. For a comparison between the 1400 3400, I may as well plug my own product ;-) and send you to: http:/macpowerbook.com/pb1400v3400.html I'm helping someone obtain a 3400 now, and they're trying to do an inexpensive upgrade from a 1400c/166. Mainly because so many USB printers are available and it's a generally faster PB. In Australia, the price diff between a 1400/166 and a 3400/180 is about $US100. (all Australian 3400/180s came with the modem/ethernet). 200s seem to be the most common though. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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 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: good shops in Melbourne?
A client of mine is searching for a reputable repair shop in Melbourne, Australia.. Any leads? These need not be Apple authorized, as the repairs do not involve purchasing parts from Apple.. But they do need to be reputable.. Any help would be most appreciated.. Depends, what needs repair specifically? Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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 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: 1400 Max Hard Drive for SCSI Disk Mode
Be also aware that HDs come in various thiknesses, I think 9, 12 and 15 mm. And I think the 1400 uses the thinest of these. And then there are the different sets of holes for the screws... No, the 1400 takes 17mm drives (the tallest available). So any HD will do. Inside you need a Phillips head and a Torx T8. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.com -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Enter to win a FREE Titanium G4 PowerBook! -- | CDRWs on Sale! | 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: pc card modems and lan cards on 5300/190's
As for ethernet, I've seen cards on eBay that go inside the 'Book and provide an external monitor connection and ethernet. The seller says that they are for 5300s, does anyone know if they work with 190s? The Focus Lapis ethernet (and combo) cards are the ones you're probably referring to. The 5300 ones don't work in the 190 (slightly different spec; ditto RAM cards; only Apple ones (usually Kingston) are guaranteed to work. Some very late changes in memory spec and PDS spec in the 190/5300 at 5 minutes to midnight. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.com -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Enter to win a FREE Titanium G4 PowerBook! -- | CDRWs on Sale! | 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: 3400's expansion bay
My need: I want some type of extra drive that I can keep secure. By this I mean, I want to be able to pull it out and physically lock it in the desk while using the PowerBook for other tasks. My question: Did anyone make hard drives that fit into the 3400 expansion bay? Check here http://www.vsttech.com/refurb.html Look at items for the 190/5300 as well as the 3400. The expansion bay modules are all interchangable with the 3400. The page isn't there anymore, unfortunately. But I've just been through the site (purely research, I assure you ;-) and the only 190/5300/3400/Kanga ones they have right now are 800MB drives for $99. Still v. useful. Used to have one (1.4GB) on the 5300. Also 1.6GB ones turn up occasionally on ebay (I just missed out on a 6GB for Lombard/Pismo, dammit!) Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.com -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Enter to win a FREE Titanium G4 PowerBook! -- | CDRWs on Sale! | 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: Network Control Panel on OS8.1?
Remy, Thank you for your help. I have had a busy week and will not be able to check these items before Friday. I'll let you know what comes of it. Mike Dolberry BTW: I saw the name Enid Blyton come up on IGM. Any chance of finding Secret Seven books? ;) You did indeed, Mike. I'm more a Famous Five fan myself. I peruse 2nd hand bookshops - but they're too popular. Given Border's and so on still sell these pre post-war books faster than they can make them, I'm not surprised they're hard to find. (Glad to see _someone_ got the joke though :-) Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.com -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Enter to win a FREE Titanium G4 PowerBook! -- | CDRWs on Sale! | Save on Mac software -- Shop Software Outlet.com http://lowendmac.com/ad/software.outlet.html Star Trek Collection: Movies 1-7 on VideoCD, $38.88 from CoolVCD http://lowendmac.com/ad/coolvcd.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: REA for 190/5300
How can I tell if a used 190 or 5300 has been throught the REA program? Is the REA available only to the original owners or does it apply to used machines as well? If the serial number is missing from the bottom of the computer, Apple will ask you to go into System Profiler and see what the serial number of the hard drive is. If that is missing, and apparently There's an AA after the serial # if the PB has been through the REA. If there's no AA but there's a date stamp inside the battery bay (pop out the battery look), they may perform certain aspects of the REA at their option. Serials will not appear in ASP in any 'Book prior to Lombard. PBs with a B after the serial # were REAed at the factory prior to sale or upon return from a reseller. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.com -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Enter to win a FREE Titanium G4 PowerBook! -- | CDRWs on Sale! | Save on Mac software -- Shop Software Outlet.com http://lowendmac.com/ad/software.outlet.html Star Trek Collection: Movies 1-7 on VideoCD, $38.88 from CoolVCD http://lowendmac.com/ad/coolvcd.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: Apple Hinges
I just had problems with a bad AC connection in my 5300 and Apple sent me a box and said drop it in, we'll fix it free of charge. I expected them to perhaps resolder the connection and send it back as is. When I opened the box, not only had they replaced the entire logic board (AC connection attached), but they replaced all the plastics on the 5300 as well. Looks like a brand new machine. I don't get it since the plastics on it were already in almost pristine condition (and I had my cute grippy strips which are now gone) and the machine had been through REA once, but they replaced them as well. So kudos on REA, gave my 5300 new life. They'll have also installed a revised trackpad and a new clicker button. Any broken doors (ports, PC card cage) are also replaced, as are any missing external Torx screws or internal screws. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.com -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Enter to win a FREE Titanium G4 PowerBook! -- | CDRWs on Sale! | Save on Mac software -- Shop Software Outlet.com http://lowendmac.com/ad/software.outlet.html Star Trek Collection: Movies 1-7 on VideoCD, $38.88 from CoolVCD http://lowendmac.com/ad/coolvcd.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: Type of PowerBooks
Quite an interesting list ... the winner so far is the 5300 (I have one, already tallied). They _are_ cheap, and when tweaked, quite nice actually. I got mine used from www.sunremarketing.com for $299; it's been through the Recall, and with 8.5 on it, is my stable -- and almost fast -- main computer Probably the coolest PB, to my mind, is the 100 Yeah, interesting that the 5300 is probably a lot of folks' '2nd Mac' - because they're a cheap PPC portable that do most everyday things fairly well. Hope they're all running SpeedDoubler though. Seriously. But I always reckon the coolest PBs are the rarest - in this case, probably the 550c (a black full 040 Blackbird - nice); the 2400 (with G3 or 240MHz 603e (the 240 version also had CardBus built in out of the box - Japan only); and the Kanga (a comparatively rare bird that has most of the advantages of an iBook, with the added bonuses of CardBus upgradeability, serial/LocalTalk, media bay and a 4-speaker stereo system. If I ever find one for a bargain price, I think I'll buy it for no apparent reason :-) I actually like the Duo 2300c a lot too. Excellent display. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.com -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Enter to win a FREE Titanium G4 PowerBook! -- | CDRWs on Sale! | Save on Mac software -- Shop Software Outlet.com http://lowendmac.com/ad/software.outlet.html Star Trek Collection: Movies 1-7 on VideoCD, $38.88 from CoolVCD http://lowendmac.com/ad/coolvcd.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: Which lowend powerbook has the best keyboard
I have to agree with the 1400. When I had mine, I was the most impressed with it. And while I love my Duos, they have truly weenie keyboards. Although the latest Rev. F feels best. I currently use a Wallstreet which is pretty nice but I still like the tactile feel of the 1400 best. I also have a 5300c, 190cs, Duo280c, Duo230 210 and PB140. I've also had the 1400c and an Original G3 (Kanga) which uses the same so-so keyboard as the 5300/190 series. Actually, the 140 has a very nice keyboard as do the other 100 series PowerBooks. It's not popular to say so, but I don't like the 1400 keyboard - although it probably _is_ the best of the lowend 'Books. But I have a WS and a 1400 right here in front of me now and the 1400's feels very clunky by comparison. A friend has just switched from his 1400 to a WS and finds the WS's incomparably better. I like the WS's, but if pushed, I prefer the Lombard/Pismo's (which is the same the original iBook's, although the Lomb/Pismo's is better mounted). I've experienced none of the flex often mentioned with these keyboard (so long as youput it back properly tighten up the KB screw, it's fine). I sometimes find the WS keyboard a little soft to touch. But then again, I bash keys on an Apple Extended II - still my favourite KB. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.com -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Enter to win a FREE Titanium G4 PowerBook! -- | CDRWs on Sale! | Save on Mac software -- Shop Software Outlet.com http://lowendmac.com/ad/software.outlet.html Star Trek Collection: Movies 1-7 on VideoCD, $38.88 from CoolVCD http://lowendmac.com/ad/coolvcd.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
