Re: Used PowerBook 165 - some questions

[Váradi Zsolt Gyula]

On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 09:25:58 -0700
Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> MacDrive always worked well from me.   
> However, it only works with 1.44 MB disks, no PC reads 800K disks.

Thanks, I haven't seen this one before. I'll try it out this weekend.

> For .Sit files you need Stuffit Expander which came with the CD but  
> not the floppy system images. The transfer program was also an  
> optional install on the system CD, but is not on the floppies, iirc.

Fortunately I've found a version of this Stuffit Expander that I can transfer 
and install on my Mac (in theory) here:

http://mes.emuunlim.com/software/applications/disk_tools.htm

> Unfortunately, you have a pretty common chicken/egg problem. Ideally  
> you need an external CD-rom drive or Zip drive.

Yeah.. I'm searching for these all the time, but they seem to be pretty hard to 
catch.

Zsolt

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Used PowerBook 165 - some questions

[Váradi Zsolt Gyula]

Greetings,

I have recently bought a used PowerBook 165 laptop. It's in fairly good 
condition, but I'm having some issues with it.

For one, the system clock runs too fast. I've tried googling around for it, but 
couldn't find anything useful. I've also updated the preinstalled System 7.5 to 
7.5.5, but it hasn't changed...
Has anyone met this problem? If so, can it be fixed?

Two, the battery is toast. At the first time, it could supply enough power for 
3 seconds (I've only tried it out), but now the laptop doesn't even power up if 
the battery is connected. For a temporary solution (mostly aesthetic), I've put 
some tape on the battery's connectors and plugged it back to its place. I've 
found a battery reconditioning app somewhere, but I can't do much about it 
without the battery :S
What's going on here? What should I do with it?

Three, the file transfer. I've successfully written Mac images to floppy (I've 
done a 7.5.5 upgrade), but I can't transfer files to a Mac formatted floppy. 
I've tried Gemxplorer (freezes on my XP computers) and TransMac (throws 
errors). What do you use?

Also, I've read somewhere that starting from OS 7.x, a Mac<->PC Transfer 
program should be included in the system. So should something for extracting 
.sit archives. I've dug through the filesystem, but couldn't find anything 
similar. Are they really included in the OS? I mean, would I get these stuff if 
I reinstalled OS 7.5 with the images found on the Internet?

And just one last question. Last Sunday, out of nowhere, for a moment the 
laptop didn't boot, but showed me a Sad Mac icon with the "F3 Illegal 
instruction" error, but after some reboots, it went away. I guess it's not 
normal, so I've ran some checks on the HDD, but both Disk First Aid and HD SC 
Setup showed no errors. What else can go wrong in a Mac?

Thank you for your time and help,
Zsolt

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