[Duo2400] Re: 2400c Monitor support...

The road rocket does that, but you have to be cardbus enabled. If you are, I have one for sale. Tom on 11/28/01 10:14 PM, Julian at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Greetings Listfolk, > > Since my PM7600 desktop finally gave up the ghost, I am now using my 2400c > as my main computer. I have a nice

[Duo2400] Re: 2300c Behaving Unreliably

Sorry, not very helpful. Everything Greg said, but I see you say you're only using some of the system's extensions. Did you disable something you shouldn't have? -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at

[Duo2400] Re: 2300c Behaving Unreliably

> I unknowingly placed the duo atop a plate of >magnets, and left it there for a few hours. When I first read that, I felt a shock fly up the back of my neck. ~8^G~ -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at

[Duo2400] 2400c Monitor support...

Greetings Listfolk, Since my PM7600 desktop finally gave up the ghost, I am now using my 2400c as my main computer. I have a nice 1024 x 768 TFT monitor which I can get working with the 2400c no problems, but only at 256 colours. Is there any PC-Cards or whatever that I can use to connect the mon

[Duo2400] Re: OT: Lego and Monty Python

- Original Message - From: "Jane Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Duo/2400 List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 11:49 PM Subject: [Duo2400] OT: Lego and Monty Python > Just found this funny little movie. Enjoy! > > > http://www.lego.com/studios/screening/movie.

[Duo2400] OT: Lego and Monty Python

Just found this funny little movie. Enjoy! http://www.lego.com/studios/screening/movie.asp?title=montypython -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at Be sure to

[Duo2400] [ot] imac data

I figure this list has the most reverse engineers on it, so here's a question: I'm looking for the voltage pinouts for the power bus for an older iMac (non-slotload). The bus is the cable from the power supply to the power filter under the logic board assembly. Any ideas? paul --

[Duo2400] Re: Badtrans

On Wednesday, November 28, 2001, at 08:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Isn't it nice that this list is Badtrans free? I get about 30 > messages a > day from BADTRANS on the sidesaddle and foxhunting lists. Those are some weirdo lists you frequent, but I must say, the lack of spam here is

[Duo2400] Badtrans

Isn't it nice that this list is Badtrans free? I get about 30 messages a day from BADTRANS on the sidesaddle and foxhunting lists. Three cheers for the Mac! Pam -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at

[Duo2400] EMERGENCY: can anyone do me a favor?

my 64 mb module on 2400c died this morning, i found the best price on pricegrabber.com for 41.19, however they don't accept interneational order. can anyone help me? please email me off list, thanks a million. Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at ht

[Duo2400] Re: PB2400 ac adapters

Check out the mac2400 Hardware:Repair:PowerAdapter page. You can thank these two guys for putting together a great set of instructions. Gregory La Vardera, Architect www.lamidesign.com Marc Blessington, Researcher www.martlet-online.com >Thanks Jose! I'm going to pick one up now. > >I'd stil

[Duo2400] Re: Strange behaviour of 2300c

Duo/2400 List wrote... >From: Karsten Kuehn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [Duo2400] Strange behaviour of 2300c >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To me, it seems that system 7.6 is the problem. Perhabs one should decide >whether to stay with >the antiques (System 7.5.x) or to move to the mod

[Duo2400] Re: PB2400 ac adapters

Thanks Jose! I'm going to pick one up now. I'd still like to repair my current one as well. If anyone could dig up that old thread (I'm new here) or show me how to find it, I'd appreciate it. If someone else already opened the power supply, there is no sence in me figuring it out from scratch..

[Duo2400] PB2400 ac adapters

>Off Topic: >argh... I just noticed my ac adapter is starting to act flaky (the wire >coming out of it that goes to the back of the comet is loose.) Anyone have >advice on opening these ac adapters up for repairs, or should I just get a >new one? There was a thread on how to open them, but my a

[Duo2400] Re: 2400 won't recognize intact battery -help !

Hans, I suspect that you have the same problem I did--a fuse blown on the i/o board. If you are capable of taking this machine apart, drop me an email off line and I'll explain how to check and replace the fuse--it's not for the light-hearted! Tho Hanns Rüdiger Röttgers wrote: > > Second cal

[Duo2400] Re: PB2400 CardBus "Upgrade" (and hello!)

Battery life seems pretty much unchanged. I wouldn't mind having more than one battery though. They are hard to find, cheap. The disk does seem faster than the original 1.3GB. I don't have any benchmarks, sorry =( Off Topic: argh... I just noticed my ac adapter is starting to act flaky (the w

[Duo2400] Re: PB2400 CardBus "Upgrade" (and hello!)

>At 09:20 am -0500 28/11/2001, Mark Bonassera wrote: >I am using a 30GB mobilestar drive in mine. =) And I will be using a 30GB+ drive, he he. =) More seriously, how's it going in terms of speed and battery consumption? I was very impressed with the 20GB and the 30GB benchmarks much faster. --

[Duo2400] Re: PB2400 CardBus "Upgrade" (and RAM)

Just to follow up on Mark's note: 1) I used OS 9 and 9.1 on my 2400c with 112 MB RAM before a 320 MHz G3 upgrade and it ran fine before and after. OS 9/9.1 are not constraining for most any normal use. One just can't keep every app open or quickly modify very large images. 2) The custom Adtec

[Duo2400] Strange behaviour of 2300c

"Susanna wrote: Hi, I have a duo 2300c with 56MB RAM and I've been having trouble getting it to work reliably, even after defragmenting the harddrive, doing a clean install of system 7.6.1, zapping the pram, rebuilding the desktop, resetting the power manager, and running utilities. I've h

[Duo2400] Re: 2300c Behaving Unreliably

> Could magnets cause problems like this (or would magnets only be capable > of harming _data_, not the actual computer)? By the way, Techtool and Disk > First aid, which I ran several times, never found any problems to report. > > I would doubt that the magnets caused any problem particularly

[Duo2400] Re: cardbus 2400s

Check this site out: http://www.ab.aeonnet.ne.jp/~tkishino/Cardbus-e.html Excerpt from the page: "Anyway, I start my discussion about cardbus upgrading. As long as I know, their are three types of motherboards in PowerBook 2400s. 1. 2400/240 2. 2400/180 with jumper wires on the motherboa

[Duo2400] Re: PB2400 CardBus "Upgrade" (and hello!)

Well, it just depends on how much you like your comet. I really like mine, so I'm trying to maintain it, and upgrade it. In all honesty, I have probably spent just about, if not more, than I would have spent buying a new laptop, so far - and I'm not done upgrading it yet! Some people may even th

[Duo2400] Re: cardbus 2400s

Is this mod possible on all 2400s, and if not, how can you tell which one you're looking at? Clae. -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at Be sure to visit Mac

[Duo2400] Re: Silver Orinoco & 2400

No it does not. Works fine on a regular 2400c. On Tuesday, November 27, 2001, at 09:45 PM, Tom Seid wrote: > Can someone remind me if a 2400 has to be cardbus enabled to use this > card? > Thanks > Tom > > > > -- > Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! > A listserv for users

[Duo2400] Re: PB2400 CardBus "Upgrade" (and hello!)

I've had this laptop since about 1998/99, so I'm sure it didn't already have the upgrade. I tried the FireWire 2 Go a few times before, but , when I would pop the card in, a "Card" icon would appear on the desktop, but the name field under it would be blank ... like []. If I find out that it was

[Duo2400] Re: 2400 CardBus Enabling: Just cut the wires ???

Before you go snipping and cutting, throw the appropriate extension (I used "FireWire 2 Go Enabler" since I have a firewire 2 go card) into your extensions folder just to verify that your comet doesn't already support cardbus. I'm no circuit junky, but from what I've read, all those yellow wires

[Duo2400] Re: PB2400 CardBus "Upgrade" (and hello!)

I am using a 30GB mobilestar drive in mine. =) - Original Message - From: "Jose A. Alvarez Dios" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Duo/2400 List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 3:42 AM Subject: [Duo2400] Re: PB2400 CardBus "Upgrade" (and hello!) > >?Speaking of upgrades,

[Duo2400] Re: Favorite Software

at the temporal coordinates: 11/27/01 9:00 PM, the entity known as [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] conveyed the following: > > > > -- > Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! > A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. > FAQ at

[Duo2400] Re: Static!

-- jeanne wrote Now I'm feeling a much >> less like a novice. Fun! >> >> Jeanne > > My 2 centsif you want to work on your duo or other powerbook, don't > let anyone discourage you. There is nothing you can't do that an Apple > tech person can do, as long as you obtain the same to

[Duo2400] Re: PB2400 CardBus "Upgrade" (and hello!)

>?Speaking of upgrades, I'd love to get a little more juice out of my >2400c, but don't know where to start. Is there a cheat sheet somewhere >listing potential options? After lurking for a few weeks, I am beginning >to think there's more out there, but don't really know where to start >(my purcha