[Duo2400] Re: Duo 230 Router Anyone?

On Tuesday, February 18, 2003, at 03:32 PM, eyeVee wrote: Also, I've setup Linux many times before, just never on a Mac. That may be my preferred method, but I would like to use Mac OS as I don't have much experience with it and learning is fun. :) http://www.maconlinux.org/ Only the 2300c wi

[Duo2400] Re: 2300c External CD ROM

openapple-option-shift + delete. :) Give that a try... usually works on older machines. $0.02. -Andy On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 04:26 PM, Matt Halter wrote: On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 09:53 AM, Raymond P Reedy wrote: It will not boot from the CD using the "C" key at startu

[Duo2400] Re: macsforamigas.com?

Whoa.. i'm tired.. by your subject line i thought you were wanting to trade in an Amiga (the commodore PC) for a Mac... Sorry, no surplus macs here... :( -Andy On Saturday, February 1, 2003, at 02:08 AM, Milton Lukins wrote: Dear Listers, This is only on topic to the degree that it refers to

[Duo2400] Re: Alternate RAM

> I'll be curious to know what happens from your experiment. > The 64MB SO-DIMM arrived today, and I installed it in my Toughbook. It works perfectly. I now have 80MB of RAM. Thus, as I said before, I am willing to donate my previous 32MB SO-DIMM to the cause. If anyone feels brave enough to try

[Duo2400] Re: Replacement PB Duo 270C active matrix screen?

> Paul Nelson on 1/21/03 3:00 PM wrote: > >> >> Are you sure of the 280c being faster than the 270c? I had >> supposed that the FPU in the 270c might more than make up for the 030-040 >> difference. > > The 270c doesn't have a built in FPU. However you can take advantage of an > FPU if you run the

[Duo2400] Re: Orinoco Cards

> >>but I use no encryption at all, myself. > > I hear "danger" is your middle name. > > ~ Larry > The only way to secure a wireless network right now is to reduce its range and/or turn it off. 40-bit vs. 128-bit encryption sounds like night and day, but in 802.11(a, b, g) the master key is broad

[Duo2400] Re: Alternate RAM

> The PowerBook 2400c computer accommodates one SO (small outline) DIMM for > RAM expansion. The DIMM can have either 16 or 32 MB of additional RAM. > Obviously, this is false.. 64M and 96M modules exist. > The mechanical characteristics of the RAM expansion DIMM are given in the > JEDEC speciÞca

[Duo2400] Re: Alternate RAM

> This topic was discussed one or two weeks ago, but I don't know if anything > definate was decided. Someone found a different, cheaper source of RAM, and > we were discussing the 100 meg chips. Did anyone find out if these worked? > > ~ Larry > I had mentioned the possibility of using industr

[Duo2400] Re: Start up problem

> At start up is > there any way for me to force it back to booting from my 8.1 partition? How > about forcing it to start from the external HD? Either hold down 'c' to boot from the CD, or hold down (i'm serious here): Command-Option-Shift-Delete That will force it to boot from an 'external devi

[Duo2400] Re: 2400 Memory?

>>"Andrew W. Hill" wrote: >>> >>> You can't use an iBook SO-DIMM in a 2400. I think that might >>> be the problem... >>> >>> Aqua >> >>This is now the second time I've heard this. What is the difference >> between an iBook SO-DIMM and a "normal" SO-DIMM and why are they >>incompatible? (This

[Duo2400] Re: Duo/2400 List - where we all are

Ya der hey. Bisconsin fer me, too! How 'bout dem Packers, eh guy? :p > Wisconsin, USA (Cheese Capital) > > On 12/16/02 7:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] apparently said: > >>Message-Id: >>Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 22:12:33 + >>From: Marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: [Duo2400] Duo/2400 List - where w

[Duo2400] Re: 2400c wireless survey: what works?

ORiNOCO Silver (black antenna: says 'Lucent Technologies' on it) purchased from eBay NIB never used it with a 2400c, but it worked fine in my 1400cs (non-cardbus) under OS 8.6 and 7.6.1 I used the drivers that came with it. Factory-standard install CD. HTH -Andrew -- Duo/2400 List, T

[Duo2400] Re: 2300c

> Does anyone want to buy my 2300c? > I've put it on LEM-Swap a couple times and gotten trash responses ("wanna > trade for my IIcx" etc). > Its got a gig of disk space and about 24MB RAM (I think), but no > docks, and the only battery gets 5-90min (yeah, its that > unpredictable). > If anyone's i

[Duo2400] Re: The best OS for a 2400c

> > > Thanks Andy > > Does it matter if i install 8.6 from a CD on my B/W G3 onto the 2400c in > SCSI Disk mode? > > I did wonder if my current 2400c PRAM failure might be due to the fact > that I installed 8.1 using the aforementioned SCSi Disk mode method. > > Maybe the installer puts code i

[Duo2400] Re: SCSI Zip and Apple CD Drive

> p.s. Any suggestions on what I might do with my spare, stock 2400c? > You could give it to me... I'd be more than willing to take it off your hands for you. :P -Andy -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at

[Duo2400] Re: Work created on a Duo, put on floppy disk...Readable on a PC?

>> -Original Message- >> Word-whatever files probably _won't_ be understood by 5.1 - since they >> weren't decided/written when 5.1 came out (changing the file >> format every >> couple of 'upgrades' seems to be another way of increasing >> m$'s revenue >> stream). >> >> So on the PC, choos

[Duo2400] Re: OT: Warchalking

> I guess I'm late to the party, but this seems to be very cool...at > least the hobo nature of it. ;-) > > http://www.warchalking.org/ > > The Ethics columnist from InfoWorld has some interesting comments. Good > column in general if you want to subscribe.(free). > > http://www.infoworld.com/c

[Duo2400] Re: 2300 Zip startup ...impossible

> on 9/27/02 12:27 AM, Randy & Cheyanne at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Terry, >> >> This may be too simple but usually you just drag the disk to the trash >> to eject it. Sorry, if I am misunderstanding your problem or wasting >> your time with something you all ready know. >> >> hope that help

[Duo2400] Re: 2300 Zip startup ...impossible?

> My problem is that I have been totally unable to build a Zip startup > disk that will startup the 2300. No matter what I do, the 2300 will > not start from the Zip drive. Well, if it's an emergency, the duo will be more likely to boot from anything it can, rather than the internal HD (preferr

[Duo2400] Re: [OT] TT-history/Auto Acceleration

> At 12:02 PM 9/20/2002 -0400, you wrote: > >>Heh...and pondering the supposed auto-accelerationcan you imagine >> an auto control system based on Windoze? Totally new meaning to the >> word, "crash." >> >>Cheers! >>Andrew > > Well, maybe not cars... but how about Aegis-class Missile Cruisers

[Duo2400] Re: framed

On Thursday, September 12, 2002, at 09:19 PM, Impmon wrote: >> The 270c would use less power, particularly with processor cycling >> (which >> doesn't work on the 68040). The FPU is a bit of a waste, unless you >> use it >> with some software that can do fancy math-bound screensaver >> transit

[Duo2400] Re: Something different

Or is this just time-zone difference? I agree, though.. it IS creepy. -Andy On Thursday, September 12, 2002, at 07:46 AM, Andrew Butitta wrote: > Chuck, > > The load spikes at 6:00pm? then drops off just before 8:00 and picks > up again around the posting time (8:34)?? > >

[Duo2400] Re: Something different

Chuck, The load spikes at 6:00pm? then drops off just before 8:00 and picks up again around the posting time (8:34)?? What is that? Pre-slashdot-effect-effect? or do the slash editors download and cache every story they edit before they post it? what's up here? any ideas? -Andy On Thursday,

[Duo2400] Re: Duo VRAM chipset

>>The calc is: >> >>( (horizontal pixels) x (vertical pixels) x (bits per pixel aka bit >> depth) ) / 8 = memory required to display at that bit depth, in bytes. >> Divide again by 1024 for KB. >> >>So: >>( 640 x 480 x 16 ) / 8 = 614400 bytes (which is 600K). >> >>Therefore, 512K isn't quite enoug

[Duo2400] Re: Trackpad, 2300 Duo Display, 2300/280 + misc

Well geez.. someone's obviously doing something right here... a TT and a Jag? You wouldn't mind sharing the location of the money fountain would you? :) -Andy (who lives in WI and considers his Saturn SL2 to be a 'nice car' compared with the average local's) :p > > In a message dated 9/9/02 1:4

[Duo2400] Re: OT: IDE/SCSI bridge

ATAPI-4? Like.. Programmed I/O Mode 4? (16MB/s) Or.. Ultra ATA Mode 4? (66-100MB/s) Hmm... don't know what to say. -Andy > On the subject of bridges, I have just got a USB IDE hard drive in a > little blue box. While it had the drivers for that other type of PC, it > didn't have any extensio

[Duo2400] Re: serial port voodoo

Try turning off the hot-sync software. You thought AppleTalk took over the printer port pretty well? Ha! Palm's sync software takes it hostage at gunpoint! With a gatling rocket launcher! : p -Andy > I've had a serial port problem since the recent purchase of a Palm. > While I can happily Hot

[Duo2400] Re: A couple of questions:

>> AFAIK there are no 68k drivers for the WiFi cards, though I could be >> wrong. > > Orinoco thinks they have them for the PB190 at least. I've never heard > of anyone getting Orinoco's drivers working though... > > Aqua > I had Orinoco's drivers working for my 1400cs/133 under both 7.6.1 and 8

[Duo2400] Re: The monitor saga continues...

On Wednesday, July 24, 2002, at 01:29 AM, Nick Smerker wrote: > on 7/24/02 2:17 AM, Andrew Butitta at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> On Wednesday, July 24, 2002, at 01:02 AM, Nick Smerker wrote: >> >>> on 7/24/02 1:20 AM, Andrew Butitta at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: &g

[Duo2400] Re: The monitor saga continues...

On Wednesday, July 24, 2002, at 01:02 AM, Nick Smerker wrote: > on 7/24/02 1:20 AM, Andrew Butitta at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I used a 1710av with my G3 B&W for forever. >> >> Got it with our 6400 (blech) and used it on the G3 with 8.6, 9.0, >> 9.0.4,

[Duo2400] Re: The monitor saga continues...

I used a 1710av with my G3 B&W for forever. Got it with our 6400 (blech) and used it on the G3 with 8.6, 9.0, 9.0.4, 9.1, 9.2, X DP4, X 4k17, X 10.0 - 10.0.4 & X 10.1 until it turned green and died. Rob, knock it off. I was using a plain adapter that whole time. Nick, get a new video board fo

[Duo2400] Re: Asante Netdock

On Friday, July 5, 2002, at 04:15 PM, Kevin Cotter wrote: > Hi > I found an asante netdock on ebay for my 280c. While I'm waiting for it > to appear can anyone tell me if I need to start hunting for driver > software for it and is there anything vital to know about its > workings?!! > btw my

[Duo2400] Re: old listers/The Woz

On Thursday, June 20, 2002, at 12:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 6/20/02 12:10:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> We haven't heard from him here >> in so long I doubt he frequents us much; still, nice to hear.. > > The Woz is a 'Lister?? Too cool! Woz, if you're out

[Duo2400] Re: Brain Teasers

On Saturday, June 15, 2002, at 10:54 PM, Scott Holder wrote: (snip) > I've never had any trouble with IE, even 5, on my 2300c. > > IE 4 is bad. It has a fairly nasty memory leak that will cause connections to fail, images to fail and eventually cause the whole thing to crash out, leaving the

[Duo2400] Re: Brain Teasers

On Saturday, June 15, 2002, at 10:54 PM, Scott Holder wrote: (snip) > I've never had any trouble with IE, even 5, on my 2300c. > > IE 4 is bad. It has a fairly nasty memory leak that will cause connections to fail, images to fail and eventually cause the whole thing to crash out, leaving the

[Duo2400] Re: scsi connections

Try booting with the 'z' key held down.. i forget if that _forces_ SCSI disk mode, or _toggles_ it... -Andy On Thursday, June 6, 2002, at 12:47 AM, phil rizzi wrote: > It is a new computer to me, and a cable I've had for a while, but never > used. I didn't realize they made a cable just for di

[Duo2400] Re: Duo display compatibility questions

http://www.powerbook.org/duo-zone-e/museum/duosystem-e.html Way down at the bottom of this ^ page, a nice summary of what works with what. On Wednesday, June 5, 2002, at 10:07 AM, John Ruschmeyer wrote: > All, > > I am trying to understand the complexities of swapping displays between > variou

[Duo2400] Re: Internet Problem on 2300c

On Wednesday, May 22, 2002, at 08:39 PM, The Mad Macinchaote wrote: > Set your DNS server up in your TCP/IP control panel where it says IP. > Save, > close, and redial...should work then. For test purposes, try setting your dns to my Centris (running Linux) @: 216.170.170.139 I use it for au

[Duo2400] Re: test

Slightly altered... On Wednesday, May 22, 2002, at 09:49 AM, David wrote: > test message > LAUNCH - Your Duo/2400 List, > A listserv for users of thc > DIGEST mode thc > Need help from a real person? Try. thc > > -- > Dr. Bott -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net

[Duo2400] Re: Test

On Tuesday, May 21, 2002, at 05:55 PM, Dan Logan wrote: > Sorry about this, but I'm just trying to see if my mailserver isn't > receiving list mail or whether everyones' machines are just working so > perfectly that there's no traffic on the list... > I think its called sleep. :) At least

[Duo2400] Re: 2400 & ethernet

On Friday, May 17, 2002, at 04:28 PM, Michael & Sharon & Desiree & Simone Vogt wrote: > I don't have 10base Ethernet in my list maybe that is problem also I'm > using 9.1 but it was not from a 9.1 install CD it was from G4 software > disk > that I have could this the problem? > -- > Michael &

[Duo2400] Re: need cheap power brick fro 2400

On Wednesday, April 17, 2002, at 08:20 PM, Andrew W. Hill wrote: > Andrew, > Don't have any spare gear for a 1400 do you? I need RAM, power > adapter, perhaps the IR backplate as well as ethernet and modem cards. > Thanks > Aqua > Sorry, Andrew. I just bought my 1400 a few months ago, and pl

[Duo2400] Re: need cheap power brick fro 2400

On Wednesday, April 17, 2002, at 01:24 PM, Andrew W. Hill wrote: > I need a power adapter for a 1400. Can I use a Duo one? As someone who's done that, yes, you can. Your battery life will suffer on the 1400, however. The Duo adapters are just too weak to really charge the 1400s battery. They

[Duo2400] Faux Fun!

Hello, world! This has nothing to do with anything, but its fun none the less. I got bored and created an artist's rendering of what the future of the Macintosh may be, based on some wild rumors going around. Check it out: http://dragoth.dhs.org/~dragoth/images/web_store_apples_mod.jpg Cheers

[Duo2400] Re: Duo Dock Plus--Tick of Death

Hi. Just mirrored it on my web server: http://dragoth.dhs.org/~dragoth/ or (if DNS is not working): http://208.171.62.126/~dragoth/ HTH -Andy On Sunday, April 7, 2002, at 11:52 PM, Patrick Baum wrote: > Hello List, > > And a website on the repair procedure has been suggested: > http://zimme

[Duo2400] Re: anybody wanna...?

On Wednesday, April 3, 2002, at 01:31 AM, flawed jai wrote: > > dragoth, sorry to crush your illusions about the aluminum or magnesium > spacer frame, but, no, I really think it ain't light metal. it's crummy > plastic, colored like light metal. Pith. That sucks. I no longer wonder now why my du

[Duo2400] Re: anybody wanna fix this for me?

On Tuesday, April 2, 2002, at 05:20 PM, flawed jai wrote: > > i charged the batteries up and put one in the bay. i reset the power > manager. i plugged in the a/c. i left it overnight. tried to power on > the next day. nothing. left it aother day. tried again. nothign. > checked the battery in th

[Duo2400] Re: Ethernet Routers

> Pro, cons...other thoughts? Couple of other thoughts. First, until you get your replacement: WAN LAN [ ] [@][@][ ][ ][ ] (U/L) | | ^ Try running a cross-over cable from the cable modem to one of the router's LAN ports. This should give you root-level (ie: no firewa

[Duo2400] Re: Two Duo questions

On Friday, March 29, 2002, at 09:04 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > someone told me that the mother > board for the Duo 280 and the Duo 280c are the same. In infer from > this that the only difference is the screen--is this correct? I believe so. I can't recall off hand if the 280 had an active-

[Duo2400] Re: Casio's fuel cell for laptops

That might be delving into certain *ambiguous* areas, usually dealt with by federal agencies with three-letter names Besides, who'd want to waste a perfectly good PB that way? -Andy On Tuesday, March 26, 2002, at 11:18 AM, Thomas Ethen wrote: > Do you think that the 2400 would get hot eno

[Duo2400] Re: Linux on a Duo.

I'm running 2.2.20 on a Centris 660AV, if that helps. I've run the 2.4 series on a PeeCee, and they're a little buggy compared to the 2.2 series, thus I started out with 2.2.20 on linux/m68k Give the 2.2.20 kernels a shot, might work better. Give me a holler either way, I can help more. -Andy

[Duo2400] Re: PCMCIA slots (Was 500-600 MHz SPEED UPGRADE)

> > Can somebody explain to me about this feature? I know nothing about > it at all. PCMCIA is like NuBus or PCI for a Laptop. It's a bus that you plug PCMCIA cards into. They're generally accessible from the outside, allowing you to hot-swap cards (and thus, features) The shorter terms for t

[Duo2400] Re: Memory Question

I'm pretty sure it is. The Duos used FPM or EDO SIMMs (in a proprietary package). The 2300, being NuBus as well, would use the same memory. Although you might want to consider using the faster EDO memory in a 2300, since you have no L2 cache. You can usually tell the difference because EDO is

[Duo2400] Re: SPEED UPGRADE free web hosting offer

I have a relatively unused web server here: http://dragoth.dhs.org/ That i'll let you guys use if you'd like it. Free. The server is Linux, running on a Centris 660AV. The pipe is a 256k aDSL in Wisconsin. The server software is apache 1.3.9 + php 4.0.6 I have a mySQL server on it as well, bu

[Duo2400] Re: Duo2300c Shrunk display

Hmm.. 1/2" ~ 10mm ?? sounds like 15bit color mode.. set to 8bit to get back to full screen. (IE: "thousands of colors" = 15bit, 256 colors = 8bit) set via monitors & sound, or control strip module -Andy On Wednesday, March 13, 2002, at 07:42 PM, Andrew W. Hill wrote: > Try switching down to

[Duo2400] Re: OT: Re: Wireless 2400... still

>>> orinoco silver. With the Asante 10baseT card removed, the jealous >>> WiFi >>> card finally showed its face in the TCP/IP and AppleTalk control >>> panels. What /exactly/ is that asante 10baseT card? I'm looking for an ethernet card for my powerbook. They're hard to find on ebay. (as soo

[Duo2400] Re: duo 2300c battery

hi guys.. i had a similar problem, and it 'sparked' quite the lengthy debate.. :) see if you can search the list archives for "duo battery problems" :) have fun. -Andy ps: haven't tried zapping yet, looking for a good capacitor to use, and one of my many powersupplies for the afterglow On T

[Duo2400] Re: Duo Battery Problems - WARNING

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks for the pointers. How would you suggest I go about using a power supply to zap the individual cells? I'll use my fog lamp connectors on my car as a last resort only, so I'm curious about trying the other methods first. Cheers - -Andy On Wedn

[Duo2400] Re: Duo Battery Problems - Help!

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Wow.. This is exactly what I was looking for. Both Type IIIs do exactly what your 145's battery did. And although I bought the batteries used, one of the IIIs had *no marks* on the terminals, telling me it had either never been used, or only inser

[Duo2400] Re: Duo Battery Problems - Help!

rge it may be a dead PRAM. > > Kim.. > > On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Tom Rymes wrote: > >> On Monday, February 25, 2002, at 08:56 AM, Andrew Butitta wrote: >> >>> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> Hello, DuoList. >>>

[Duo2400] Duo Battery Problems - Help!

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, DuoList. I have a problem that has been plaguing me for quite some time now. I upgraded a Duo 230 8/80 to a 270c 16/80, color screen and all. The motherboard is in perfect condition but there's one problem: it refuses to charge the batterie