[Duo2400] Re: Finding Abandonware and Shareware / OS 7

If legality isn't a huge issue because of the age of the SW, you could try Usenet. There is a retro Mac software newsgroup out there. Hotline is also an option when you need something old. Scott -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac

[Duo2400] Re: Time to sell my beloved 2400c!

Hello Listers, You have all been helpful in the last year for me, but it is time to sell... This PowerBook is in excellent condition and has been in daily use for about a year with me as a grading, typing, and browsing machine. Most of that use was at home. It has 80 megs of RAM installed, a

[Duo2400] Re: Duo 230 newbie questions.

Battery Recondition should make the battery wake up. As long as the main battery can take some sort of charge, PRAM is not important. I can get about 40 min out of my battery if I turn off the backlight from time to time. Scott -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A li

[Duo2400] Re: Duo battery reconditioning

My 280's battery was dead when it arrived and would not take a charge initally. I ran battery recondition three times over the course of a couple of days. The first couple of attempts resulted in no charge being held, and then WHAMMO...I had a working battery. Now I get about 45 minutes wit

[Duo2400] Re: Duo 280 screens darkening

I have found that turning off the 280 for awhile after the screen starts to darken causes those spots to go back to normal later on. The same thing happened to my PowerBook 180 when I left it running for several hours. I am not sure if having the backlight on is important or not. I try to run w

[Duo2400] Re: re; Jaguar on 2400

Bear in mind, you need to keep a separate HFS partition in addition to your HFS+ partitions as 7.6.1 cannot see or deal with HFS+. Scott -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at

[Duo2400] Re: re; Jaguar on 2400

A less elegant solution would be to keep a barebones 9.1 partition to use as a bootloader. That is, you would use X's startup disk control panel to boot into the little 9.1 SF. That little folder would allow you to boot into a full 7.6.1 folder no problem. I have a small 70 meg 9.1 SF on my 240

[Duo2400] Re: PB 2400 with X!?

Okay Listers! I did what most would consider insane...I used XPF to install X.1 to my stock 2400c with my HD partitioned into a tiny 100 meg partition for 9.1 and the rest of the 1.3 for X. The install was fine...but took about an hour and a half. It takes three minutes to boot as I am running

[Duo2400] Re: Another Duo Question?

I have noticed this on my 180 and now my little Duo 280. After prolonged use the corners of the active matrix display start to blacken. It is never permanent, but I worry. Should I worry and is there anything that I can do about it? Thanks! Scott -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest pl

[Duo2400] Re: Help with Newer EtherDock!

Just got one of these from Wegener Media. I attached it no problem. I hooked up a cable, turned on the Duo...There's a nice green light on the Dock telling me that there is a connection. I cannot switch the appletalk CP to Ethernet nor is there a choice in TCP/IP. This is a Duo 280 running 7.6

[Duo2400] Re: Jaguar on 2400: So Cool :)

on 9/5/02 4:27 PM, R100RS at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Alright! > Even with 16 MB less than the minimum daily requirement for OS X I have > to say it does quite nicely! After getting Jaguar on the machine, last > night and today I was underwhelmed enough to delete it and boot back > to 9. Then

[Duo2400] Re: Linux

It won't be lightning fast, but you do get the niftiness of running Linux on your Mac. You get all kinds of extra software that will compile under Linux. You get to run things like StarOffice instead of stolen copies of M$ Office. Scott -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the N

[Duo2400] Re: Linux

The install is simple. You need bigger than the stock HD if you want to run XWindows or anything other than the shell. Getting your PC card modem or network connection could be tricky too. Scott -- GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net -- Duo/2400 List, T

[Duo2400] Re: GLOD and startup....

They have the nicest policy. It's cost of part, plus your shipping, plus a flat $30 for labor = your bottom line. You'll have to call them about their shipping to Canada. Scott -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ

[Duo2400] Re: GLOD and startup....

Your daughtercard is dead. The logic board is fine. Mine did the same thing, but I did not keep it on ice for a year. Send it to DT&T and they'll fix it for cost, plus shipping plus a flat $30 for labor. Scott -- GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net --

[Duo2400] Re: 2400c command prompt

The prompt itself looks like a black bordered white rectangular window with a greater than symbol ? If so, your son has accidentally accessed the Programmer's Switch by hitting command and Power. typing "g" or "gfinder" no quotes will banish this box. Scott -- Duo/2400 List, The frie

[Duo2400] Re: OT: logic board size

XPF is a freeware app called XPostFacto that allows the installation of OSX on some unsupported PCI based Macs. The ads claim just three extra mouse clicks. I have heard good things about it. The website escapes me, but you can Google "XPostFacto" and get it. Scott -- Duo/2400 List,

[Duo2400] Re: OT: logic board size

I suspect it is the behind the scenes draconian type of thing that makes us buy new hardware every couple of years. This is right up there with iTunes 1.1 working with OS 8.5 with a little patch. Heck, iTunes was just SoundJam with a little more code to "marry" it to OS9. Same with iDisk on old

[Duo2400] Re: OT: logic board size

I have been following XPostFacto since its inception. Support is claimed for the 2400 and there are lots of screenshots from Japanese based sites for those Macs successfully running itWith domestic RAM limits on 80 meg, unless you can just do X without 9 (ie Classic), there is no way to accom

[Duo2400] Re: OT: logic board size

Downside to this project is that even with a G3 upgrade, the 6500 cannot run X at all! Scott -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at Be sure to visit Mac2400! <

[Duo2400] Re: OT: logic board size

I am not sure of the model, but there is a NeXT cube custom Mac on Applefritter. http://www.applefritter.com. Check the hacks section. It has been done. Scott -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at

[Duo2400] Re: 32MB video card???

It's because he did an autoreply thing for incoming mail. Damned "advanced" features! That's why I use Eudora Light 3.x! ;) Scott -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at

[Duo2400] Re: Duo 2300 / Asante Mini EN/SC question

I use one with my PB180 to get my mail at school when I need to use it as my primary 'book for grades. It works great and has never errored. Scott -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at

[Duo2400] Re: 230

That's what I am running on my PB180 and it has the same RAM as yours. It seems to run well and has all of the appropriate up to date things like Open Transport, etc. Try RAM Doubler, too. That will help with disk space and VM. Scott -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Ne

[Duo2400] Re: Non Cardbus USB?

Hi gurus... I do not post much here...Just soak up a lot of information. You were all quite helpful when I first got my Comet and it immediately sank into GLOD. Anyways...Can one get a USB card that is not cardbus compliant? In the same vein, is there any way to tell if my Comet is enabled

[Duo2400] Re: 2400 repair options

>> > >Dan, you are thinking of DTT Service, out of Calif. > I have used them for a logic board replacement >several months ago. From what I have read, and people I have talked >with, they are the place to go for 2400 repairs. Real sharp dudes at >this place, and I'd not hesitate to use them ag

[Duo2400] Re: Detailed GLOD, etc. help question

The same GLOD symtoms were a result of a bad processor card in my 2400c. All is well now and I use a CoolPad whenever possible. Scott -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at

[Duo2400] Re: What monitors work with the 2400c?

I do not think that any older apple-branded monitor will work directly with the Duo as it has VGA outs on the back only. The Mac displays of older vintage use the DB15 connectors that are native to the Mac video jacks and cards. An adapter, perhaps from Griffin Technologies would be ideal in

[Duo2400] Re: Anyone running 9.2.x on the 2400?

I have run both 8.6 and 9.1 on my 80 meg Duo 2300c and I have found that 8.6 is snappier with Finder and launches and a faster boot overall. SoundJam is an acceptable alternative to iTunes, and works great! Scott -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users

[Duo2400] Re: AC Adapter needs! Yoyo adapters?

Do the fancy shmancy yoyo style adapters work with the 2400c? Are they retractable or something? Are they nice and sturdy? Scott -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at

[Duo2400] Re: 2400c DC Brick trouble!

Help! I recently, with the help of a multimeter, determined that my brick is shot and since I have no working battery at this time, I have a dead PowerBook. Just to be sure, the two probes touch the tip and lower shank of the pin in the end of the adapter to test, or is it the shank and sleeve?

[Duo2400] Re: Selling vs eBay!

Yeah, it was great to let us all know about the sale in generalA first crack pre-eBay for listers only would be nice with folks that wish to make an inquiry to mail you off-list. That''s how I got a nice Vimage g3 upgrade for my 6360 for the princely sum of $60. Cards like this were going fo

[Duo2400] Re: PB2400 96MB Module For Sale

Listing here does not really bother me. However, I think it would be sporting to offer these things to listers first rather than sending us to the auction. That is less tacky. In this case, everything was listed on eBay without so much as a By Your Leave... Scott -- Duo/2400 List, T

[Duo2400] Re: Farallon pcmcia card

I use it and it seems to work in either slot without any troubles at all. What happens the first time around? It doesn't show up on the desktop or something? Scott -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at

[Duo2400] Re: eBay 2400 Market Values

There is nothing better in life than a free 2400c. I use mine everyday and it is perfectly fine for email, coding, surfing, grading, and MP3 listening! Scott -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at

[Duo2400] Re: Is a 280 worth it?

Yeah, but isn't an Ethernet to serial connection slow as molasses in January? Scott -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at Be sure to visit Mac2400!

[Duo2400] Re: Is a 280 worth it?

Yeah, but a Duo has no SCSI! You can't hook it up without a dock. Since one is going for the dock anyway, make it Ethernet based. Scott -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at

[Duo2400] Re: Is a 280 worth it?

It is not possible to do Ethernet without a Microdock that is set up to do Ethernet only and no other ports. It attaches to the docking port and give you one RJ45 jack to use. A Duo 280 is a nice little WordProcessor and emailer. A 280c will gobble battery power faster. Scott -- Duo

[Duo2400] Re: Crushed 2400

I have owned my 2400c for about 6 months and paid about $350 for a stock 180 model with 1 gig of space and 80 megs and a battery. It was through eBay and after a little GLOD-ing, all is well! Scott -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Ma

[Duo2400] Re: iTunes 2.0x in 8.6?

Is there a big difference between version 1 and version 2? I mean, besides incompatibility with the older patches? :) -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at Be

[Duo2400] Re: The existence of GLOD

on 4/29/02 7:37 PM, Donald McCaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear Gurus, > I've had Glods for such sins as: closing the lid, removing adapter > while 2400 is asleep, and powering up from sleep automatically for 3 am > auto internet backup. I have had to remove battery and/or unplug and reset

[Duo2400] Re: OS X

on 4/30/02 1:43 AM, Drew Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 16:12:21 +0100 >> Subject: [Duo2400] 2400 OS X >> >> Has anyone managed to get OS X working on the 2400 >> I have (only) 80 Megs of RAM with a 2

[Duo2400] Re: 2400 OS X

As long as you don't need Classic compatibility the install will work on an 80 mb 2400c, or so I am told. Scott -- -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at Be su

[Duo2400] Re: Having modem trouble with a DUO 280

There is only one shared port on the back of the Duo...If AppleTalk is enabled, then the serial port is in use. Go to: Apple Menu|Chooser and disable AppleTalk. Restart to be sure, and your serial port should be free for PPP access. Scott -- -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place

[Duo2400] Re: This is the life!

Got an extra processor card? Scott -- -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at Be sure to visit Mac2400! To unsubscribe, E-mail

[Duo2400] Re: This is the life!

>SStrungis wrote: > >> Paul, >> >> A CCII is just a CC with an LC 550 LB inside of it. Keep your eyes >> open for school auctions and you will find one for sale for a song. > >I beg to differ. Although the Performa 550 and the CCII have the >same LB,

[Duo2400] Re: This is the life!

Paul, A CCII is just a CC with an LC 550 LB inside of it. Keep your eyes open for school auctions and you will find one for sale for a song. Scott Hey, where did you get your upgrade for your PowerCenter? I am having a hard time locating any sort of boost for my stock PowerClone. -- ---

[Duo2400] Re: This is the life! + OT question

I read Macworld's review of the Harmoni upgrades for the first gen iMacs. The two points that stuck in my mind are these: Unless you have already been elbow deep into your iMac's gut, the upgrade will be a daunting one for Joe User. The upgrade is nice, but it will not quite turn your iMac in

[Duo2400] Re: Dratted Batteries!

This morning I took my 2400c out of its case at the start of one of my classes and the damned battery fell out and hit the floor. The entire front facing cracked off and now the machine won't take the battery as the spring loaded "lid" for the battery is gone. Anyone got a spare battery that

[Duo2400] Re: This is the life!

Well, shoot I thought we was only counting portables! Numerous 6100's bought at school auctions for $6 a pop. An 8100 for heavy work in my 8th grade classroom. Two 7600s in the classroom A Headless Q700 for a server A PowerCenter 132 on my desk. A Mac IIFX for the kiddies in another room. An HD e

[Duo2400] Re: what to do?

Do a Google search for DT&T Macintosh Services. They are an excellent repair facility that will fix your 2400 for cost of parts plus a flat $30 for labor, and your shipping costs to CA. Scott Strungis -- -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fan

[Duo2400] Re: Confession of a New Pismo owner

I tend to agree with that sort of thing too! I LOVE my 2400c, and will NEVER ever part with itBut, not being able to run X is a really big pain in the kiester. Scott -- -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <

[Duo2400] Re: Illustrator

Version 7.0 will work on a Quadra based machine. Scott -- -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at Be sure to visit Mac2400! To

[Duo2400] Re: OS X may run on 2400!

The 2400c will not support an OS below 7.6.1. Scott -- -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at Be sure to visit Mac2400! To un

[Duo2400] Re: Farallon Ethermac PCMCIA

Wait...y'all mean that I can use any old 3com female-ish dongle for my Ethermac rather than the "must plug into a hub" stock dongle? That's great! BTW, I have used my EtherMac card in both my stock Comet and its predecessor, an older 5300c. It works really nicely with my Teryon Terajet cable

[Duo2400] Re: Linux on a Comet?

>Just out of curiousity, why are so many people >trying to get Linux on a Comet (or any computer)? >What can you do with it? If it's just for fun, I >can understand that. But are there other reasons >I'm not aware of? > >Mike > >__ As far as Linux go

[Duo2400] Re: dusting off a comet

My Comet runs 8.6, Netscape 4.x, and Eudora Light 3 on 80 mb of RAM quite nicely! Can anyone tell me if ANYONE has gotten a decent Linux going on their 2400c? It's the closest I'll ever get to X. Scott -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans

[Duo2400] Re: iBook vs 2400

X aside...The two machines can handle all "everyday" computer tasks. Yes, obviously there is a performance gap with the processors. Since my 2400c got fixed, I would never part with it. It's small, light, powerful, and can be had for about $300 nicely loaded. That makes a huge difference to th

[Duo2400] Re: 7.6 won't install

Also make sure that you are not using HFS plus on your other partitions. Otherwise your files will "disapear" upon reboot. 7.6 is incompatible with the 2400c but 7.6.1 runs fine. 8.1 is fast too! Scott -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and

[Duo2400] Re: Have you seen my 2400?

If there was insurance, most places will say that it is not their problem, but something that you, the consumer, have to take up with the freight company in question. If there was no insurance, then you may yell at the vendor. Scott -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net

[Duo2400] Re: Powerbook Duo question

On a related note... With a little hacking, one can run OS8 on any 030 Mac with enough RAM and HD space. I am running it on a IIFX to improve compatibility and Networking and it is not draggy at all. Scott -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and

[Duo2400] Looking for a Swap!

Hey Listers! Since the fix of my 2400 my PowerBook 180 has taken a backseat as far as regular use goes. I would like to trade it out. Is anyone out there interested in a swap for a Duo 250? My specs: 12 Meg of RAM 80 Meg HD Full ports, Active Matrix Screen with 2 dead pixels. Clean install o

[Duo2400] Re: RAM upgrades for 2400c

RE: Sherlock times Download a copy of the Wannabe Browser Plug Ins...They use Sherlock Plug-Ins in a text only environment. VERY QUICK! Scott -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at

[Duo2400] Re: OT: Damaged installerdisks of PowerPrint

Nope, The HP software for a parallel printer is written specifically for Dos and Windows. The Mac drivers were always meant to work with the Mac serial ports and those particular printers. PowerPrint software is written for the Macintosh environment and operating system and is designed to EM

[Duo2400] Re: Duo 230 Problem :-(

Not sure why you get a crash with the battery in, but since you get a boot into a frozen, unstable desktop, you do have an OS installed. Hold the shift key down right after the startup chime and before the happy mac icon and that will start up with all "extra" extensions off. It's the equivalent

[Duo2400] Re: OMG...GLOD and Click of Death...HELP w/ 2400c!!

Manville, NJ...A housecall would be great if possible! Scott -- GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net -- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at

[Duo2400] Re: OMG...GLOD and Click of Death...HELP w/ 2400c!! Maybe part it out?

> Scott, >I use a strip of something sticky (Window putty or double sided tape) > to line the screws up in the order they come out and put them back in > the same way starting at the opposite end when I put it back together. > I've had glod twice, both times it was the I/O board. (One of th

[Duo2400] Re: OMG...GLOD and Click of Death...HELP w/ 2400c!!

Already tried...I checked out as much of the online information about this as I could last night. That was the first thing that I tried upon getting the single click upon hitting the power switch. I tried leaving the machine without power overnight...i.e. no battery or ac. This morning I got