5300 REA thanks

2001-07-16 Thread ZITAOHE
Hi all, Thanks to Remy Ed for their 5300 REA input. Looks like this is going to take some more time to get some results. My friend had a friend in the US call Apple with the number someone on the list gave about the adapter recall. They didn't know anything about the 5300 REA. This fellow

Re: Major Problems for some 1400's with Sonnet Upgrade

2001-07-16 Thread Karl Gerlach
I recently upgraded my 1400 with a Sonnet G3 and I believe was running 8.6. I did not experience any problems. 90% will experience no problems whatsoever with a G3 upgrade for the 1400, and I am assuming that the American OS 8.6 is fine. But there are Danes, Finns, French, Germans,

Focus Lapiscolor MV16 Video/Ethernet Card

2001-07-16 Thread bgeiger
Hello Everyone, I just had installed a Focus Lapiscolor MV16 Video/Ethernet Card in my 5300C and can't seem to recognize the ethernet function. My set up: 40MB RAM, 750 MB HD, OS 7.6.1. The software installing said it would install 4 control panels, one of which did not seem to

Re: Type of PowerBooks

2001-07-16 Thread Dalhousie
I have: PB170(dead floppy drive) 540c (had 2 but my son needed one for his work) 3400/200c Newton 120 Newton 2000 plus a few desktops It is hard to give up the loves in one's life! -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com |

Re: PowerBook 5300c vs. 1400c

2001-07-16 Thread Beverly Woods
Heather, Yes, I was going to say that I considered both those others before choosing a 3400. The speed, display, RAM capacity, as I recall, made up my mind for me. The 3400 is a great powerbook, if you can locate one in your price range, which you may well be able to do with PB prices coming

Re: Powerbook manuals

2001-07-16 Thread Peter Hummers
--- David Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, but the links on this site don't seem to work. David Robinson http://www.accesscom.com/~gamba/manuals.html If you're clicking on the links and getting a new page of gibberish, you're seeing the code for the PDF file in text form. To

Re: Powerbook manuals

2001-07-16 Thread Peter Hummers
--- Peter Hummers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To download (in Netscape, other browsers prob'ly comparable), hold down your mouse button on the link until you get a pop-up manual and choose Save this link as... Gee, I meant pop-up _menu_. I used to type on a pop-up manual (before 1980...). Then

Re: Type of PowerBook

2001-07-16 Thread AGuynaWhtCat
me im using a powerbook duo230 and 250 -- 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

Re: Powerbook 540c

2001-07-16 Thread Peter Hummers
--- David Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, a lot of you guys seem to have 540c's. Any idea where to get an upgrade and some additional memory. Also need batteries. David Robinson http://www.powerbookguy.com/5xx.html ...is one place ... = -Peter Hummers

Re: Best buy?

2001-07-16 Thread Craig Phillips
I have been listening in would some one give a listing of portables looking for cpu speed/HD scsi or ide (cost factor?) floppy/cd scsi/usd expandable? for a complete newbie to anything other than a DT/T mac. compact/duo/powerbook ? what's the dif? Its greek/code/name? -- PowerBooks is

Re: Type of PowerBook

2001-07-16 Thread Richard R. Waterfield
PB 145 PB 145 (bought for parts but I fixed both of 'em) PB 540 (upgraded to c) PB 540 (as backup) -- 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

Re: Any hope for PB 1xx batteries?

2001-07-16 Thread commercialkurt99
Normally, I'm just a lurker on this list, but I have to correct one posting concerning reviving NiCad batteries. It's not a good idea to run NiCad's all the way down if they are connected in series. What ends up happening is that at some point one cell in the string runs out of juice and

Re: Best buy?

2001-07-16 Thread Paul Nelson
At 1:03 PM -0400 7/16/01, Craig Phillips wrote: I have been listening in would some one give a listing of portables looking for cpu speed/HD scsi or ide (cost factor?) floppy/cd scsi/usd expandable? for a complete newbie to anything other than a DT/T mac. compact/duo/powerbook ? what's the dif?

Re: another 520/540c

2001-07-16 Thread Paul Nelson
At 1:03 PM -0400 7/16/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Be careful with the modem's software. The upgrade to 2.5.5 to fix bugs and to support the PPC Upgrade Card is available on-line, but the required base software, 2.5, is not available on-line. And GV's successor, Zoom no longer sells the base

Re: Powerbook 540c

2001-07-16 Thread PeterH5322
In a message dated 7/16/01 6:48:28 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hey, a lot of you guys seem to have 540c's. Any idea where to get an upgrade and some additional memory. Also need batteries. I bought brand-new batteries, third-party PRAM batteries, 32 MB RAM upgrades and PPC Upgrade Cards,

Re: Types of PowerBooks

2001-07-16 Thread Swaffield
PowerBook G3 (FW) Pismos rule!! Oh yeah, a 5300cs, too ;-) Chris At 9:57 AM -0400 7/15/01, Eric Schwarz wrote: I'm just curious. What kind of PowerBooks do most people on this list use __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized

battery control strip module

2001-07-16 Thread ifab
I only have the original battery CSM. Does anyone use anything that is more useful. The one I have doesn't seem accurate at all. Should I reset the powermanger? -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished

Re: PowerBook 5300c vs. 1400c

2001-07-16 Thread Cliff Rediger
[EMAIL PROTECTED],Internet writes: The 3400s, at the right price, are the bargains of the piece right now. For a 1400 v. 3400 comparison, see here: How does the 1400 keyboard compare to the 3400? I remember reading that the 1400 keyboard was good. I find the 5300 keyboard nearly intolerable.

Re: PowerBook 5300c vs. 1400c

2001-07-16 Thread Cliff Rediger
I just read Remy's web 1400/3400 comparison and he answers my keyboard question there. Cliff -- 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!

Re: PowerBook 5300c vs. 1400c

2001-07-16 Thread Judy Perry
Hmmm... I too like the 1400 keyboard but don't recall disliking the 5300 one. The one I find really nearly intolerable is the iBook (tangerine). Judy On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, Cliff Rediger wrote: How does the 1400 keyboard compare to the 3400? I remember reading that the 1400 keyboard was good.

Re: Type of PowerBook

2001-07-16 Thread Eric Schwarz
Well, here's the tabulation (as best as I could). Some Duos weren't specified as what model, so I lumped those together in a 'Misc Duos category' and pretty much every other model has a separate section: Portable - 2 100 - 7 140 - 2 145(b) - 7 150 - 3 160 - 2 165 - 3 170 - 13 180(c) - 5 190 - 6

Re: PB 1400cs Internet Speed Question

2001-07-16 Thread Bruce Johnson
Thomas G. Tamura wrote: Hi, I just picked up a 1400cs and am a little puzzled as to the speed of this machine when trying to surf the internet. It has 32MB of RAM and I am using a 28.8K PC Card Modem (Global Village PowerPort Platinum.) I compared it to my 520c with 20MB of RAM, using

Re: Type of PowerBooks

2001-07-16 Thread Eric Schwarz
About the big list of PowerBooks in my previous post: Maybe I should've specified - since I posted the question to start the count, I figured I'd tally up what everyone has as best I could (so far) and post it on the list. I got a few emails asking me why the heck I had so many PowerBooks and

Wanted: Rev. C PC Card Cage for PB 500 series

2001-07-16 Thread Paulo Rodrigues
I have a PowerBook 500 w/PowerPC that I'm looking to put on the AirPort network at work. I wanted to know if anyone on this list had a Rev C PC Card cage for it for sale. I know this is a fairly rare item, so I'd be willing to pay a decent price for it. Thanks in advance, Paulo Rodrigues

Re: another 520/540c

2001-07-16 Thread William Ahearn
Dont buy a weasly clock-chipping kit ! Be a REAL man, and get out the SOLDERIN' guns ! Hold that long, hot thing in my hand? Doesn't sound manly to me. William = MacHeretic and damn proud of it http://www.macheretics.com -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...

Re: another 520/540c

2001-07-16 Thread Tom Lisa P
Dont buy a weasly clock-chipping kit ! Be a REAL man, and get out the SOLDERIN' guns ! Hold that long, hot thing in my hand? Doesn't sound manly to me. William BAH ! You shall NEVER be a mad SCIENTIST ! AWAY with YOU ! : ) Mad Dog -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

Re: another 520/540c

2001-07-16 Thread William Ahearn
BAH ! You shall NEVER be a mad SCIENTIST ! AWAY with YOU ! : ) Mad Dog You know, in an odd way, you finally resolved that lingering, nagging doubt about over-clocking. On one hand, I agree with you. I have never bought a kit for anything before and do all my own repairs and upgrades.

Re: another 520/540c

2001-07-16 Thread PeterH5322
In a message dated 7/16/01 7:02:39 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ... (Don't even ask how many desktop Macs this has involved.) All I'm going to use the 520/540c is for text production and *maybe* email (with an external modem). It needs to be over-clocked about as much as it needs to be

PowerPrint w/ 8.6

2001-07-16 Thread Cliff Rediger
Anyone have experience with PowerPrint runnning on 8.6? I had it running before on 7.5+ but now although my 5300 can make the PC Cannon BJC-210 quiver I get a connection probelm dialogue box. I'm wondering if I have something necessary turned off. Cliff -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

Re: PB 1400cs Internet Speed Question

2001-07-16 Thread Clark Martin
Thomas G. Tamura wrote: Hi, I just picked up a 1400cs and am a little puzzled as to the speed of this machine when trying to surf the internet. It has 32MB of RAM and I am using a 28.8K PC Card Modem (Global Village PowerPort Platinum.) I compared it to my 520c with 20MB of RAM, using