Can you put a CDRW in a 1400

2002-03-27 Thread Tom
Can you transplant a CDRW drive into the CD for the PB1400? Thanks Tom -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | RoadTools $30

networked Epson printer

2002-03-27 Thread Paul Griffith
I recently jumped through a lot of hoops trying to make an Epson 700 and 740 print on my Ethernt/Appletalk network. It cannot be done with just the Epson hardware with these printers. The shareware Epsonshare does work, but is time-limited: it only works for12 hours or so. By the time

My first PowerBook 520

2002-03-27 Thread Victor Nazarian
Hi there Dave, Well, what you have there is Apple's finest laptop design until they got to the G3 Wall Street. The AAUI plug in the back will support full 10baseT ethernet over RJ-45 cable but also can be hooked up to almost all of the other network wiring varients by way of Apple AAUI adaptors.

Re:

2002-03-27 Thread Richard Adams
Thanks, Mad Dog. Anyone have any ideas of what the real-time differences are between the 270C and 280C? My 280C has no sound, so I'm thinking that's probably worth the slow-down of dropping back to a 270C. Anything that won't run, or anything that will be noticeably slower? Thanks,

PB 1400 PCMCIA slot

2002-03-27 Thread Ken Norris (dialup)
on 3/26/02 12:23 PM, (PowerBooks) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Christopher Morgenstierne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 1400 nicities 2) I have recently studied Remy's detailed homepage on PCMCIA and CardBus cards and was disappointed because I believed I could put some of the USB cards

Re: flash memory

2002-03-27 Thread Donna Hood Pointer
I still want to know exactly how you got it to format to Mac. Mine seems to be hung up in some state where I can no longer see anything on it in the PowerBook when it is in the CF PCMCIA holder, but I can see the CF card on my iMac when it is in a CFreader (I have a VST Tri-Media reader). A

Re: Ethernet and PB3400

2002-03-27 Thread Bruce Johnson
Bo-Göran Wallner wrote: Hi! Have a question regrded my PB 3400c, I recently got this machine and haven't done very much background research on it. Are there any known problems with the inbuilt ethernet and MacOS 8.5 that I ought to know about? Yesterday I tried to use ethernet but it

Re: flash memory

2002-03-27 Thread makmac
Donna Hood Pointer on 3/27/02 12:46 PM wrote: I still want to know exactly how you got it to format to Mac. Mine seems to be hung up in some state where I can no longer see anything on it in the PowerBook when it is in the CF PCMCIA holder, but I can see the CF card on my iMac when it is in

What's the largest RAM chip sold for the PB3400C?

2002-03-27 Thread Matthew D. O'Conner
What's the largest chip currently being sold for the PB3400C? According to everymac.com, a 128Mb chip is the largest but I think that was the max. you could buy when the sold the 3400C new. Are larger ones sold now? Any suggestions on where to buy one? Sincerely, -- Matthew D. O'Conner,

Re: Just given a Powerbook Duo 2300c, what do I have?

2002-03-27 Thread Bruce Johnson
Eric Hawkins wrote: Hi everyone, I have just been given a Powerbook Duo 2300c, with a docking station. I am Mac ignorant, I have never before owned a Mac. There is no power supply for the PB, and it will not engage in the docking station. I do not even know if it works. When I power on

Re: Just given a Powerbook Duo 2300c, what do I have?

2002-03-27 Thread Scott Holder
At 03:49 PM 3/27/2002 -0500, you wrote: The ticking is indeed a dead power supply (know as the tick-of-death) so it's history unless you can get a knew PS. snip Actually, the ticking is generally one cap that's gone bad. You can replace that cap and all will be well. I've done it on both my

Re[2]: HELP!

2002-03-27 Thread Mike Hebel
v Hi i know that this might hurt but GET A MAC AGAIN!!! Auugh! Someone just lit up a flamethrower! My hair! It's on fire! *runs in circles screaming of trolls* ;-) v They really are great. Yes, but the lady in question is having a problem that does not need to be complicated by telling her

Re: Just given a Powerbook Duo 2300c, what do I have?

2002-03-27 Thread Benjamin W. Tripp
Eric, If you decide you don't want to repair it. I'll buy it from you. -Ben - Original Message - From: Eric Hawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PowerBooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 3:21 PM Subject: Just given a Powerbook Duo 2300c, what do I have?

Re: HELP!

2002-03-27 Thread Andrew
They are all great. I love my PC laptop as much as you love your Mac. -Original Message- From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of victoria Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 2:57 PM To: PowerBooks Subject: Re: HELP! Hi i know that this might hurt but GET A MAC AGAIN!!!

Re: Just given a Powerbook Duo 2300c, what do I have?

2002-03-27 Thread Benjamin W. Tripp
Excuse me. That was supposed to go just to Eric. My sincere apologies. -Ben - Original Message - From: Benjamin W. Tripp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PowerBooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 6:06 PM Subject: Re: Just given a Powerbook Duo 2300c, what do I

Re: Re[2]: HELP!

2002-03-27 Thread victoria
Hi thats the type of response that i thought i might get back I take it that she has moved to windows well if so and she still cannot get off list then all she needs to do is block the mail sent from the lists at the server. does not take long and she can also do it by phone rarther than online

Re: Jenni James HELP

2002-03-27 Thread RasAzul
In a message dated 3/27/02 12:15:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jenni James Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 11:04 PM To: PowerBooks Subject: HELP! I can't get myself off of this list. I am writing this to apologize to the list and to Jenni. I sent her a reply wherein I had enlarged

Mom says Please vote

2002-03-27 Thread Dan Knight
Twice a year we run a pair of surveys -- Best of the Mac Web and Rest of the Mac Web. The second survey covers 50 sites not included in the Best poll, and the best of these will move up to the Best survey in October. Rest of the Mac Web has a lot of good low-end sites like Mac512K, System 6

Re: flash memory

2002-03-27 Thread Tobias Strohe
just hold down the shift key on startup, and you should get the same result ... HTH, tobias. Original Message-ID: 005301c1d5c5$66f3eca0$0b93a8c0@naboo From: Joseph C. Sis, JR. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: flash memory Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 11:27:15 -0800 I think the key is to have PC

Re: HELP!

2002-03-27 Thread victoria
They are all great. I love my PC laptop as much as you love your Mac. Hi I know that this might hurt but GET A MAC AGAIN!!! They really are great. Hi I also have a pc and I build them daily Being a pc tech by trade but I have found that Macs have a well I do not know They are just fun

Re: HELP!

2002-03-27 Thread Andrew
They are all great. I love my PC laptop as much as you love your Mac. Hi I know that this might hurt but GET A MAC AGAIN!!! They really are great. Hi I also have a pc and I build them daily Being a pc tech by trade but I have found that Macs have a well I do not know They are just fun

Re: HELP!

2002-03-27 Thread victoria
Hi if it is light and slim you want in a pc note book have you loked at the acer range??? I also own a travelmate 513 that has been upgraded with 256mb ram and a 40gb hdd it also has an add on dvd and floppy and 1 pc card slot which i attach a freecom cdrw to modem is built in and it is run by a

Re: 1400 RAM irritation

2002-03-27 Thread Tom Lisa P
This is a 1400cs/117, upgraded to a 1400c screen, with a Sonnet G3/333 + 512MB cache, 48MB RAM (at the moment :-/), Best Data 56K modem card, and 8-bit Apple video expansion card, running 8.1. What happens if you remove the apple 8 meg module? There's no Apple 8MB module in the unit,

Re: Can you put a CDRW in a 1400

2002-03-27 Thread Tom Lisa P
Can you transplant a CDRW drive into the CD for the PB1400? Thanks Tom In theory, yes. I cant think of a reason why a CDRW with the proper backplane connector would not work. I cant prove it, but for example, I am using a Teac 24x CD ROM in place of the 12x CD ROM that I had. Mad Dog --

Re:

2002-03-27 Thread Scott Holder
At 07:12 PM 3/27/2002 -0500, you wrote: THe only really tricky part about the Duos is getting the top plastic off. You have to be real careful not to break the locking tabs on the right side. Its kind of a zen thing; I cant really describe how to do it. Mad Dog The best way to do it is to

Re: Memory for PB 190 and PB 5300

2002-03-27 Thread Wayne Yarnall
Donna, Check Apple Spec for limits of memory for computers. The 190 is the same physical shape of the 5300 but the mother boards are different. The 190 board is designed for 32 MB. max memory module and has either 4 mb or 8 MB on the mother board. The 5300 is limited to 64 MB ram total with

Re: Ethernet and PB3400

2002-03-27 Thread Robert Eye
It's not the OS in general, it's Open Transport in particular. Older versions of OT did not work and play well with DHCP. Search Apple'sKnowledge Base for DHCP and Open Transport and follow the recommendations. Regards, Bob Eye Dallas, TX Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 11:15:07 -0700 From: Bruce

Re: Ethernet and PB3400

2002-03-27 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 23:26:13 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Eye) wrote: It's not the OS in general, it's Open Transport in particular. Older versions of OT did not work and play well with DHCP. Search Apple'sKnowledge Base for DHCP and Open Transport and follow the recommendations. Actually,

Re: HELP!

2002-03-27 Thread Andrew
I also own a travelmate 513 that has been upgraded with 256mb ram and a 40gb hdd it also has an add on dvd and floppy and 1 pc card slot which i attach a freecom cdrw to modem is built in and it is run by a pentium 3 800mhz processor it is about 1 1/2 cms thick and has a 12' screen and weighs

Re: HELP!

2002-03-27 Thread Redrockcrab
HeyAndrew...Please take this Dark-Side love fest to Low End PC. I could'nt care less 'bout your Toshiba Crash-Master 6000or whatever.sheehGates-SlavesI work with 'em all day longcome here for some sanity!!! Mikie the Crab -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

Re: flash memory and PB 5xx

2002-03-27 Thread Don Silver
The problem I share with Donna is that the PB 5xx needs PCMCIA extensions to recognize its removable PCMCIA cage--with all extensions off, you can't use the cage, much less reformat the CF card. Like Donna, I've got a CF card, but my PB won't recognize it at all, so I can't reformat it. The card

Re: HELP!

2002-03-27 Thread Andrew
HeyAndrew...Please take this Dark-Side love fest to Low End PC. I could'nt care less 'bout your Toshiba Crash-Master 6000or whatever.sheehGates-SlavesI work with 'em all day longcome here for some sanity!!! Mikie the Crab *** Hey Mikie, Save the evangelical