Hello again, I´ve done some more testing. The PB seenses the batterie and
indicate so on the screen, but it will not run nor
start from it. When applying voltage to the batteriecontacts inside the
computer it will still not start. The batterie measures about
9.5 VDC and accept chargingcurrent. So
I just have this feeling after careful dremeling, I'll have 4 anonymous
yellow plastic lumps to use to make the next decision...
I posted a series of HOW-TO articles on Powerbook Battery Cell replacement
last year, hopefully accessible in the archives (I've never found the archives
myself, so I
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... The 500 series for instance, have some obscure 4-pin Klingon plug ...
I think it's Romulan.
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Well, I found my own answer on the Apple Support Discussion Boards. It's
like I feared, the IR port on Performa Desktops is for the TV remote Control
Device ONLY, no two way communication. Gotta get some cables!!!
Russell - Unknown1 - Idaho USA
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Hi Ingmar,
when the voltage rises so high when charging, usually one or more
cells are dead.
)-:
There was a brilliant posting on how to repair a battery today - go ahead...
WD
Hello again, I´ve done some more testing. The PB seenses the batterie and
indicate so on the screen, but it will
At 2:54 AM -0400 4/12/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 4/11/02 11:34:15 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
... The 500 series for instance, have some obscure 4-pin Klingon plug ...
I think it's Romulan.
It has a VERY useful reason for the four pins, though, as it has
Yup, you're probably right for most cases. But I, in
one of my more uninspired moments, once applied Loc
Tite to the threads of my hinge screws in the hopes
that they'd never come loose again. Much to my
chagrin, when I later needed to loosen the screws, I
snapped the head off one. Result: I had
Well, I found my own answer on the Apple Support Discussion Boards. It's
like I feared, the IR port on Performa Desktops is for the TV remote Control
Device ONLY, no two way communication. Gotta get some cables!!!
And an undocumented feature of these remote control receivers, if you
zap them
I spent 6 hours with a performa 650 a 5300cs powerbook trying to do
the same thing last nite. I did get the IRTalk to work on the 5300 which
has system 8.1 on it, but the performa will not give the option in the
Apple Talk menu I tried a few systems on it in hopes of bringing it
up with no
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Subject: Re: Appletalk won't show IRPort
I spent 6 hours with a performa 650 a 5300cs powerbook
trying to do
the same thing last
Wolf Drechsel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote . ..
. . . about the Dayna SCSI/Ethernet-Adaptor to be used with my PB 165.
Now I've obtained such a thing (to be precise: a DP0800) - and
trouble is starting:
* I fetched the DaynaPort-Installer from IBM. When starting it, it
will show the watch and
Thanks Ben, the powerbook and the performa were given to me, their
original owner used them together alot they shared many programs with
party on each, I don't know how :( he has passed away now so there is
no way of asking him, I was sure it was thru the infrared. When I got
the two machine
If you go to www.newerram.com, you can
download a database for all sorts of Macs called GURU.
newerram seems to be down or otherwise unreachable. But I did find
GURU on... http://www.webmastermac.com/macintosh/resources/
I'll download it and have a look. Thanks!
Peace, Dean
Hi All,
Well it's been a few weeks into my power book 520 and I have bought more
adapters and cables than I know what to do with.
I still can't get a web browser on the machine, though I now have many
to choose from that someone burnt to a CD rom for me, Which leads us to
our (or my ) problem. I
the two. I'll have to open the performa to see it there is a t.v. turner
in there I guess next :(
You should see a coax cable/video in of some sort on the back, if it has
the tuner.
B
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check out my post from a few days ago. They are practically giving them away
at datamem. Here's the info again, since it was under subject NN version
and you might not find it otherwise:
And here's a flash addenda to my previous...
Here is that PB to SCSI connector for a really good price in the
Hi everybody,
I solved my SCSI/Ethernet adaptor problem by checking IBM's web
page... - they said, that another Dayna item needs 12V DC, with
positive on the tip. Checking the circuit resulted in a good chance
this would be the right answer for the SCSI/Ethernet port as well -
and it works.
Jeffrey -
I'm sending this via my own MV16-EN. As you described it, the problem is
most likely a physical disconnect or more serious hardware failure. The
first thing you need to try is reseating the card. Did you install it
yourself? I can send you the PDF guide I used for mine - it's very
Hi i need help to get a 150 up and running i need a system 7.1.1 start up
disk floppy can anyone help.
Thanks Victoria.
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I would like to know where, other than ebay, I can find a powerpc upgrade for the 540.
I have a lame idea in my head of doing that and selling my 3400. Also, I would like
to find the biggest 2.5 inch Scsi drive I can lay my hands onunless there is some
magical adapter to allow an ide
MCE has such a device...
http://store.powerbook1.com/mcemob10scsi.html
However, it's REALLY expensive. $399 for 10 GB.
Too bad they don't sell the adapter separately.
smiles,
Jamie
On 4/12/02 4:06 PM, Rick King [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed:
unless there is some magical adapter to allow an ide
I have been using the very elegant Freetime program for setting my PB
clock. It connects over a ppp conection, grabs an atomic clock time, and
resets the computer's clock in about a second. Hardly used any disk space
or RAM. I even used it on the SE/30 and the iMac.
BUT now it doesn't work. Not
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I would like to know where, other than ebay, I can find a powerpc upgrade for
the 540.
A dealer in San Jose, CA (Area Code 408) had a bunch of these which he
offered on eBay.
I bought one from him on eBay and then contacted
I just recently bought an old (probably pretty slow, but it is new enough to
have a tray and not the holder cartridge) Apple CD external along with a
regular PB scsi CABLE (not the connector). I am running 7.5.5 on that PB520
and I simply connected it and it recognized it right away with the
BUT now it doesn't work. Not on any machine, even though e-mail and web
surfing are the same as ever. It is as if the site it connected to went
down. I have reinstalled the program, but to no avail.
Any upgrades to this program? Or reset hacks to another timekeeper? Any
better programs?
Many
IBM advertises these things as being faster than flash cards...it's got
a sustained I/O of over 4MB/sec.
Yes, but what is the seek time? That may be more relevant.
average is 12 ms, track to track is 1, full track is 19 ms.
See, I think that's more the issue. While the sustained transfer
You might need another terminator, one for the powerbook itself.
Find a centronix 50 passthrough (fits between CD-ROM and SCSI cable)
terminator for the second termination.
Paul
So these older powerbooks not only require the device to provide
termination power, but the controller itself
You might need another terminator, one for the powerbook itself.
Find a centronix 50 passthrough (fits between CD-ROM and SCSI cable)
terminator for the second termination.
Paul
B So these older powerbooks not only require the device to provide
B termination power, but the controller
Subject: Re: Appletalk won't show IRPort
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...the powerbook and the performa were given to me, their original owner
used them together alot.. I was sure it was thru the infrared. When I got
the two machine they both had system 7.5 in them, I only wish I had not
deleted them
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