The Return of Narcoleptic 520c

To re-recap, this 520c was falling asleep whenever it felt like it. This could happen right after booting, while a program was running and quite often while I was typing something. I got advice to reset the PRAM by disconnecting the battery. This seemed to work for two bootings, then it was back t

Dead 3400 question

Hey all As you know I'm trying to resurrect a dead 3400. I replaced the Pram battery but that didn't fix it. I can apparently replace the power manager board for cheap or send it in to get fixed. Which sounds like a better idea? thanks Gary -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

Re: USB on a PB1400?

>Does anybody out there know how easy it is to get a Wallstreet 'USB'd? Very. Buy a USB PC card. Install Apple's USB CardBus Support if it's not installed already. Plug in. Go. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac mail: <[EM

W95 on 386 (was VPC on 3400)

>One 3.5-inch high-density floppy disk drive > >VGA or higher resolution (256-color SVGA recommended) >- > >For grins and giggles we installed windows 95 on such a system. > >It took some 20 minutes *to boot*. For giggles, Bruce? How

165c help

Hello all, Just inherited a 165c in great shape. It has system 7.1 on it and 4 Mb of RAM. I have manuals, but no original disks. I'd like to get it hooked up to my home ethernet/DSL connection with a browser installed if possible, then download various games, apps, etc. Is it hopeless? I have

Re: 165c help

My Reply follows quote. On 15/06/2002 08:06 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jabez McClelland) >Hello all, > >Just inherited a 165c in great shape. It has system >7.1 on it and 4 Mb of RAM. I have manuals, but no >original disks. > >I'd like to get it hooked up to my home et

Re: USB on a PB1400?

> First of all, most Mac laptops will never support USB. ??? Perhaps you mean those laptops before the 3400 series? Everything from the 3400 up can easily take a USB card AFAIK, if USB is not already built in. Beverly > However, there is > light at the end of your tunnel: get your hands on a M

Re: W95 on 386 (was VPC on 3400)

Remy Davison wrote: >>One 3.5-inch high-density floppy disk drive >> >>VGA or higher resolution (256-color SVGA recommended) >>- >> >>For grins and giggles we installed windows 95 on such a system. >> >>It took some 20 minutes *to boo

Re: USB on a PB1400?

webmaster wrote: > on 15/6/02 5:09 am, Flint Million (PB List) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > >>First of all, most Mac laptops will never support USB. However, there is >>light at the end of your tunnel: get your hands on a Mac with a PC Card >>slot. Namely, the 5300 series and the 1400 serie

Re: windows 95 emulated...was Re: VirtualPC on 3400?

Teri Pittman wrote: >>Actually it may be 4Megs that it needs...i have a boxed version around >>somewhere I should look it up. I know it needs less than 8megs. > > > I'll buy that. I think it does boot up under 4. If you treated it like DOS > and just opened one thing at a time, you might be ok

Re: Dead 3400 question

Sorry, I mised the first e-mails. All I have is the standard Apple user maunual. Do you have it? Cheers George --- Gary E Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey all > > As you know I'm trying to resurrect a dead 3400. I > replaced the Pram battery > but that didn't fix it. I can apparently repla

Re: Dead 3400 question

Hi No I don't have the manual for the 3400. is there anything I've missed? Gary -Original Message- From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of George Mogiljansky Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 11:20 AM To: PowerBooks Subject: Re: Dead 3400 question Sorry, I mised the first

PB 1400 sound

Hi, I've got a new (to me) PB 1400 with the NuPowr 233/512 upgrade (64MB Ram, OS8.6). I'm having two problems w/ the sound. 1. QT5 instruments sound really distorted (kind of like a "stuttering" sound). I briefly tried the QT6 preview and the QT instruments sounded fine but QT6 seems to fight w/

Java and Javascript on 3400c

Hi I have a Powerbook 3400c/250 using MacOS 8.1 quite happily. I have also been using Netscape Communicator 4.78 quite happily until recently when I started encountering Java or Javascript problems on some sites, including those I had quite happily accessed previously. [I enabled all images, Java

Re: USB on a PB1400?

on 6/15/02 7:40 AM, (PowerBooks) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 23:36:01 + > Subject: USB on a PB1400? > From: Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I'm new on here and I'm looking at some used PB1400's. Everything I've read > while reseaching

PowerBook control panel in 7.1

I have a 520, which I downgraded from 7.5.5 to 7.1. The system boots up a bit faster and uses 300kB less RAM. But I miss the possibilities of the "PowerBook" control panel of 7.5.5. The 7.1 version of the control panel gives me no choice over when the HD spins down or the light gets switched o

Re: Dead 3400 question

Hi Gary, On p. 95, (I think you wrote the sleep light glows steadily) "connect external power adapter and press the reset button (to test the Ram). Next - what is the sound upon start-up? Next - reset the PRAM (very detailed). Next - disconnect all external drives, PC cards, etc. and reboot with e

Anybody using a Hitachi HDD?

Hi, I am making an offer on a Hitachi DK239A-65. I think it may have been intended for an IBM thinkpad 390E because the seller has a mounting kit for it. I have a powerbook 3400C and would like to know if this drive will work (the Hitachi website says it is an ATA-4 type, 9.5 mm thick). Thanks Geo

Old software

I recently inherited a 520 and a 520c powerbook. Any ideas where to get some of the older versions of office(or just word) filemaker, Netscape or I.E so I can use them. All of my software is very current, so I think that they are pretty much out of the question. Any help or direction very much app

Re: Java and Javascript on 3400c

At 06:38 AM 06/16/2002 +1000, you wrote: >I have a Powerbook 3400c/250 using MacOS 8.1 quite happily. I have also >been using Netscape Communicator 4.78 quite happily until recently when >I started encountering Java or Javascript problems on some sites, >including those I had quite happily access

Re: Java and Javascript on 3400c

you can also try using another browser like opera or mozilla...I haven't used their mac versions but I know their windows versions are /excellent/...Opera 6.03 is my default browser on my win2k machine and I liked it so much I spent the 40$ registering it (otherwise it's adware-fundedMozilla i

Re: Old software

John, A good starting point is: You can also get lucky sometimes at thrift stores, garage sales, flea markets, and the LEM swap list. Joe > From: John Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Any ideas where to get some > of the older versions of office(or just wor

Re: Java and Javascript on 3400c

I use Opera, keeping Netscape open when I find a page that won't work. I refuse to use Internet Exploder. ;-) just my humble opinion. Gary hope and the anchor wrote: > you can also try using another browser like opera or mozilla...I haven't > used their mac versions but I know their windows ve

Re: Java and Javascript on 3400c

At 09:56 PM 06/15/2002 -0400, you wrote: >you can also try using another browser like opera or mozilla... The problem is that when these pages are created in Front Page, they put in code that isn't standard html. It's part of Microsoft's standard html, so their browser works just fine. Browser

Re: USB on a PB1400?

You guys are great! Thanks a bunch for all the great info. I may rethink and get a 1400 after all. I was all prepared to bid on one, the other day, and I asked the seller a few ?'s and mentioned USB and the guy was honest enough to email me back and say that he didn't think it would be USB comp

Re: 'Nix on a PB1xx?

PBers I got 3 1xx laptops and I'm considering dipping into the open source pool and running NETSBD or some variant of linux on one of them. I have the software, but I know what I don't know and what I don't know is whether this is feasible or -- more importantly -- practical. Just wanna play.

Re: Java and Javascript on 3400c

opera (for windows anyway) and mozilla both allow you to change the string that identifies the browser as IE or opera or netscape or whatever. in opera for win you just hit F12 and change it there (i usually browse identified as operabut some pages wont work until you ID as IE.) i've eve

Re: Anybody using a Hitachi HDD?

I have pulled a couple drives out of a IBM TP600 and put them in my 3400, no issues. Remove the IBM mounting tray and mount the drive in the 3400, no issues at all. Only thing to look for is some drives draw more or less power. So a new drive may suck down the batteries more than another drive

Re: 'Nix on a PB1xx?

if you have 3 of them, why not? what do you have to lose? make sure they're supported under the distro you're going to put on them and go for it. Hope. - Original Message - From: "william ahearn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2002 3:07 A