Re: Need some info please!

At 11:09 PM -0700 8/1/02, kountryone wrote: >I was looking for info on WHAT the ugly sound is coming from my car, so >downloaded some 'bad' car sound from a site. It down loaded them as .ram >files?!! What on earth will play these sounds Thanks for info. - PJ Real Player. Usually a .ram fil

Re: Power Adapters

>Greetings: > >My friend recently gave me a Powerbook 145B. Unfortunately, batteries >and auto adapters are difficult to find and expensive. > >I read the specifications on my AC adapter, which said the output was >7.5V, 2.OA. What I'm wondering is if I could use a generic universal >auto adapter

Re: Need some info please!

Yep, it's real player. Thanks! (The car sounds were a little strange though!!) : ) on 8/1/02 11:19 PM, Scott Holder at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > At 01:16 AM 8/2/2002 -0500, you wrote: >> I'm not sure, but perhaps Real Player? Try it out. At least it's a free >> download. If that doesn't work,

Re: Connecting CDMA cellphone to Powerbook?

Has anyone stumbled across a site that carries Ericsson (LX677) Cell phone to phone cable adapters, or info as to how I could use the cell phones with my Macs. I have a couple of 1400s with GV Ethernet/56k modem PCMCIA cards and a couple of old Ericsson LX677s that seem to work better than any of

Re: CompUSA margin

Depends on the store, there are, of course, some hardcore Mac'ers there... one store I was in in Brookfield, WI had a mac specialist there, as well. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon

Re: Need some info please!

Thank you. You might be right on Real Player. I'll give it a try. I agree with (shudder) Thanks on 8/1/02 11:16 PM, Luca Rescigno at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm not sure, but perhaps Real Player? Try it out. At least it's a free > download. If that doesn't work, then maybe (shudder) Windo

Re: Need some info please!

At 01:16 AM 8/2/2002 -0500, you wrote: >I'm not sure, but perhaps Real Player? Try it out. At least it's a free >download. If that doesn't work, then maybe (shudder) Windows Media >Player will work. Yeah, it's Real Player. Why anyone still uses that bloated piece of crap software (IMHO) for maki

Re: Need some info please!

I'm not sure, but perhaps Real Player? Try it out. At least it's a free download. If that doesn't work, then maybe (shudder) Windows Media Player will work. On Friday, August 2, 2002, at 01:09 AM, kountryone wrote: > I was looking for info on WHAT the ugly sound is coming from my car, so > dow

Power Adapters

Greetings: My friend recently gave me a Powerbook 145B. Unfortunately, batteries and auto adapters are difficult to find and expensive. I read the specifications on my AC adapter, which said the output was 7.5V, 2.OA. What I'm wondering is if I could use a generic universal auto adapter with

Re: Need some info please!

I was looking for info on WHAT the ugly sound is coming from my car, so downloaded some 'bad' car sound from a site. It down loaded them as .ram files?!! What on earth will play these sounds Thanks for info. - PJ -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Elec

PB 280 pram battery

RE the pram battery on my PB 280, Paul wrote: I have tried many times to download the service manual for the 280 from the Apple web page with no success. I did download the PDF /user manual, but it doesn't cover changing the battery. I guess I can follow Paul's directions for opening the case

lemlists.com progress

Just got an email from Ryan Coleman, the sysadmin for our lemlists.com domain. Ryan has set up a support forum at for subscribers and will be checking it daily. As for moving the lists to lemlists.com, we're stuck right now -- can't seem to get the PHP imap_open f

Re: The solar powered Powerbook?

At 12:38 PM -0700 8/1/02, Bruce Johnson wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> One option is to use a motorcycle battery, and use an auto adaptor to run >> your PB from it... > >And get one of these to charge it: > > > >Or > ><

Re: The solar powered Powerbook?

On 8/1/02 11:09 AM, "Jae Redfern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I seem to remember a Solar option being available for the 1400 at one > time but haven't heard of it since. > Would anyone out there care to recommend a solar power option that > might do the trick for a 3400? > Cheers, > Jae Check o

Re: visor to pb 1400

on 8/1/02 10:35 PM, joker at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hello all once again im back from my many vactions and must say having the > book with me is great only one question tho i have a visor pda with usb is > there anyway to get it to hook up to my pb via din 8 plug or a din 8 to usb > converte

Re: visor to pb 1400

>hello all once again im back from my many vactions and must say having the >book with me is great only one question tho i have a visor pda with usb is >there anyway to get it to hook up to my pb via din 8 plug or a din 8 to usb >converter or has anyone seen a web site with a hack that i can turn

visor to pb 1400

hello all once again im back from my many vactions and must say having the book with me is great only one question tho i have a visor pda with usb is there anyway to get it to hook up to my pb via din 8 plug or a din 8 to usb converter or has anyone seen a web site with a hack that i can turn a d

Re: Connecting CDMA cellphone to Powerbook?

>Has anyone else tried this setup? Seems like a natural but I don't recall any other traffic on this list in the recent past. I have a 3400 laptop and have figured out how to use it with my cell phone for an internet connection. I use it while traveling as a passenger on the road or even on ou

Re: 3400 Questions

First, are you completely certain that it doesn't have one already? Most 3400s do. The port is in the back. Mine showed up without the right software to find or use the modem, but once I got the software right the modem works beautifully. Beverly -- Beverly Woods Visit my Low End Mac column: htt

Re: networking question

Chai tanya, Welcome to the world of Mac! The best places I have found for explaining the networking stuff are the built-in Apple "help" menu, and a great website called "www.threemacs.com" which you can get to by clicking on this link: You'll need some software to "

Re: Connecting CDMA cellphone to Powerbook?

At 3:49 PM -0400 8/1/02, Ken Strayhorn wrote: >Clark replied to my query WRT CDMA fones and Powerbooks: > > >>The MiniDIN-8 to DE-9 cable that Palm sells in the MacPack (for >>connecting a Palm Pilot to Mac) works. You don't need a "CDMA >>Driver", just a modem script. The following link lists a

Re: HFS+ & PB 190

At 08:05 PM 8/1/2002 -0400, you wrote: >1) Has anyone here successfully gotten 8.1 running on an '040 laptop? If so, >what does it take? Yes. It didn't take anything at all. Just installed straight away. I've run it on both a Duo 280c and 520c. What exact problems are you having? >2) How much R

Re: Connecting CDMA cellphone to Powerbook?

"Excellent, thanks. Do you by chance have a part number for that adapter? I Googled "Mac Palm serial adapter" and got scads of hits - most of which went to online vendors who no longer have it in stock. If I had the part number I might be able to track it down a little more efficiently." I found

Re: HFS+ & PB 190

JOHN LUCKE wrote: > > Hello all! > > I've been trying to get OS 8.1 running on my PB 190cs so as to not burn > space on my newly-installed 4 GB drive. However, all attempts have met with > failure. Not even the minimal-install version of 8.1 will run properly. > What kind of installer are you

HFS+ & PB 190

Hello all! I've been trying to get OS 8.1 running on my PB 190cs so as to not burn space on my newly-installed 4 GB drive. However, all attempts have met with failure. Not even the minimal-install version of 8.1 will run properly. My questions are, then: 1) Has anyone here successfully gotten 8

Re: PB 540 PRAM Batteries

In a message dated 8/1/02 1:40:53 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << My second question (to Ed or whomever might know): if the voltage of new-old-stock PRAM batteries reads the full 6V, how can I test to ensure that's not a false idea of a battery's condition? I've got a bag of PB500 PRAM batte

Re: PB 540 PRAM Batteries

I stripped a 1400 side-by-side with a 540c and the PRAM batteries are identical except for the lead length, the 1400 lead being a bit shorter. As I had opened the 500 to replace the pram batt and had spares I swapped a 500 PRAM batt into the 1400 and it's worked fine since (about 3 months ago.

Re: Connecting CDMA cellphone to Powerbook?

Clark replied to my query WRT CDMA fones and Powerbooks: >The MiniDIN-8 to DE-9 cable that Palm sells in the MacPack (for >connecting a Palm Pilot to Mac) works. You don't need a "CDMA >Driver", just a modem script. The following link lists a source for >buying the StarTac to DE-9 cable and wh

Re: The solar powered Powerbook?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > One option is to use a motorcycle battery, and use an auto adaptor to run > your PB from it... And get one of these to charge it: Or

Re: The solar powered Powerbook?

One option is to use a motorcycle battery, and use an auto adaptor to run your PB from it... I helped some missionaries in C. America once, using a similar system. We set them up with sealed motorcycle batteries. It's also easy to get snowmobile or ski-doo batt's, as they're generally sealed

Xcaret/expansion bay HD?

Does anyone know of a good source for these things? I'm looking for one that will fit in the PB 5300 "media" bay... I have a couple extra small HDs I'd like to slap into one. I took apart a spare 5300 floppy, thinking I could somehow attach the included 90pin IDE connector (which should be

Re: The solar powered Powerbook?

At 9:53 AM -0700 8/1/02, David R. wrote: >> At 12:09 PM -0500 8/1/02, Jae Redfern wrote: >> >> I live just below the arctic circle and hence enjoy very long days in >> summer. This time of year all I can think about is getting flown out >> of town to a nice remote fishing spot ... Would anyone out

Re: The solar powered Powerbook?

> At 12:09 PM -0500 8/1/02, Jae Redfern wrote: > > I live just below the arctic circle and hence enjoy very long days in > summer. This time of year all I can think about is getting flown out > of town to a nice remote fishing spot ... Would anyone out there care to > recommend a solar power opti

Re: networking question

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi all > > i am not sure wether this question should be asked here but anyways - > > > i have a desktop pc and have recently purchesed an imac. > > I want to ask how i should network them. > > ( since i am totally new to mac, i dont know how to go about it.) > >

Re: networking question

At 8:34 PM -0700 8/1/02, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >can you please help me, or atleast tell me where i could get some help >regarding the same? From another lister: > >The best advice that I've found on this has been on the >http://www.threemacs.com web page. "They that can give up essential l

Re: The solar powered Powerbook?

At 12:09 PM -0500 8/1/02, Jae Redfern wrote: >I live just below the arctic circle and hence enjoy very long days in >summer. This time of year all I can think about is getting flown out >of town to a nice remote fishing spot and putting a small dent in the >arctic char population. >Thing is, work

The solar powered Powerbook?

I live just below the arctic circle and hence enjoy very long days in summer. This time of year all I can think about is getting flown out of town to a nice remote fishing spot and putting a small dent in the arctic char population. Thing is, work has been cramping my style of late and I've bee

Re: Connecting CDMA cellphone to Powerbook?

At 10:25 AM -0400 8/1/02, Ken Strayhorn wrote: >I've got a Powerbook 3400c I've used for three years now, >it's so dependable I've even passed on a newer laptop. > >I also have a Motorola StarTac CDMA cellphone. Since the >idea of hooking my cellphone to a laptop for access to >my server here in

Re: Connecting CDMA cellphone to Powerbook?

Try http://www.teleadaptusa.com for connectors between CDMA phones and PowerBooks. They have one product that is a Flash Card that intermediates between the phone and the computer and lets the phone act as amodem. I recall seeing support for StarTac. Whether or not it'll work pre-G3, I don't know.

networking question

hi all i am not sure wether this question should be asked here but anyways - i have a desktop pc and have recently purchesed an imac. I want to ask how i should network them. ( since i am totally new to mac, i dont know how to go about it.) can you please help me, or atleast tell me where

Connecting CDMA cellphone to Powerbook?

I've got a Powerbook 3400c I've used for three years now, it's so dependable I've even passed on a newer laptop. I also have a Motorola StarTac CDMA cellphone. Since the idea of hooking my cellphone to a laptop for access to my server here in the office was very attractive, I looked around but f

Fw: 2 more 5300 questions

>Well, upon disassembling my pb5300, I checked and discovered >the PRAM battery is good. I'm curious to know what you mean by that. I just pulled the PRAM battery pack from my PB 190, and both the cells tested at 3.25 volts (they're rated at 3 volts, I believe) but it was giving me dead PRAM ba

CompUSA margin

Hello PB listers: I stopped by the Lombard CompUSA last night to buy a laptop for my college bound son, and was steered toward Powerbooks. The sales folks really pushed the Macs over the PC's. Any idea whether their commission is better on Mac's than PC's, or are they really "believers." Tks. D