Re: 3400 battery voltage (and Smartdisk)

2002-09-23 Thread chouston
on 23/9/02 23:56, (PowerBooks) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Old Li-Ion batteries will often show a lower voltage > than new ones. But, you don't specify if your new > batteries are NiMH or Li-Ion. Usually batteries > selling for $19 new are NiMH, but they should say on > them. > >> Any risk in

Re: usb cardbus compatibility II

2002-09-23 Thread cty37575
on 9/23/02 11:34 PM, Peter Johnsen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > > I sent this message last week but my mailserver suffered from a virus > attack and sent two mails several days later, due to the lack of response I > conclude that my mail got lost in your mailboxes because of a dated date.

usb cardbus compatibility II

2002-09-23 Thread Peter Johnsen
Hi I sent this message last week but my mailserver suffered from a virus attack and sent two mails several days later, due to the lack of response I conclude that my mail got lost in your mailboxes because of a dated date. So I try again: I am thinking about buying a carbus usb card to my 3400

Re: 5300 Compatible PCMCIA Modems

2002-09-23 Thread Jim Arnott
OSITech Mac Jack of Diamonds. Works fine and one cannot get better support. I have a pair of them. One for each 5300. Jim David R. wrote: > Thanks so far for the feedback. I guess if you can provide as much detail > on the model name & numbers, that will be helpful since there may be more >

Re: 5300 Compatible PCMCIA Modems

2002-09-23 Thread David R.
Thanks so far for the feedback. I guess if you can provide as much detail on the model name & numbers, that will be helpful since there may be more then one variation with certain brands. By all means, post the info to the list if you prefer. Thnx Again! Dave -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <

Re: Best OS for 145

2002-09-23 Thread martin
concur with David on this. I have a PB145 running 7.5.3 because it's the only way I can make it network with my G4 via ethernet, but the machine runs noticeably slower than it did under 7.1, and I have less RAM to play with. I'm actually going to ditch 7.5.3 and go BACK to 7.1, using my Zip dr

Re: 3400/3500 battery voltage

2002-09-23 Thread John Doh
--- Tom & Lisa P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> Any risk in using the 3500 batteries? Are those > >> voltage ratings okay? > > > >No risk, they are OK. > > > >Greg > > What about charging ? I thought Li Ion batts had to > be controlled > much mroe carefully when charging. This is t

Re: 68k mail clients

2002-09-23 Thread Guias Lux
POPMail II of University of Minnesota does IMAP + POP but allows to check only one account. I do not have at hand the URL. Gaston > -- > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 15:13:10 -0700 > From: Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: R

Re: PB145 best OS?

2002-09-23 Thread John Doh
--- "Joseph C. Sis, JR." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a PowerBook 145/2MB/40MB running OS 7.0.1 > > What is the best OS for this model? Can I upgrade > to 7.5.5 or even to > 7.6.1? > > Anyone have any ideas for the best way to utilize > this model? > > Thanks, > > joseph > > You h

Re: Best OS for 145

2002-09-23 Thread David Pekarsky
I myself own 1 145 along with a couple 145bs a few 160s and the occasional 180 that I seem to find on my computer shelf. I LOVE 7.1 for the 145, great options, not bad at all for ram which by the way I could sell you a 2mb stick to bump yours up to 4mb which you pretty much need anyway

Re: Visioneer PaperPort Strobe Scanner

2002-09-23 Thread kountryone
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Re: 9, X on 3400

2002-09-23 Thread David Deckert
>-My Pentium 166 PC based (32MB RAM) laptop on the table right next to >it runs webpage circles around my faster processored PB much to my >chagrin. There's a new Dell here at work right behind me. Probably a few Ghz in clock speed I'd guess. At the local public library they use an older PC fo

Re: 5300 Compatible PCMCIA Modems

2002-09-23 Thread kountryone
We use a Global Village Powerport PCMCIA card 56K and it works real good for us. on 9/23/02 6:17 PM, David R. at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I wonder if some of you who are running a 5300 Pbook can email me & let me > know what models of 56K PCMCIA Modems you are having success with. > > I have

5300 Compatible PCMCIA Modems

2002-09-23 Thread David R.
I wonder if some of you who are running a 5300 Pbook can email me & let me know what models of 56K PCMCIA Modems you are having success with. I have not been successful in finding a replacement dongle for my Zoom Model 3000 DualMode (non L) so I guess I will attempt to find something on EBAY. I'd

Re: Trackpad button function on PB 5300cs?

2002-09-23 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Nils, The 5300 does not have a tappable trackpad. You have 2 options for obtaining that functionality: 1) ClickPad II control panel - software solution emulates a tappable trackpad and intercepts certain taps on the pad, translating them into clicks. In my experience, this software works unre

Eudora 3.1.3 multiple settings

2002-09-23 Thread James Greenidge
>Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 15:13:10 -0700 >From: Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: 68k mail clients > >Remy Davison wrote: > >> Actually, I'd recommend v.1.xx of Claris Em@iler. 1x is free, while you >> might be able to source 2.0 somewhere. I still us

Trackpad button function on PB 5300cs?

2002-09-23 Thread Nils Mueller-Scheessel
Hello, recently, I have acquired a used Powerbook 5300cs. It runs fine with 40 MB RAM and MacOS 8.6 (newly installed). However, I am not able to activate the trackpad button function (usually in the trackpad control panel), I do not even have the option to do that. Any suggestions are highly

Re: 1400 OS (MacBench Test Results)

2002-09-23 Thread David Allen
Finished the MacBench comparison between the Sonnett 333/512 L2, the 217/512 L2 and the stock 603e/117. The disk tests were pretty evenly matched, (No defragmentation done to any prior to tests.) but the 333 had the advantage in the video tests. Actual test scores: PB 1400/117 (stock) C

Re: 3400/3500 battery voltage

2002-09-23 Thread Tom & Lisa P
> > >> Any risk in using the 3500 batteries? Are those >> voltage ratings okay? > >No risk, they are OK. > >Greg What about charging ? I thought Li Ion batts had to be controlled much mroe carefully when charging. This is the only reason I havnt tried to use a Gateway Solo Li Ion battery in

Re: 1400 power problem(?)

2002-09-23 Thread David Allen
Same here when the PRAM went south on one of my 1400s. I assume you did try restarting with the little reset button? (Located between the ADB and Serial Ports.) David Allen > > > A friend's 3400 had the same flashing screen after being left unplugged but > running on batteries for a week. It w

Re: 1400 power problem(?)

2002-09-23 Thread Malcolm Cornelius
on 23/09/02 15:19, Joost van de Griek at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, all. > > I'm having a little trouble with my PowerBook 1400C (333 MHz G3, 64 MB RAM, > OS Z1-9.1, internal Ethernet and Zip100). > > Unitl about a month ago it was working fine. Since then, it was at a > friend's house,

Re: 68k mail clients

2002-09-23 Thread Bruce Johnson
Remy Davison wrote: > Actually, I'd recommend v.1.xx of Claris Em@iler. 1x is free, while you > might be able to source 2.0 somewhere. I still use 2.0 in Classic, as > I've _still_ not found a superior mail client (and I've learnt all the kb > commands). Eudora 5 doesn't do it for me. Except

Re: 1400 and Orinoco 7.2

2002-09-23 Thread Bruce Johnson
Richard R. Waterfield wrote: > I have been wondering about the Orinoco cards and the PB 540. Perhaps it is > a futile thing, like tilting at windmills. I have yet to get the Orinoco > v6.04 software to install. > > Now I have found www.ioxperts.com who have a Mac driver for multiple > wireless c

Re: PB145 best OS?

2002-09-23 Thread Brian
> >>What is the best OS for this model?<< > >7.1.3 > >>>Can I upgrade to 7.5.5 or even to 7.6.1?<< > >You can try, but I don't know why you'd want to. I findthe interface enhancements in 7.5.5 make up for the fact that the 68k CPUs run a bit slower using it instead of 7.1.3. I put it on pb100

Re: PB145 best OS?

2002-09-23 Thread Donn Haven Lathrop
>>What is the best OS for this model?<< 7.1.3 >>Can I upgrade to 7.5.5 or even to 7.6.1?<< You can try, but I don't know why you'd want to. >>Anyone have any ideas for the best way to utilize this model?<< Word processing. Run a screen saver. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

PB145 best OS?

2002-09-23 Thread Joseph C. Sis, JR.
I have a PowerBook 145/2MB/40MB running OS 7.0.1 What is the best OS for this model? Can I upgrade to 7.5.5 or even to 7.6.1? Anyone have any ideas for the best way to utilize this model? Thanks, joseph -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: 68k mail client

2002-09-23 Thread chouston
on 23/9/02 14:52, (PowerBooks) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You need an old version of Eudora. Don't remember if it does imap but > should be easy enough to find out. > > > ftp://ftp.eudora.com/eudora/eudoralight/mac/english/ > > > Diane Eudora Light 3.1.3 is the first email app I ever used

OS 8.1 save RAM disk contents

2002-09-23 Thread Spencer Carter
On my PB 1400, with OS 8.1, I use a RAM disk for Web browser caching and I noticed that in the Memory control panel I can check a box to have the contents of the RAM disk saved on shutdown. We're running OS 8.6 on my wife's Mac and the Memory control panel on it doesn't allow that RAM disk save o

Re: Best OS for a 1400

2002-09-23 Thread Spencer Carter
I use a 1400cs with a Sonnet G3 card and OS 8.1. Seems to work just fine. I mostly use IE 5.1 , Eudora and MS Word 98 and rarely have a problem with a crash or freeze. When I do have a glitch, I run DiskWarrior. The Sonnet card doesn't seem to like OS 8.6, so I'm sticking with OS 8.1. I had lots

Re: 1400 power problem(?)

2002-09-23 Thread Paul Nelson
At 3:19 PM +0200 9/23/02, Joost van de Griek wrote: >I'm having a little trouble with my PowerBook 1400C (333 MHz G3, 64 MB RAM, >OS Z1-9.1, internal Ethernet and Zip100). > >Unitl about a month ago it was working fine. Since then, it was at a >friend's house, who left it on a shelf, unused, with

Re: 68k mail clients

2002-09-23 Thread Paul Nelson
At 3:59 PM +1000 9/23/02, Ryan Pangilinan wrote: >i was wondering if any of you could help me out > >i recently bought a secondhand pb520c and my knowledge of macintosh software >isn't all that great, and i was looking for email clients (preferably >something for free) that can support multiple ac

Re: OS 9.1 up and running great on PB 3400

2002-09-23 Thread Sionnach Aisling
--- Russell - Unknown1 - Idaho USA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > icons. IE 5.1 has finally stopped crashing (a > constant problem on 8.1) and > windows open faster, fonts look better and cached > images appear instantly > like they should instead of reloading every time. Very interesting tidbit

Re: 3400 Start-up Problems

2002-09-23 Thread Sionnach Aisling
--- Tom Roth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It could be a potential HD problem. However, I'm > wondering if the PRAM battery being dead could cause > this. Is the unit plugged in the whole time? Is > the charger working? H My gut feeling would be no. Although the PRAM battery does ca

Re: 3400/3500 battery voltage

2002-09-23 Thread John Doh
> I've heard one report of a 3400 owner with a fried > PB, who was told by an > Apple tech that he fried his logic board with one of > the higher-voltage 3500 > batteries. This is not true. The battery that comes with the 3500 (Li-Ion) is not a higher voltage than the Li-Ion battery for the 340

Re: 68k mail clients

2002-09-23 Thread Charlie Reyes
Ryan Pangilinan wrote: >>i recently bought a secondhand pb520c and my knowledge of macintosh software >>isn't all that great, and i was looking for email clients (preferably >>something for free) that can support multiple accounts and can use pop3 and >>imap formats? > > to which diane replied:

Re: 1400 power problem(?)

2002-09-23 Thread Charlie Reyes
Joost van de Griek wrote: >I'm having a little trouble with my PowerBook 1400C (333 MHz G3, 64 MB RAM, >OS Z1-9.1, internal Ethernet and Zip100). > >Unitl about a month ago it was working fine. Since then, it was at a >friend's house, who left it on a shelf, unused, with the battery inserted >but

Re: 3400/3500 battery voltage

2002-09-23 Thread Charlie Reyes
>>Just wanted to ask if anyone's using the Li-Ion batteries from the 3500 aka >>"Kanga" in a 3400? >> I've swapped the two identical (Lilon) batteries - no problems at all. Charlie -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.c

Re: 3400/3500 battery voltage

2002-09-23 Thread Remy Davison
>Just wanted to ask if anyone's using the Li-Ion batteries from the 3500 aka >"Kanga" in a 3400? > >I've heard one report of a 3400 owner with a fried PB, who was told by an >Apple tech that he fried his logic board with one of the higher-voltage 3500 >batteries. > >Didn't seem logical to me, as

1400 power problem(?)

2002-09-23 Thread Joost van de Griek
Hello, all. I'm having a little trouble with my PowerBook 1400C (333 MHz G3, 64 MB RAM, OS Z1-9.1, internal Ethernet and Zip100). Unitl about a month ago it was working fine. Since then, it was at a friend's house, who left it on a shelf, unused, with the battery inserted but the AC adapter unpl

Re: 68k mail clients

2002-09-23 Thread Remy Davison
>Thanks for the great link, Tina. > >If you point your browser one directory higher to: > > http://helpdesk.uvic.ca/how-to/support/mac.html > >there's a great collection of useful links. Actually, I'd recommend v.1.xx of Claris Em@iler. 1x is free, while you might be able to source 2.0 some

Re: 68k mail clients

2002-09-23 Thread Spiritus ex Machina
Thanks for the great link, Tina. If you point your browser one directory higher to: http://helpdesk.uvic.ca/how-to/support/mac.html there's a great collection of useful links. BTW: Assuming your signature block was asking a real question, I googled "geek code" and came up with this lin

3400/3500 battery voltage

2002-09-23 Thread chouston
Just wanted to ask if anyone's using the Li-Ion batteries from the 3500 aka "Kanga" in a 3400? I've heard one report of a 3400 owner with a fried PB, who was told by an Apple tech that he fried his logic board with one of the higher-voltage 3500 batteries. Didn't seem logical to me, as all the

Re: 68k mail clients

2002-09-23 Thread diane
>hello > >i was wondering if any of you could help me out > >i recently bought a secondhand pb520c and my knowledge of macintosh software >isn't all that great, and i was looking for email clients (preferably >something for free) that can support multiple accounts and can use pop3 and >imap format

Re: 68k mail clients

2002-09-23 Thread Tina Holm
At 15:59 +1000 23/09/02, Ryan Pangilinan wrote: >someone mentioned to me outlook express 4 but i can't seem to find it in the >microsoft website. It's here: http://helpdesk.uvic.ca/how-to/support/mac/msiexpl.html It's a full installer, also containing explorer. Go for the 4.0.1 version Tina