>>> So in the same vein, what was your first PowerBook?
>>>
t'wos a PowerBook 150, bought for my girlfriend to write her great
novel on. i then got a 540c off eBay... the PB150 then started playing
up, firstly a munted disk drive and then trackball problems, so she got
the 540c. I then got a New
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2002 17:48:52 +
Subject: Slightly OT but I've got files I can't trash...
From: Tim Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Tried installing Office 98 on my 3400c running OS8.6 and it crashed when
running the updater. It then said there were disk problems whi
On 2002-12-10 01:14, "Andrew Kershaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yeah, I don't know why Apple ever bothered developing IRTalk anyway.
Because they wanted to include IR connectivity in their PowerBooks.
IrDA didn't exist, simple because IR was new to notebooks, and Apple had
their standard netw
On 2002-12-10 05:43, "Andrew Kershaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> what was your first PowerBook?
My first was a PowerBook 100. 4 MB RAM, 20 MB HD, 16 MHz 68LC000. Ah, those
were the days. Still have it, like I still have all my Macs and other
computers. Never been one to throw away a computer. L
Mine was a used 145, which I did a lot of work on. I rebuilt the
battery, built another battery pack to plug in (still have no
software to get rid of the damn warning messages), maxed the RAM
(hahaha 8MB), jammed in an 250MB IBM HD, and replaced the modem
board. Man, it rocks, I use it all the
My PB 170 is having problems accessing the hard drive. It'll
start up and get the diskette image with a (?).
Once in a while after many start ups it will start normally and
access the hard drive and OS. Could the hard drive be damaged. Is it likely the hard
drive? Could it something else? A
> From: Tim Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Tried installing Office 98 on my 3400c running OS8.6 and it crashed when
> running the updater. It then said there were disk problems which first aid
> couldn't fix when I restarted. Ran norton which found loads of errors but it
> was basically OK. I trashed
>On 2002-12-10 05:43, "Andrew Kershaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> what was your first PowerBook?
>
A PB170 that still sits in a place of honour on our phone table. I
occasionally fire it up for no other reason than to smile and to know it
still works and could easily do a great deal of work
At 5:32 PM -0600 12/9/2002, aly wrote:
>Yes, I've often wondered if the newer Macs (G4 and all that) are compatible
>with the IR features of things like Palm units (with the Palm software
>installed, of course). Palm doesn't support IR transfer for my 1400cs, or
>so they said (I have Palm III serie
>Hi some people are just lucky i guess g3
My first powerbook was two to be exact i got a 5300c and a 2300c buy
swapping a P3 laptop both needed work and i used them alot at first then i
built up my collection bit by bit.
The best powerbook that i have owned was the 550c that i had but i sold th
I know there are many favorite PowerBooks on this list but one of the more affordable
models used is a 3400. You might be able to come across a low end G3 for $500 but
make sure you've got enough RAM. I see you're in Toronto so I'm not sure if your
talking American or Canadian dollars.
~tom
On Tuesday, December 10, 2002, at 12:39 PM, Rick McCutcheon wrote:
>> On 2002-12-10 05:43, "Andrew Kershaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> what was your first PowerBook?
>>
>
> A PB170 that still sits in a place of honour on our phone table.
[snip]
> Cheers,
> Rick
Just joined the list, as I
It was a semi-functioning 5300cs bought off eBay in a fit of ignorant
enthusiasm. The seller listed its defects but also claimed to "know very
little about Macs" so I assumed (after years of jollying along a series of
yard sale desktop Macs) that getting it going would be no great trick. This
che
> From: Andrew Kershaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> In 10 years of Mac use
>> I've never had this... any help appreciated!
>
> I've seen it once or twice... I _think_ this means that the Finder
> has set a flag marking the file/folder as in use and forgot to turn
> it off. You might try rebuilding th
>One additional way to remove them is if they are locked, do a "get info" on
>the item and unlock. The easiest is to "Option" - trash
Hmm. I think he's talking about files that are "in use," not files
that are locked. When a file that is in use by an application, the
system, or something else
Leigh Honeywell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'll be posting soon with the results of the Linux experiment - the 170
> isn't on the list of supported systems, but it's worth a try...
It's on NetBSD's list, if you're not too attached to Linux.
It looks as though they even got the X-Window system
On Monday, Dec 09, 2002, at 08:57PM, Gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm looking to buy a used PowerBook, low-end of G3's minimum if possible or
>equivalent (603's), sufficient enough to browse the web, for e-mailing and
>word-processing... I would like to do graphics too for my website but I
Hmm. I may give that a try as well - the only two applications I need
to run on it are gcc and emacs, so if they work I'm all set.
-Leigh
On Tuesday, December 10, 2002, at 03:10 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> Leigh Honeywell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> I'll be posting soon with the res
On 12/9/02 Victoria wrote:
>
>on 12/8/02 10:53 AM, Dan K at [EMAIL PROTECTED] suggested that
>
>> Ambroid Proweld = repairs broken PB plastics (ABS)
>
>would work to fix a broken screw receptor. This product has been mentioned
>on the list before (as a miracle worker), and last week it might have
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PowerBooks) schrieb am 10.12.02 16:46:20:
> My PB 170 is having problems accessing the hard drive. It'll
> start up and get the diskette image with a (?).
> Once in a while after many start ups it will start normally and
> access the hard drive and OS. Could the hard drive
I have finally been able to format the drive: I connected a
SCSI-drive to the powerbook and pressed command-option-shift-delete
right through the whole boot process (I think this is important,
because when I released the keys too soon, norton disklock would pop
up again). The powerbook drive di
>Also I have 5 extra old batteries. If the recharger or the PB can't
>detect them much less recharge them does that mean they're totally
>dead?
You can use a PB180 power supply for a PB180 or less (that is any PB
requiring LESS than 3.0 amps), but you cannot safely power a PB180
with a 2.0A
At 6:12 PM -0800 12/10/2002, martin wrote:
> >Also I have 5 extra old batteries. If the recharger or the PB can't
>>detect them much less recharge them does that mean they're totally
>>dead?
>
>
>You can use a PB180 power supply for a PB180 or less (that is any PB
>requiring LESS than 3.0 amps),
I recently got a 3400/OS9 without CD, and I've seen some 6-12x CD modules for
$50-100. Anyone know if these CD-ROM prices are about as good as it gets, or
should I maybe invest in a CD burner (I think I spotted some EIDE internal
drives for $20-$30). Although I may need a SCSI burner now that I
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