Re: Best OS for a 5300cs

Depends on how much RAM you have in it. If you're at 32 megs or higher, definitely OS 8.1. The 5300 is far more stable under it than any version of 7.x.x, or at least it has been to me. The key to speed under OS 8 is to turn off any extensions you don't need. It was a real slug under 8.1 when I ins

Re: Best OS for a 5300cs

on 1/18/03 3:10 PM, Andrew Kershaw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I run 8.6 on a 5300cs and a 5300ce, mostly because I can. OS 9 was > just too much of a pooch for my tastes. Drew -- how much RAM do you have on these 5300s? I've only got 32MB on mine (two attempts to max it out have ended in co

Re: Flash Memory

on 1/18/03 3:21 PM, John Smith at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm new to this list, so my apologies if this topic has been talked into the > ground before, but I have read in various places on the web that it is > possible to add a Flash Memory card to the PCMCIA slot of a Powerbook Hi John -- th

Best place to shop for software?

I just got my 3400c from an auction. It is a 180/32mb..I am going to upgrade the memory to the max (144mb right?) and I want to upgrade my hard drive, but I have no system disk... Its running 8.6 now, so thats what I was looking for. Any opinions on the best place to find it? I guess I need th

change 3400 hard drive?

I was thinking of putting a left over hard drive from a Lombard in my old 3400c. Is there any reason why this would not work? Also, I seem to remember reading that it is tricky to change hard drives in a 3400. I have changed drives in my Lombard and Wallstreet and in my old Powerbook 100, but

Re: change 3400 hard drive?

I wouldn't say it's "tricky"--it's slightly difficult--and that's only in popping the plastics. You might check out this site--it's what I went by when I installed mine: http://home.earthlink.net/~richardinsd/Supersizeyour3400.html Charles Siegel wrote: > I was thinking of putting a left over h

Re: change 3400 hard drive?

The drive should work fine, although, I would recommend reinitializing it and reinstalling a fresh copy of the OS after the switch. There are things specific to the other Powerbook that your 3400 won't have/need and there are things your 3400 will need that the old drive won't have. (Onr thing tha

Re: Best place to shop for software?

You'll probably get your best deal from someplace like ebay on an OS cd... 8.6 is a good choice. If your going to max out the RAM and you have need of features of OS 9, thats an option too. You can pick up an OS CD from somebody like Powerbook Guy or someplace like that if you don't want to foo

Re: Best place to shop for software?

on 1/19/03 11:30 AM, David Marshall at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just got my 3400c from an auction. It is a 180/32mb..I am going to > upgrade the memory to the max (144mb right?) and I want to upgrade my > hard drive, but I have no system disk... Its running 8.6 now, so thats > what I was look

USB 2? >>>FireWire!

Gerald said: > in my searching I've come to the conclusion that you have to use OS X > to support and use 2.1 otherwise it runs at 1.1 speed. Yep, which means it's also 1.1 on your 8500 unless you've hacked X on there. Even then ... > Would appreciate your knowledge and suggestions for a solut

Interested in a 5300cs?

I just acquired a 5300cs. Posting here prior to Swap-List to gauge interest. How much do I want for it? Don't know. You tell me. I know they aren't worth much. Particulars: PRAM is dead. NiMH also appears dead. Power adapter is ... not dead, and included Screen looks good. Entire case looks goo

Re: Best OS for a 5300cs

On 1/19/03 Victoria wrote: >on 1/18/03 3:10 PM, Andrew Kershaw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I run 8.6 on a 5300cs and a 5300ce, mostly because I can. OS 9 was >> just too much of a pooch for my tastes. > >Drew -- how much RAM do you have on these 5300s? I've only got 32MB on mine >(two attemp

Re: Best OS for a 5300cs

I run 9.1 on my 1400/166 64M ram, and it is seriously slow. Like OS 8.1 on an LC475 slow. I appreciate the features though so I keep it as the OS on this machine. I have tried 7.53 and 8.1 as well and the best compromise between performance and stability seemed to be OS 8.1. Don't have a c

Re: change 3400 hard drive?

>I was thinking of putting a left over hard drive from a Lombard in my >old 3400c. Is there any reason why this would not work? > >Also, I seem to remember reading that it is tricky to change hard >drives in a 3400. I have changed drives in my Lombard and Wallstreet >and in my old Powerbook 10

Re: Interested in a 5300cs?

On Sunday, January 19, 2003, at 04:36 PM, David Deckert wrote: > Although I know nothing of it's history, this unit appears to have been > through the REA program (first phase) because the serial # ends in AA. > Look inside the battery bay (usually upside down) and see if there's a date stamped

Re: Best OS for a 5300cs

I run 8.6 on a 1400/133, it is a snappy little system, although I would prefer it use a little less memory for the system, it is up to about 20 MB. I agree, a G3 would be great, but that would mean paying more for an upgrade card than I did for the whole machine, which is a little overboard, consid

Re: USB 2? >>>FireWire!

>Gerald said: > >> in my searching I've come to the conclusion that you have to use OS X >> to support and use 2.1 otherwise it runs at 1.1 speed. > >Yep, which means it's also 1.1 on your 8500 unless you've hacked X on >there. Even then ... > >> Would appreciate your knowledge and suggestions fo

Re: change 3400 hard drive?

> The drive swap isn't tricky. I'f you've changed > drives before, you won't have any trouble. It's under > the palm rest on the left side. Remove the keyboard, > pop out any added RAM for freedom of movement, and , > the trickiest part, release the clips retaining the > palm wrest without brea

Re: Best OS for a 5300cs

Victoria, I have 48MB in the 5300ce and 40MB in the 5300cs. OS 8.6 is supposed to require 32MB, but it can run in less. Sure, that doesn't give me a whole lot of space left for apps, but it's enough to do what I do on the 5300. When I'm seriously pressed for space, I _might_ turn on RAM Dou

Different versions of OS 8.6

Does anyone know if the full install iMac OS 8.6 disc will install on my 3400c? I know the restore disc won't work.. but the full install? -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot

Re: Best OS for a 5300cs

On 1/19/03 Andrew Kershaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have 48MB in the 5300ce and 40MB in the 5300cs. OS 8.6 is supposed >to require 32MB, but it can run in less. Sure, that doesn't give me >a whole lot of space left for apps, but it's enough to do what I do >on the 5300. When I'm seriousl

Re: Best place to shop for software?

You can probably find an OEM version of 8.6 at the LEM Swap list, through this same list group or on eBay. Don't get a model specific version (I.E. the version that shipped with an iBook or iMac, etc.) as they are designed to install on that specific model only. There are some hacks available that

OS 8.6 and 1400c

Hello, I've been looking at some older Macs with older operating systems, and these leaner meaner things seem to work much faster than OS 8.6 does on my stock 133mHz PB 1400c. I've always felt like its slow as molasses in January. It takes forever to load anything, and occasionally stalls complet

Re: OS 8.6 and 1400c

I'm running a PB1400c/133 with OS 8.6, and for me, it's quite zippy. I don't use Photoshop or anything like that, and I try to stick to the most ancient programs I can live with. Generally, I find that using programs made at about the same time as the computer (ie, 1997ish) will work best as far as