PB180 & PB160 issues

The first is known entity -- my PB180 that's been sitting for several months. Today, shortly after turning it on it went into "emergency sleep" mode due to a "weak battery". While plugged into A/C power. Hello? Successive reboots would get it to the Finder, but no further before the warning an

3400 query 1

>Charles Siegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Subject: 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? I , too, was thinking of adding a larger drive, but the only hard drives now available see

3400 query 2

>Gerald R.Homeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Subject: Re: USB 2? >>>FireWire! >Since discovering how slow USB 1.1 is I've decided to go firewire. Being >a bit chicken, I'll probably >go the MCE upgrade and use a Belkin dual >firewire card on the 3400c and a PCI card on the 8500. Has anyone NOT ha

3400 query 3

>Andrew Kershaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote >Subject: Re: Best OS for a 5300cs >... I HATE Virtual Memory with a PASSION. It thrashes the hard drive and >quickly fragments the >damn thing, causing the whole system to slow up >while the drive head accesses random points on >the hard drive to read >p

Re: 3400 (5300??) query 3

>>What would others advise about this, please?<< One of my 5300's has 40 MB RAM, the other 64 MB. VM is OFF on both--RAM Doubler 2 is ON on both--no problems. VM really slows them down. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog

Re: Best OS for a 5300cs

>Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 16:10:28 -0700 >From: Andrew Kershaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Best OS for a 5300cs > >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. But I think that the _best_ >OS for the 5300 series is probably either

Emergency: Request for OS 8.1 extensions!

Greetings All! I beg the assist of any OS 8.1 people! I'm sure I'm missing some subtle OS 8.1 extensions and panels after my PB 190 crashed. I can't file share anymore! I must've lost some subtle feature somewhere! Please compare my list with what you have on your machine and if you note anythin

Re: 3400 query 1

--- K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I , too, was thinking of adding a larger drive, but > the only hard drives > now available seem to be 10 g or more. Yet an Apple > repair specialist here > said that there was an 8g limit on the powerbook > 3400s and he would not > recommend going over that- some

VM and PowerBooks (was: 3400 query 3)

> > ... I HATE Virtual Memory with a PASSION. It thrashes the hard drive and > > quickly fragments the thing, causing the whole system to slow up : > > Honestly, I've never understood why anyone in their right mind would run > > VM on a PowerBook. > I had understood that the default setting

Re: OS 8.6 and 1400c

> 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. Myself, I preferred 8.1 on my 1400 when it was still a 117MHz 603. When I upgraded it to a G3/333, because of the historica

Re: 3400 query 1

On 2003-01-20 14:20, "Sionnach Aisling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I , too, was thinking of adding a larger drive, but the only hard drives now >> available seem to be 10 g or more. Yet an Apple repair specialist here said >> that there was an 8g limit on t

Re: Different versions of OS 8.6

You can check this out at www.lowendmac.com. John Brownsberger on 1/19/03 11:52 PM, David Marshall at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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 sp

3400 upgrades

on 1/20/03 16:21, (PowerBooks) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > http://www.otherworldcomputing.com has some new 20 Gig drives for about > $100, 30 Gig for about $120 and 40 Gig for about $140. When you put in the > larger drive, you can partition it to allow separate partitions for each > system and

Re: 3400 query 3

At 8:26 PM +1100 1/20/2003, K wrote: > >Andrew Kershaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote >>Subject: Re: Best OS for a 5300cs >>... I HATE Virtual Memory with a PASSION. It thrashes the hard drive and >>quickly fragments the >damn thing, causing the whole system to slow up >>while the drive head accesses

Re: 3400 query 1

At 8:26 PM +1100 1/20/2003, K wrote: > >Charles Siegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Subject: 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? > >I , too, was thinking of adding a larger driv

Re: OS 8.6 and 1400c

** > Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 18:18:31 +1100 > Subject: Re: OS 8.6 and 1400c > From: John Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Thanks John, -- > I'm running a PB1400c/133 with OS 8.6, and for me, it's quite zippy. -- Really? I wonder if I'm still having extension conflicts. I

Re: OS 8.6 and 1400c

** > From: Cameron Kaiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: OS 8.6 and 1400c > Myself, I preferred 8.1 on my 1400 when it was still a 117MHz 603. -- Hmm. I would do that, except I fear it won't run my current apps. Downgrading the OS is diffficult

Re: OS 8.6 and 1400c

Ken Norris > Well, I don't use it much either, so PhotoShop is OK. It's other stuff > that's going slow. Searches, folder opening, program launches, etc. Hi Ken I've come in late here so excuse if already covered etc. If protect System Folder is checked in the General controls this might slow yo

Re: Best OS for a 5300cs

Thank you, Drew & Dan in particular for all the helpful commentaries on the merits of various OS's and demerits of VM. Alas I don't have 9.1 available, but do have the 8.6 upgrade and was (before last night, see below) on the verge of installing it just to see if it would help, as a clean reinstal

Re: Best OS for a 5300cs

On Monday, January 20, 2003, at 11:43 AM, victoria brandon wrote: > Word refuses to > run because "not enough memory" (when there's plenty), But have you allotted enough memory to Word? Just a thought. Cathy -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electron

Re: 3400 query 1

Hi There! His advice may be wise, but so far my Powerbook 3400/180 has a 12g drive and I have had no problems with it at all. It's only if you plan to partition the hard drive do you have to make sure that the first partition is no larger than 8g. I think that's right! Anyone to back me up? J

Re: Best OS for a 5300cs

on 1/20/03 11:44 AM, Cathy Welsh at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Word refuses to >> run because "not enough memory" (when there's plenty), > > But have you allotted enough memory to Word? Just a thought. Way more than enough, then brought it down some in response to these annoying messages. No

Re: Best OS for a 5300cs

>>I was typing away happily in Word (on the battery FWIW), when all of a sudden the machine started inserting a string of extra "n's" between the letters. What is going on with this machine??? A virus maybe? A hardware problem?<< Probably the last. My "new" 5300 started the extra letter

Re: OS 8.6 and 1400c

> I guess I should do the upgrade if I'm going to keep the machine. I need the > 64mb memory, too (it's currently at 48mb). Know where I can get it? I got mine from an eBay vendor. Finding good priced 1400 RAM is tough. Careful of more than two stacked modules in a machine with an 8MB "Apple" mod

Re: Best OS for a 5300cs

> >>>Word refuses to >>>run because "not enough memory" (when there's plenty), >>> >>But have you allotted enough memory to Word? Just a thought. >> > >Hi what version of word are you using? > >as i tend to find that if i am using any other app!!! that word play's up thats why i >made the swi

PB 1400 G3 Upgrade Puzzle

I recently came into a Sonnet Crescendo G3 upgrade card for PowerBook 1400. Very nice and fast, but there was one problem: I couldn't install my Apple PB 1400 Video Out card over it. A chip on the bottom of the video card (#U4?) contacts a little lidded coil (#L1) on the Sonnet card, causing th

IR between 3400 and imac

Now this is an interesting article, about an IR connection between a 3400 and an imac. Could I try this at home with an imac and my 5300? (which BTW is doing much better now that it has a new adapter!) http://home.golden.net/~samu/maccourse/parts/pages/usbiMac.html (you need to scroll down to s

Re: OS 8.6 and 1400c

G'day Ken, If all else fails, try a totally clean re-install of the book. When I got mine, it came with a "clean install" of 8.6 on it, but my experience with other computer 'experts' is that they know a bit about Pee Cee's, but not much when it comes to Mac. I played around for a little while on

Re: Best OS for a 5300cs

I partitioned my hard drive on my PB5300c into two sections. I turned VM on and, with 32 Meg of RAM, I'm running 8.6 with no problem. More real RAM is better, no question, but, sometimes ya gotta go with what ya have! It's a little slow when surfing, but when used for WP or spreadsheets, it'

Re: OS 8.6 and 1400c

on 1/20/03 3:32 PM, (PowerBooks) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** > Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 10:05:28 +1100 > Subject: Re: OS 8.6 and 1400c > From: John Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > If all else fails, try a totally clean re-install of the book. -- Maybe someday. Right now there is ir

Re: IR between 3400 and imac

Hrm. Search the archive. We discussed this to death last week and all that info is still in the archive. In short: NO The 5300 and iMac can't talk to each other. Peace, Drew -- "There are of course many problems connected with life, of which some of the most

Re: PB 1400 G3 Upgrade Puzzle

> Has anyone run into this problem? The Apple video card works fine > itself; the only part # I can find on it is DAPC5IB16C3 / Rev.3C. Was > there more than one version of the Apple video card? I don't want to disassemble my 1400 (since it's my primary desktop Mac ATM after my 7300's HD went to

5300 Speaker Replacement?

OK, the speaker in my 5300cs is sounding real buzzy. So my question is, is it worth the work to replace it? I have the takeapart manual, but I thought I'd get a little feedback here first in case it's too much of a pain and not worth the trouble. I've had everything out of the base a few times b

Re: 5300 Speaker Replacement?

Well, personally, I'd say it's not worth it. Given the fragility of the video cable on the 5300, taking apart the LCD housing isn't really advisable. Besides, the 5300's speaker bites the big one to begin with. The replacement won't sound much better than the original. (I've got this project

Re: 5300 Speaker Replacement?

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Re: 5300 Speaker Replacement?

Click on the link at the bottom of the e-mail Sir Jazz. The one that says "Unsubscribe" On 21/1/03 3:34 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > Please remove my e-mail address from this message board. > > Thanks > Sirjazz -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

Re: VM setting

> I had understood that the default setting for Virtual Memory in the > Memory > Control Panel was for 1 mb above the actual ram available; thus, on my > 5300 > I set the memory for 65 mb (64 real ram + 1). There was a LEM article a while back that claimed slightly better performance if VM was

Re: 8.6?

On Monday, January 20, 2003, at 10:21 AM, (David Allen) wrote: > 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... Finding a retail version of 8.6 will be rare. Most "8.6" non-OEM disks are onl