PB 540c, System 7.1.1, and Hard Disk

Sorry guys for the flood of questions about the lovely Blackbirds, but I have another thing to ask. I just now downgraded the system software from the 7.5.3 that came with it to my own enhanced System 7.1.1 Pro (with all the features that make it comparable to 7.5.3). Anyway, when I chose "restart"

Re: PowerBook 500 series batteries-- Help?

On 2/13/03 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan O'Neil) wrote: > >I have a couple of PowerBook 500 laptops here, and I don't have any >batteries for them. According to the service manual, the batteries are >supposed to output 10.8 volts. If my math is right, that means exactly nine >1.2 volt rechargeable AAs. >

PB 500 series Trackpad moisture problem?

Hi everyone. I am in the process of setting up my PB 540c for general use (and later to take to school :)). Anyway, I have noticed that my fingers sweat a lot when I am using a mouse, trackpad, or even my Newton's stylus. It seems that even a small amount of moisture on my finger can cause the tra

Re: 3400 phone line?

Um...did you get the 3400 manual and link I sent you earlier today? rb = Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Bob Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 7:37 PM Subject: Re: 3400 phone line? > s

Re: 3400 phone line?

>Thanks Gary. It would've helped if the 3400 had come with a manual ... >I'm a little embarrassed and very grateful. Thanks! >Bob > Just obtained a 3400c myself. Go to apple's webpage and download the owner's manual and the tech manual in PDF format. The owner's manual alone is over 189 pages. I

Re: 3400 phone line?

Bob, I started to send you the pdf, but it was a big email to send unrequested. Here's a link to legacy manuals, where I got my copy: http://www.info.apple.com/support/manuals.legacy.html They are all there! Lou Bob Williams wrote: > > Thanks Gary. It would've helped if the 3400 had come with

Re: 3400 phone line?

Thanks Gary. It would've helped if the 3400 had come with a manual ... I'm a little embarrassed and very grateful. Thanks! Bob > From: "Gary D. Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PowerBooks) > Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 23:24:37 -0600 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PowerBooks) > S

Re: Newbie and PowerBook 520 Question

In a message dated 2/13/03 3:30:15 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Shreve is selling new old stock 19.2 modems for the PB5xx for $2. Hard to beat that deal. You might want to check them out. >> IIRC, Shreve closed its doors and turned all its inventory over to an auction house about two month

Re: PB1400 prob

On 14/2/03 10:28 AM, "David Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >--- > Looks like the life expectancy of > the 1400's PRAM battery is about 5 to 7 years. >--- Which isn't really all that bad, I mean, I use rechargeable batteries in torches, radios, computer mice, etc etc, and I don't think I've ever

Re: PB1400 prob

Right on the money. The command bypasses the startup drive and looks for any other OS. The joys of internal IDE/external SCSI device detection. I'd try that route before investing in the labor and cost of a PRAM battery, although many batteries seem to be biting the dust lately. Looks like the life

clippity snip snip please?

since I often use a mobile device to view my mail, reading digests in which whole posts are quoted and requoted is a nightmare of scrolling and page refreshing (not to mention a sore thumb) can we please try to clippity snip snip our replies down to referencing essentials? For the sake of my po

3400c Trackpad button

All of a sudden my trackpad button has gone all 'mushy'... Its seem to have difficulty registering unless I hit it up near the trakpad itself... Did something get bent outta wack, something I can fix? -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp:/

Newbie and PowerBook 520 Question

> > Anyway it doesnt have a modem card in what I am assuming is the modem card > slot. I have a spare from some PowerBook Duos will this fit in the > PowerBook 520? Shreve is selling new old stock 19.2 modems for the PB5xx for $2. Hard to beat that deal. You might want to check them out. Btw, be

Mac Powerbook 520c CPU Upgrade info need

Hi I wanted info ont the type PPC CPU the can be used in the 520c as I under stand it can be uped to a 603e the same as the one in the 2300c. If this so I have access to a cheap supplus of powerbooks from a local store here in the Sacrameto area. I just picked up 3 to plaay around with and hav

Re: 1400c battery

I've done numerous, but I'm in Las Vegas, Nevada. (A little far to travel, although many do like to come here for some reason!) The PRAM battery can be very expensive, (http://www.ebatts.com/modelselect.asp?Model=1137514 has the 5 V Lithium Rechargeable with electrical connectors for $54.95 U.S.) b

Re: PB1400 prob

Yep, holding 'c' won't work when booting up these machines, I can't remember the exact combination, something like command-option-shift-delete when starting up. Usually in times like this, I just hold down as many of the typical buttons (i.e., option, command, control etc etc) and go from there. I

Re: Problematic 1400+ethernet?

heh, if you want multiple computers, get a router, just get the router, plug it in, follow directions, use internet on 2+ computers off of one internet connection :) > Thanks for all the reply on my problem. I ended up calling my provider and > asking them what the problem was and after a good 30 m

PB1400 prob

I get a "Time Synchronization" error Type 41 about half way through the boot up. And I'm not able to get it to boot from any internal or external CD. It seems to 'see' that there is a CD but ignores my "holding down the 'C' key" request to boot up from a CD. Is it a pram battery issue? Than

Re: Mac OS

what about 7.6.1? i see a diskmaking script thingy on the apple site listed a few emails ago... is that any good? -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $

Re: Mac OS

> Not anymore. In the past, Apple had both the floppy version of System 7.5.3 > available online, as a series of single 1.4 MB floppy images, and the CD > version, which consists of 19 parts of one big image file that can be burnt > to a CD-R. > > The floppy version is no longer available for downl

Re: Problematic 1400+ethernet?

Thanks for all the reply on my problem. I ended up calling my provider and asking them what the problem was and after a good 30 minutes of troubleshooting it worked. Come to find out it was the cable modem that was the problem (go figure). For some reason the modem can only read one computer at

Re: Mac OS

I've gotten it to work fine (tested on a 520c and Quadra 800). Don't get me wrong, it's not easy but I'll do my best to describe how I did it. First I downloaded the whole 19 files and then decompressed the whole deal (gives you a folder which is your installer). Anyway, I then used it to instal

SIte for e'net card drivers (Re: Problematic 1400+ethernet?)

> Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 17:37:52 -0600 > From: Ronald Romine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Problematic 1400+ethernet? > > I also use a Dayna CommuniCard Ethernet > Adapter (PCMCIA) with my 1400, however i > found that the newer driver for the card > doesn't work with my 1400. > > If I remembe

Re: Mac OS

Wow, I'm glad this confusion seems to be solved! I thought I'd been having hallucinations! :-) Rob >Technically, you didn't use the installer to make floppies; you used >floppies to transfer the installer image to a hard drive. > >,xtG >.tsooJ -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

Re: Mac OS

Joost van de Griek wrote: >On 2003-02-13 17:26, "Fran Dollinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Joost van de Griek wrote: >> >> >> >>>On 2003-02-13 16:43, "Fran Dollinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> I just took a look also, the multipart (19parts) installer is what

Re: Mac OS

On 2003-02-13 17:26, "Fran Dollinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joost van de Griek wrote: > >> On 2003-02-13 16:43, "Fran Dollinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I just took a look also, the multipart (19parts) installer is what I used to >>> make my floppies. >> >> Okay, I'm very curio

Re: Mac OS

Fabian Fang wrote: >On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 07:27AM, Joost van de Griek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>On 2003-02-13 15:38, "Fabian Fang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > > > The floppy version is no longer available for download, for some reason. >>>

Re: Mac OS

On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 07:27AM, Joost van de Griek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 2003-02-13 15:38, "Fabian Fang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> The floppy version is no longer available for download, for some reason. >> >> Not true. Take a look at the following massive list of old

Re: Mac OS

Joost van de Griek wrote: >On 2003-02-13 16:43, "Fran Dollinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Joost van de Griek wrote: >> >> >> >>>I have looked there, and the only FULL INSTALLATION of "System 7.5 version >>>7.5.3" still listed is the multipart installer download, the floppy version

Re: Mac OS

Joost van de Griek wrote: >On 2003-02-13 16:43, "Fran Dollinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Joost van de Griek wrote: >> >> >> >>>I have looked there, and the only FULL INSTALLATION of "System 7.5 version >>>7.5.3" still listed is the multipart installer download, the floppy version

Re: Mac OS

On 2003-02-13 16:43, "Fran Dollinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joost van de Griek wrote: > >> I have looked there, and the only FULL INSTALLATION of "System 7.5 version >> 7.5.3" still listed is the multipart installer download, the floppy version >> is not listed there. > > I just took a lo

Re: Mac OS

Joost van de Griek wrote: >On 2003-02-13 15:38, "Fabian Fang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 05:07AM, Joost van de Griek >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >>>On 2003-02-12 23:53, "Fran Dollinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> I ha

Re: Mac OS

On 2003-02-13 15:38, "Fabian Fang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 05:07AM, Joost van de Griek > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 2003-02-12 23:53, "Fran Dollinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I haven't followed this thread entirely but if the question is

Re: 3400 phone line?

At 12:12 AM -0500 2/13/2003, Bob Williams wrote: >I just bought a PowerBook 3400c as a backup to my old iBook. I love it >except I can't figure out how to plug in a phone line (System Profiler says >it's got an internal modem). Do I need an adapter or am I missing something >REALLY obvious? The R

Re: Mac OS

On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 05:07AM, Joost van de Griek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 2003-02-12 23:53, "Fran Dollinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I haven't followed this thread entirely but if the question is about the >> downloadable disk images on Apple's site...I too, have made a

Re: Mac OS

Rob asked: > > Did you make the floppy disks AFTER the images were mounted on the desktop? > > I didn't think there was a way to make the images directly into disks. Yes -- and I never tried to construct a whole system that way, just the emergency boot disk floppies for 7.5x & 8.5. Best, Vict

Re: 3400 phone line?

Bob, Their is a special adapter for the 3400, but if you do not plan to use both the ethernet and modem at tthe same time you can hard wire either through the rear port. Roger Bob Williams wrote: > I just bought a PowerBook 3400c as a backup to my old iBook. I love it > except I can't figur

Re: PowerBook 500 series batteries-- Help?

If you can locate an old battery, they can be rebuilt. I had one done for me for $51 - new ones are around $100 - 120. I don't think your idea would work, but it is at least worth a try. By the way, if you do want to rebuild an old battery either yourself or have someone do it, I'll sell you one

Re: Mac OS

On 2003-02-12 23:53, "Fran Dollinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I haven't followed this thread entirely but if the question is about the > downloadable disk images on Apple's site...I too, have made a set of floppies > using them and have installed OS 7.5 on several machines this way. Is the >

Re: PowerBook 500 series batteries-- Help?

I don't know much about the whole battery thing, but my guess would be that the Powerbook would not particularly like running off, and charging up AA batteries. Like you say, the original batteries are 'intelligent' so I'm sure there will be a communication of some sort between the computer and the

PowerBook 500 series batteries-- Help?

I have a couple of PowerBook 500 laptops here, and I don't have any batteries for them. According to the service manual, the batteries are supposed to output 10.8 volts. If my math is right, that means exactly nine 1.2 volt rechargeable AAs. Would it be feasible to fabricate a battery holder case

Re: Poor network performance with PB 540c AAUI

Hi list, >> I have a PowerBook 540c that has the AAUI port built-in and the AAUI >> to >> RJ45 transciever. I was wondering what kind of performance should I >> expect on that setup? I don't think I get more than like 150 Kb/s >> maximum and more like 30-50 Kb/s. Would it make sense to get a >> d