How much RAM is on that 5300? I found 8.1 to be sluggish with 24
megs, but when I bumped the machine up to 40 and replaced the slow
stock HD with a faster one, OS 8.1 suddenly became more responsive
than any version of System 7 I'd tried. Not to mention it is far more
stable.
64 MB.
The one
Thanks everyone for all the info.
I did upgrade to 8.1 in the end and the problem went away. I'm going to have a go at
copying files from my PC with a CompactFlash
card seeing as that seems to be possible.
It currently only has 16Mb of RAM - I think it was only used for running M$ Word
Tom Wilkinson wrote:
My daughter has a 68K Powerbook 520c and I am looking for a song
writing/recording program. Is there anything that will do the task for her?
Thanks to anyone who can point me in the right direction.
Tom
I have one or two _sound_ recording programs which I have used on a
I didn't get your original post.
On 3/5/03 Victoria wrote:
Just to recap my miserable boring infuriating problems trying to reinstall
an operating system on my 5300: I wiped the drive and partitioned it. All
many miserable details snipped
So what to try next Is there any way to
My daughter has a 68K Powerbook 520c and I am looking for a song
writing/recording program. Is there anything that will do the task for her?
Thanks to anyone who can point me in the right direction.
Tom
Have you tried looking around VersionTracker or Google at all?
In my limited searching, I
Thank you everyone (and especially Dan for his consoling tone) for all the
excellent advice. The saga of my 5300 entered a new and possibly more
encouraging chapter this morning, when I started everything up again and lo,
its icons showed up on the 7600's desktop. I *swear* up and down and back
Hello All,
I'm new to the list and I'm trying to bring my wife's 5300 back to a
usable life. There are two major considerations (and one minor):
1. the AC adaptor socket on the circuit board is loose. I have
repaired this twice before; disassembling the 5300 and resoldering.
But the
Friends -
Have a 3400c which has provided years of good service.
Figure I'll wipe the disk and reinstall the OS and
get a fresh start.
OS 8.6 was very stable but I thought I'd ask if the
jump to OS 9 was worth the trouble. I've lurked on
this list and I know that some people think it's
much
I have OS 9.1 on my 3400 and it's fine. It's been very stable. Check
your apps and make sure you're not going to break anything going to OS 9
but otherwise you might as well.
I would reformat using Extended since you're right there anyway.
~tom roth
-Original Message-
From: Ken
I found a set torx of screwdrivers at home depot- they seem to work quite well. about
$15 CDN- so about $10 US. I believe the 5300 needs a torx 8.
3.this is the minor consideration: where is a good place to get torx
drivers to work on the 5300?
Feel free to contact me
on 3/6/03 1:47 PM, Murali at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
2. The floppy drive is broken. This happened when I pried out a
defective DiskTools floppy (!). Thus I am looking for either the
floppy mechanism to install into the floppy module, or a complete
module.
You can probably find one on eBay
Hurray! This is just to pass on the good word: the 7.5.3 installer
actually worked the way it was supposed to (more or less), and installed the
system on my 5300. This bit of ho hum absolutely floored me, since it is
the first according-to-expectations event on this machine in the week (at
Just another case of Apple overprotecting itself. The PRAM module is user
replaceable by anyone who is careful. The Apple part number is: Backup
Battery, 922-2429. The replacements that I picked up for my 1400s didn't have
any numbers on them, but they matched those at:
But hey MacOS isn't really that
bad either when you get used to it.
uhhh...
I was thinking about trying to replace the hd. So I would like to know
if there are any logical upper limit on the disk size and if so, what
might that limit be?
I might be wrong in saying this, but the Duo's need
Good resource to know about but my local Apple dealer quoted me $32.00
CDN for a PRAM battery vs $54.95 U.S. [about $80.00 CDN] that is quoted
on this site.
On Thursday, March 6, 2003, at 05:49 PM, David Allen wrote:
Just another case of Apple overprotecting itself. The PRAM module is
user
I'm trying to take apart my PowerBook 3400, but I'm stuck at the stage of
figuring out how to unplug the keyboard cable. Or rather, how to operate
those tiny. tiny catches on either side of the socket so it releases the
cable.
Do you push them in, pull them out, do you pull on the cable while
...not that anyone cares, but
Today I completed a fix-it job on my 540c, and I thought I would share...
I do not remember who exactly came up w/ this modification to cure the
cheapy-flimsy plastic screw moldings in the 5xx series' screen assembly, but
it involves drilling and putting in a
maybe it would be better to stick with 7.5 even
though that system is supposed to be unstable on the 5300.
Yes, definitely. Even 8.1 would probably run like a slug with that little
RAM.
System 7.5.5 is probably best if you're going to be staying at System 7 for
a while.
I have an 8-meg RAM
At 1:01 PM -0500 3/6/03, Don and Jan Stowe wrote:
Hi,
My GURU 2.7.1 says pram battery Service Center replacement only.
Well, they mess up once in a while, as they say that about Duo's as
well. I have an extra new one I bought on ebay and didn't need because I
had sold my 1400 by then.
Thanks, now I've got the keyboard out (The reason I'm taking the 'Book apart
is because said keyboard is screwed). Unfortunately, repairing the keyboard
looks impossible as the metal baseplate looks to be permanently attached
(I'd be happy to be proved wrong though...)
Does anyone know if any
Hello Dan,
I don't have a 3400, so I can't be certain, but I doubt that the cd-drive
and the HD having the same ID will really matter much. They are the same on
my 1400, and it works just fine. (Maybe because HD is ATA, and CD ATAPI??)
Did YOU install the OS on this machine? Or did it come loaded
That's the same price and place I got mine several months ago, but I hadn't
seen any on eBay for a bit. I used the battery URL only as a reference as to
what type of battery was needed. I wouldn't pay the $39.95 U.S. + shipping
quoted on the site either when I know they have been available at $15
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