Re: very frustrated re: 8.5/8.6 upgrade

> > >I spent about 4 hours this evening, and my husband is still searching, >for how to upgrade from our current 8.1 to 8.5. We can find the 8.6 >upgrade for 8.5, but nothing that bridges the gap between 8.1 and 8.5. >8.6 itself will *not* upgrade on a machine that is at 8.1. 8.5 is enterily it's

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Re: Back with Mac - Stalls when online

>Russell - Idaho USA on 4/3/03 4:03 PM wrote: > >> Well, that didn't seem to make any difference, but I also turned off virtual >> memory (I have 144 megs) and that made the difference! It still stalls a >> little, bet never longer than about 30 seconds. >> > >You really should be experiencing a

Re: PB 5xx (PPC) 2 questions

At 11:30:14 -0800 on 4/3/03, Illovox Media <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 4/3/03 10:10 AM, Grizzly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> Try this site: > > DO NOT POST THIS SITE TO THE LIST! WE WANT TO KEEP THE SITE ACTIVE! > POSTING IT WILL ONLY GET IT SHUT DO

Re: very frustrated re: 8.5/8.6 upgrade

on 4/4/03 7:46 PM, A. Dishinger at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, all, > > I've recently purchased an Orinoco Silver wireless card that supposedly > will work with the 1400cs -- the trick being I have to have a minimum of > OS 8.6 on the machine first to even install the software to run the >

very frustrated re: 8.5/8.6 upgrade

Hello, all, I've recently purchased an Orinoco Silver wireless card that supposedly will work with the 1400cs -- the trick being I have to have a minimum of OS 8.6 on the machine first to even install the software to run the card. (I am feeling very "chicken and the egg" here at the moment...) The

Re: 5300cs and Wireless

>Bruce, can you share the URL for the driver downloads? I can't find them >for the life of me... You need version 7.2 for the 5300 and 1400 computers. OS 8.6 or later is also required. Peace, Drew -- Author of ClassicStumbler ema

Re: The 540 Display discussion again

> So what I learned is that dark areas are receiving too much juice, or > perhaps in the case of our mono TFT edge-darkening, where the liquid > crystals are _more_sensitive_ . . . Boy ain't it great to be so ignorant, > it leaves me with so much still to learn! > > Not a mono TFT PB500, but close

Re: 5300cs and Wireless

on 4/4/03 9:20 AM, Bruce Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Benjamin W. Tripp wrote: >> What OS and software would I need to do >> this, and if this card won't work can someone point me to a Mac OS card that >> would do the job? > > I have a Lucent Wavelan silver card working just fine with Pr

Re: 5300cs and Wireless

on 4/4/03 12:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have cable internet; do you have to have an airport network set up to run > such a card? How does it communicate with cable modem? Well you certainly need A wireless network, but it does not have to be Apple's Airport. I have

Seeking help on SCSI disk mode: pb 1400-HD won't mount

Hi All, You've all been so helpful before, and I've been so dumb in learning the ins and outs of my new pb, I am somewhat reticent in seeking another problem's help, but I've spent hours without success on this one: I set up my pb to connect to my power mac G4 dual processor 1 ghz desktop; I've go

Re: 5300cs and Wireless

No it's quite within the realm of the 5300, AND system 7.5. In fact, my > PowerBook 190cs, which is pretty much a 5300 with a passive matrix color > screen and an 040 processor, is currently set up with an Orinoco Silver WiFi > card. Its great fun having a wireless laptop, and its made even more

Re: 5300cs and Wireless

No it's quite within the realm of the 5300, AND system 7.5. In fact, my > PowerBook 190cs, which is pretty much a 5300 with a passive matrix color > screen and an 040 processor, is currently set up with an Orinoco Silver WiFi > card. Its great fun having a wireless laptop, and its made even more

Re: PB 5xx (PPC) 2 questions

At 3:31 PM -0500 on 4/3/03, PowerBooks wrote: At 9:18 AM +0100 3/31/03, Ben Smith wrote: > Apple specifically state that the PPC upgrade supports > a 56Mb module to give 64Mb in total, I can send you the > PDF or the link to it on the Apple developer site. I think what we're reading in that A

Ressurecting a PB 520 battery

Guys & Gals, I have an old PB 520 with just one battery in it and that one does not seem to get charged. What can be done about this? Can I ressurect this one and run the computer on one battery? A The HellGame - the latest in infernal entertainment! http://www.theHellGame.com Startopp Inte

Re: 5300cs and Wireless

I am using a Fallon(?) card with 7.6 and it is working well.I have linksys wireless system. Russ on 4/3/03 9:23 PM, Benjamin W. Tripp at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all! > > I just received my mostly new (REA'd) 5300cs. It's great! The screen > is much better than the passive matrix my 165c

Re: 5300cs and Wireless

Benjamin W. Tripp wrote: > What OS and software would I need to do > this, and if this card won't work can someone point me to a Mac OS card that > would do the job? I have a Lucent Wavelan silver card working just fine with Proxim's drivers (the current owners of the Wavelan line) on my 5300 C.

Re: The 540 Display discussion again

>Hi all, > >you certainly remember the longer continuing Powerbook darkening border >discussion I initiated a several days ago... I hope You won't think: >"Almighty! That guy again" ;) > >But I got some interesting news: I've purchased a used dual scan color >display for my powerbook 540. The first

PB 1400 and StyleWriter II Question

Hi! I just got a PB 1400c but read somewhere that it should NOT be used with a StyleWriter II. Something about the Serial Port being destroyed... Is this true? (I'm using MacOS 8.1) Please cc to [EMAIL PROTECTED] as I'm on Digest and need some answer fast. I did google this but not found anyth

Re: The 540 Display discussion again

On 4/4/03 Dan wrote: >So what I learned is that dark areas are receiving too much juice, or >perhaps in the case of our mono TFT edge-darkening, where the liquid >crystals are _more_sensitive_ That's somehow what I think, too. As I said - I'd doesn't seem to be a real display problem but rather a