Re: PB 5xx (PPC) 2 questions

2003-04-05 Thread Illovox Media
on 4/4/03 9:16 PM, Robert Gray at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That was brilliant. Now it's been posted TWICE. That was brilliant. Now you insulted me. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon

Re: SCSI disk mode: my pb hard drive won't mount any suggestions?

2003-04-05 Thread Illovox Media
on 4/5/03 12:07 AM, Sid Barras at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Y'all, ... Everything appears to be OK; the SCSI ID number appears on the pb screen at startup, everything on the SCSI chain works and appears on the G4 desktop, but the pb hard drive won't appear on the desktop. ... How many gigs

Re: SCSI disk mode: my pb hard drive won't mount anysuggestions?

2003-04-05 Thread Sid Barras
From: Illovox Media [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (PowerBooks) Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2003 00:52:15 -0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (PowerBooks) Subject: Re: SCSI disk mode: my pb hard drive won't mount any suggestions? on 4/5/03 12:07 AM, Sid Barras at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

AW: The 540 Display discussion again

2003-04-05 Thread Kai Steinmann
Tom wrote: [...] If anyone on this list happens to live near Stanford University and would be willing to donate an LCD that exhibits this weirdness, I'd love to take a look at it. And Kai, if you happen to live anywhere near Stuttgart, it so happens that I'll be in Ludwigsburg in a few weeks...

Re: SCSI disk mode: my pb hard drive won't mount anysuggestions?

2003-04-05 Thread Malcolm Cornelius
What!?? Arghh!! 4 Gigs? Hmm. I'd say I have a few more than 4-- its a 30gb hard drive... That, my friend, is indeed, a bummer. I wonder why that would be so? That also runs along my other favorite why question about the pb 1400, why won't it recognize more than 64mb of RAM... Think the

Re: very frustrated re: 8.5/8.6 upgrade

2003-04-05 Thread A. Dishinger
Well, that, I imagined, would be the final answer -- that I'd need to acutally purchase OS 8.5. Having hung out at 7.x.x for so long on that machine I was not up on what everyone else had to do in order to upgrade their OS past 8.0/8.1 (which we did buy/upgrade to). I've never been part of the in

Re: very frustrated re: 8.5/8.6 upgrade

2003-04-05 Thread k
Aly 1400cs slowly making its way into the 21st century... then borrow it from someone to make sure it works in the 1400pb ? I mean before you spend that money. k -- -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win

Re: very frustrated re: 8.5/8.6 upgrade

2003-04-05 Thread A. Dishinger
Yes, excellent point; however, I do not know many other Mac folks in my town or nearby (even though this used to be an all-Mac town/campus). I will ask my dad which OS he runs (same age machine as mine but desktop), and after that have one other resource on campus for possible borrow. Borrowing is

Old new batteries: do they work?

2003-04-05 Thread Jefgeny
I recently acquired some old stock new batteries for the Duo, the 3400 and the 2400. Although I can see they have never been used - and I did not do it also - , can anyone outhere tell me what to expect of them? Jef -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: SCSI disk mode: my pb hard drive won't mount any suggestions?

2003-04-05 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Saturday, April 5, 2003, at 02:09 AM, Sid Barras wrote: How many gigs in the PB? SCSI chain won't recognize a book with more than 4 gigs per disk or partition. Bummer eh? What!?? Arghh!! 4 Gigs? Hmm. I'd say I have a few more than 4-- its a 30gb hard drive... That, my friend,

3400 in Michigan?

2003-04-05 Thread Brian
Ok, this time I'm seeking someone with a 3400, hopefully near the Ann Arbor area. Please email off-list if you could help me test a component. Thanks, Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A |

Re: The 540 Display discussion again

2003-04-05 Thread Dan K
first I wrote: I've got a _good_ Duo 250 TFT display I'm going to try on my 2300, which with a previous 280 TFT screen had done the darkening corner thing. then Tom Lee wrote: The gradual and nonuniform diffuse darkening that Kai's photo shows is something else. I think that some months

Alsoft PlusMaker and 30gig PB 190

2003-04-05 Thread jimwg
Greetings! Thanks the too many to name who mailed help for my previous problem! I've a badly growing problem now. The 30 gig disk on my OS 8.1 PB 190 (which I'm using as my 6320's backup/storage device via printer port file sharing) is becoming bloated with swollen small files whose tiniest

Re: Alsoft PlusMaker and 30gig PB 190

2003-04-05 Thread Gary D. Adams
I used Plusmaker years ago when I went to OS 8.5 and HFS+ on my PM 6500. It worked great. It took a while, but it worked. I set the file size to .5k and freed up half of the 10gb hd. gary jimwg wrote: Greetings! Thanks the too many to name who mailed help for my previous problem! I've a

Re: very frustrated re: 8.5/8.6 upgrade

2003-04-05 Thread Ken Norris
on 4/5/03 11:05 AM, (PowerBooks) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2003 08:12:09 -0600 From: A. Dishinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: very frustrated re: 8.5/8.6 upgrade I appreciate all the help even though the correct answer is more frustrating... I will have to wait to

Re: very frustrated re: 8.5/8.6 upgrade

2003-04-05 Thread victoria brandon
on 4/5/03 7:52 AM, Ken Norris at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, well, I understand, but keep looking. Here's some eBay stuff. If you hang in there and keep a close eye on the bids, you might be able to snag one for $20 or so Try a WTB posting on the Swap List first: I got an 8.5 full

midi files on a PB1400

2003-04-05 Thread Donald E. Stowe
Hi, I recently installed OS 9.1 and Quicktime 6.x. When I went to play a mid file, the computer locked up. I installed Ram Doubler and upped the memory for quicktime. Now it plays but has skips of static. What do I need to do? I have 48 megs of ram doubled to 96 w/ Ram Doubler. Don God Bless

Orinoco Card Woes

2003-04-05 Thread macnifico1
Hi! I'm running an Orinoco Silver Card on a PB 1400c with MacOS 8.1. I've also run the same card in a PB 190cs with MacOS 7.6.1. I have the drivers if you want them, courtesy of Drew. But remember that you need to have AppleTalk ACTIVE with Ethernet selected in AppleTalk and TCP/IP. In TCP/IP

8.6 installation problems

2003-04-05 Thread John Ryan
To all those more learned in Mac than Me: I have a 5300c that I just upped the ram to 64Meg and put a 6 gig hard drive in. Now the problem. I had the 6 gig in an external USB housing. I hooked the external drive to my ibook and essentially copied the entire cd onto the drive. Installed the

Need 3400

2003-04-05 Thread vicki
Hii asked about a G3 and got no offers. So i will ask about a 3400 best spec i can for the price of £220. cash sent special delivery.next day i need a powerbook fast so anything will be considered i would like a 3400 with 200 or 240mhz cpu and as much ram as possible with good battery and in

Re: Alsoft PlusMaker and 30gig PB 190

2003-04-05 Thread Tina Holm
At 13:31 -0500 05/04/03, jimwg wrote: I'd like any reviews or recommendations of how using PlusMaker with PB 190s. Tried it once on my Beige G3. I'd forgot to check the hfs+ option for the 28 gb partition on my newly installed 30 gb hd. Worked like a charm. Tina

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

2003-04-05 Thread Paul Nelson
At 1:35 PM -0600 4/4/03, Sid Barras wrote: 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

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

2003-04-05 Thread Illovox Media
on 4/4/03 9:55 PM, Paul Nelson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 1:35 PM -0600 4/4/03, Sid Barras wrote: 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

Re: Need 3400

2003-04-05 Thread felgild . 1
is this for you or someone else cos there is mine if you want it, Martin On Saturday, Apr 5, 2003, at 23:20 Europe/London, vicki wrote: Hii asked about a G3 and got no offers. So i will ask about a 3400 best spec i can for the price of £220. cash sent special delivery.next day i need a powerbook

Re: Orinoco Card Woes

2003-04-05 Thread Paul Nelson
At 2:57 PM -0600 4/5/03, macnifico1 wrote: You can bet everything will come to an end. It's going to be ugly and it's going to be a mess, and it's going to be something that somebody did in the name of God Frank Zappa Thank you very much for this! Paul -- PowerBooks is sponsored

Re: midi files on a PB1400

2003-04-05 Thread Thad Hoffman
on 4/5/03 1:49 PM, k at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I recently installed OS 9.1 and Quicktime 6.x. When I went to play a mid file, the computer locked up. I installed Ram Doubler and upped the memory for quicktime. Now it plays but has skips of static. What do I need to do? I have 48 megs

Re: midi files on a PB1400

2003-04-05 Thread Thad Hoffman
SoundAPP PPC works well on my 48MB RAM 9.1 1400c. I use MacAMP for mp3 as both SoundJam and iTunes are choppy. on 4/5/03 1:49 PM, k at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I recently installed OS 9.1 and Quicktime 6.x. When I went to play a mid file, the computer locked up. I installed Ram Doubler

Re: macppp

2003-04-05 Thread Justin C Rouzzo
it comes up Mac PPP: Resource Error exact error i need something really small cause im trying to fit it on 2 1.44 meg floppys with ramdisk+ (bad HD) and im following instructions basicly similar to the instructions on gambas page i have 7.5 and the 3 control panels/extensions on one disk and

Re: 8.6 installation problems

2003-04-05 Thread John Ryan
on 4/5/03 6:02 PM, Paul Nelson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 4:02 PM -0500 4/5/03, John Ryan wrote: To all those more learned in Mac than Me: I have a 5300c that I just upped the ram to 64Meg and put a 6 gig hard drive in. Now the problem. I had the 6 gig in an external USB housing. I

Re: 8.6 installation problems

2003-04-05 Thread k
All advice is extremely welcome Thanks John Ryan SCSI CD-ROMs are pretty cheap, now. Isn't that the best way to go? Paul NO Paul! - that is absolutely NOT the best easiest and cheapest way to go - I have solved the problem in the wee morning hours - and tried it on my PM 7300 -