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Well I only have a 520 and a 5300. I have used IBU and EMMpathy for the 520, separately and alternating. Battery Amnesia came on the 5300. I did not realize it could do any good on the 520. It seems to merely drain the battery completely down. You have a 540. Should I add Battery Amnesia to my

Flaky Ethernet network in home

I have a local area network set up in my home. It is connected to a Comcast cable modem as my internet connection. There's a problem with the network that I haven't been able to solve. Namely, one of the 3 computers that access this network will frequently lose its connection to the other com

Re: PPP Dialer

On Apr 15, 2004, at 3:03 PM, David Lesher wrote: Part of my confusion stems from the fact I don't know what does exactly what. I thought Open Transport was the Apple implementation of TCP/IP & PPP. And Remote Access was the remote desktop scheme, with modem dialing.. How far off am I? Off. Ope

Re: PPP Dialer [long]

In OS 8.1 the PPP control panel is separate; you may have to go back and install Remote Access. * PC Exchange (2.2) * PowerBook (7.6.1) * PowerBook Setup (7.3.2) * PPP (1.0.1) < There it isYou set TCP/IP to use PPP, and the use the PPP contro

Re: 520 pram battery

On Apr 15, 2004, at 1:50 PM, caul wrote: Hello! I have a 520c that needs a pram battery. Is this something I can buy at RadioShack or do I need to go to a Mac specific place and buy one? I remember buying a pram battery for a Performa at RadioShack but the batteries in these powerbooks are fun

Re: PPP Dialer

Part of my confusion stems from the fact I don't know what does exactly what. I thought Open Transport was the Apple implementation of TCP/IP & PPP. And Remote Access was the remote desktop scheme, with modem dialing.. How far off am I? -- PowerBooks is sponsored by an

Re: PPP Dialer [long]

On Apr 15, 2004, at 2:10 PM, David Lesher wrote: So I found a modem card for the 190. But I need PPP software, or at least a dialer. (Does OT/Remote Access have PPP in it?) Yes it does. Where it's hiding depends on what version of OS you're using. OS 8.1 In OS 8.1 the PPP control panel is sepa

Re: PPP Dialer [long]

So I found a modem card for the 190. But I need PPP software, or at least a dialer. (Does OT/Remote Access have PPP in it?) Yes it does. Where it's hiding depends on what version of OS you're using. OS 8.1 In OS 8.1 the PPP control panel is separate; you may have to go back and install Remote A

Re: 520 pram battery

Hello! I have a 520c that needs a pram battery. Is this something I can buy at RadioShack or do I need to go to a Mac specific place and buy one? I remember buying a pram battery for a Performa at RadioShack but the batteries in these powerbooks are funky- two flat disks! thanks Brett **

Re: 520c

>Have you tried an external ADB keyboard and used it's power key. >Just to verify it is the keyboard and not something else like the >power mangler. Good point. A 500 without its display and without its keyboard will function with an ADB keyboard and an external display. -- PowerBooks is spo

Re: 520c

At 8:44 AM -0500 4/15/04, R. A. Cantrell wrote: Bookies. I've got a 520c that has trouble starting up. Nothing in the OS or drive, just can't get a signal to start up from the start button on the keyboard. This is intermittent. Is there any other way to start the machine other than the

Re: 520c

Did you try resetting the power manager? Remove the battery and disconnect the AC adapter for 5 min. Hold down Control, Command, Option, and Power keys for 10 secs. Hook it back up and give it a try. Just may solve the problem. Rick Bookies. I've got a 520c that has trouble starting

Re: 520c

sorry for the multiple post, my bad Rick -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac

Re: Blackbird Power On

--Unplug it and press and hold the power button for about 20 sec. Then try it with the adapter. It sounds like a Power Manager thing.-- This was the first thing I tried...no go. Could it be the back-up battery? I know that mine is toast (I have tried 3 new ones and they seem to only last a few

Re: Blackbird power on

On Apr 15, 2004, at 9:27 AM, Mattox, Thoma wrote: I'm stumped... I have a blackbird running off the power adapter only (batteries were removed and sent to a member of this list for reconditioning). I had to unplug the powerbook and store away for the weekend. When I plugged it back in, it wou

Blackbird power on

I'm stumped... I have a blackbird running off the power adapter only (batteries were removed and sent to a member of this list for reconditioning). I had to unplug the powerbook and store away for the weekend. When I plugged it back in, it wouldn't power up. I have left it plugged in for 4 days

Re:

On Apr 14, 2004, at 5:56 PM, Donna Hood Pointer wrote: I thought Battery Amnesia was only for the 5300 and up but not for the 520 or 540. Nope, at least not the version I have on my 540... -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not

Re: PPP Dialer

On Apr 14, 2004, at 6:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 14, 2004, at 4:31 PM, David Lesher wrote: So I found a modem card for the 190. But I need PPP software, or at least a dialer. (Does OT/Remote Access have PPP in it?) Yes it does. Where it's hiding depends on what version of OS you're

Re: 520c

Did you try resetting the power manager? Remove the battery and disconnect the AC adapter for 5 min. Hold down Control, Command, Option, and Power keys for 10 secs. Hook it back up and give it a try. Just may solve the problem. Rick Bookies. I've got a 520c that has trouble starting

Re: 520c

Did you try resetting the power manager? Remove the battery and disconnect the AC adapter for 5 min. Hold down Control, Command, Option, and Power keys for 10 secs. Hook it back up and give it a try. Just may solve the problem. Rick Bookies. I've got a 520c that has trouble starting

Re: 520c

Did you try resetting the power manager? Remove the battery and disconnect the AC adapter for 5 min. Hold down Control, Command, Option, and Power keys for 10 secs. Hook it back up and give it a try. Just may solve the problem. Rick Bookies. I've got a 520c that has trouble starting

Re: PB 540c Car Adapter ??

RadiosHack and others sell universal DC-DC adapters. You have choose a plug tip to fix the 540, and set the output of the adapter to whatever the voltage needed is... I see 273-1827 as one model... And most of those adapters don't have anywhere near the power or voltage requirement to run a

Re: PB 540c Car Adapter ??

At 5:20 PM -0400 4/14/04, David Lesher wrote: Is there such a thing as a car adapter for the PB 540c? RadiosHack and others sell universal DC-DC adapters. You have choose a plug tip to fix the 540, and set the output of the adapter to whatever the voltage needed is... I see 273-1827 as one mod

Re: Disappearing files

At 7:36 PM -0500 4/14/04, Howard R. Katz wrote: NO BBedit I'm afraid. You can download BBEdit Lite from from Barebones software for free. I can redo these meeting minutes from a videotape that was made last nite but that's a pain--basically redoing all that I did already. The best would be if I

520c

Bookies. I've got a 520c that has trouble starting up. Nothing in the OS or drive, just can't get a signal to start up from the start button on the keyboard. This is intermittent. Is there any other way to start the machine other than the start button on the keyboard? -- All the Best,

Re: Disappearing files

Well, I got them, sort of. I always set up a template of the agendas beforehand so I can just start filling in what's happening with that agenda item. The program's set to save the file every 8 minutes. The template files are what was in the cache folder--the ones I created during the meeting

Re: PB 540c Battery Problems ??

Also try launching IBR with the battery slot empty. Then plug the battery in. IBR should then go into "extended precharge" mode. Seems to help with really dead batts. Rick The battery dance: (in the form of a BASIC program...:-P 10:RUN IBR 20:RUN EMMPathy 30:RUN Battery Amnesia 40:IF BATTERY

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I think when I needed one of these I got it at Computer Renaissance. I don't know if they are still in business. Try computer parts. I didn't use a cable. I think it was a connector. On Thursday, April 15, 2004, at 02:27 AM, macnifico wrote: SCSI to mini-scsi (windoze laptop scsi). Anyone knows