Powerbook 170

2004-08-13 Thread colin hodder
Hey, I just got a Powerbook 170 for five dollars at a flea market. It has decent versions of word, Powerpoint, and excel on it already, which makes it useful to me. However, I've found a bunch of other old programs for it on the internet that need to be opened using stuffit expander. My

520 Modem

2004-08-13 Thread R. A. Cantrell
Bookies, I'm trying to get a Blackbird modem config'd and can't get it to dial. I *think* it is the port being used deal but I can't find the right squares to land on. Any help? -- All the Best, R.A. Cantrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit R.A.'s Old Mac (mostly) Stuff @

watch out seller www.mydigitaldiscount.com

2004-08-13 Thread Beniamino Cenci Goga
They have an e-bay feedback score of 98.5% but they had 96 negative feedbacks from users in the last year. Almost all of them were for wrong item. It happened to me: I ordered a PC card and I got a weird useless thing. They do not reply to messages. Ben -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

Re: 520 Modem

2004-08-13 Thread ACFX44501
I'm trying to get a Blackbird modem config'd and can't get it to dial. I *think* it is the port being used deal but I can't find the right squares to land on. Any help? Do you have the latest sofware? Shreve Systems was selling complete 500 series modem packages (sealed retail box) for $5, and

Stalls

2004-08-13 Thread Ken Norris (dialup)
Howdy, Why is it that my PB 1400 is puttering along at it's usual rate, but then suddenly completely stalls for 30-45 seconds. Acts like its right on the virge of hanging...but doesn't (if I have thepatience to wait for it to pick back up again). The bummer is that I have typed some things and

Re: Blackbird 520PPC

2004-08-13 Thread Dan K
Robert Gray, rgray at chesapeake dot net is having a posting problem and asked me: Would you do me a favor and post the message below just as it's written? Copy and paste. I've tried to post it over 12 times in the past three days and it keeps being reject with the common comment, 579

Re: Stalls

2004-08-13 Thread Brian
On Friday, August 13, 2004, at 09:15 PM, Ken Norris (dialup) wrote: Howdy, Why is it that my PB 1400 is puttering along at it's usual rate, but then suddenly completely stalls for 30-45 seconds. Acts like its right on the virge of hanging...but doesn't (if I have thepatience to wait for it to

Re: Stalls

2004-08-13 Thread Yersinia
Brian writes, Is this while you are connected to the internet, or not? If it is when you are not, be sure to turn off all stuff that helpfully tries to connect to the internet automatically. The time/date control panel, quicktime and other apple software updates, that sort of thing. That can