Files get bloated copying to 3400c

2006-01-31 Thread Matthew S. Carpenter
Hi, I'm not really sure which list this should go in. I have an odd problem with my PB 3400c. I currently have it runing OS 9.1 with an Orinoco wireless card.. .hard drive is 40GB, 144MB of RAM, VM is dissabled: I copy a folder that is just over 100MB from my G4 to the PB3400 over Apple

Re: Files get bloated copying to 3400c

2006-01-31 Thread Matthew S. Carpenter
Matthew S. Carpenter wrote: 906.9GB folder. Ahem, did I say 906.9GB? I meant 906.9MB. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! |

Re: Files get bloated copying to 3400c

2006-01-31 Thread Brian McEwen
The old non-HFS+ filesystem wastes a ton of space if you have a small file, the minimum block size is comparatively large on the old filesystem format. On Jan 31, 2006, at 5:11 AM, Matthew S. Carpenter wrote: copy a folder that is just over 100MB from my G4 to the PB3400 over Apple

Re: Files get bloated copying to 3400c

2006-01-31 Thread Brian McEwen
On Jan 31, 2006, at 10:03 AM, Matthew S. Carpenter wrote: Brian McEwen wrote: The old non-HFS+ filesystem wastes a ton of space if you have a small file, the minimum block size is comparatively large on the old filesystem format. Oh! I didn't reformat the drive when I upgraded the

ibook / Powebook g3 pdq

2006-01-31 Thread Raymond Boger
does the clamshell ibook (firewire) use the same powerplug as the powerbook wallstreet rev 2 -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! |

Re: ibook / Powebook g3 pdq

2006-01-31 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 31, 2006, at 9:37 AM, Raymond Boger wrote: does the clamshell ibook (firewire) use the same powerplug as the powerbook wallstreet rev 2 Yes. -- Bruce Johnson This is the sig who says 'Ni!' -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Kanga to 3400c mb swap?

2006-01-31 Thread Sean Durkin
Any success stories out there of swapping mobo from a kanga to a 3400c? Any other mobos that would fit a 3400c? Thanks! Sean -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras

Re: Kanga to 3400c mb swap?

2006-01-31 Thread Fabian Fang
On Jan 31, 2006, at 10:08 AM, Sean Durkin wrote: Any success stories out there of swapping mobo from a kanga to a 3400c? Any other mobos that would fit a 3400c? I have two PowerBook 3400c with Kanga logic boards. Back in late 1998, not long after Apple had officially discontinued the

Re: ibook / Powebook g3 pdq

2006-01-31 Thread GalBros
In a message dated 1/31/06 11:39:33 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: does the clamshell ibook (firewire) use the same powerplug as the powerbook wallstreet rev 2 Yes, and the same 45w adapter also, although either can use a lesser powered 24w adapter (from Powerbook Duo 210-270c) or a 36w

Re: Kanga to 3400c mb swap?

2006-01-31 Thread GalBros
In a message dated 1/31/06 1:08:34 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Any success stories out there of swapping mobo from a kanga to a 3400c? Any other mobos that would fit a 3400c? Thanks! I have done this swap; apart from what's already been mentioned, regarding some parts possibly not being

Re: Files get bloated copying to 3400c

2006-01-31 Thread Dan K
Alsoft's PlusMakerĀ http://www.alsoft.com/PlusMaker/index.html Does work great though at $30-for-a-onetime-job it might make more sense for you to just wipe the drive and start over. dan k . http://macdan.n3.net/ carracho://dankephoto.dhs.org:9700

Cleaning a display?

2006-01-31 Thread Matthew S. Carpenter
Hey... the longer I have this PowerBook 3400 the more things I notice I want to change. Anyway... there's some dirt on the screen that the duster didn't get off and I was wondering what substances you clean an LCD screen on a PowerBook with without damaging it. -Matt -- PowerBooks is

Re: Cleaning a display?

2006-01-31 Thread Noah Wood
I usually just get a soft piece of paper towel and dab one end with a little windex and wipe it off, works on my 1400, then it dries without need to wipe again. As for getting into corners like what I'm guessing you want to do, I'm not so sure there. On 1/31/06, Matthew S. Carpenter [EMAIL

Re: Cleaning a display?

2006-01-31 Thread Brian McEwen
On Jan 31, 2006, at 10:56 PM, Noah Wood wrote: I usually just get a soft piece of paper towel and dab one end with a little windex and wipe it off, works on my 1400, then it dries without need to wipe again. As for getting into corners like what I'm guessing you want to do, I'm not so sure