5300 into 5300ce transformation problems

Hello listers, I have recently acquired a dead 5300ce from which I scavenged the display assembly and have put it onto a working 5300 (that had a grayscale screen). The system booted right away and the bigger screen with active matrix really looks great. However, I have difficulties with the

Re: 5300 w/ Focus Lapis MV-16e video/ethernet combo card

Hello does anybody know which is the controller chip for the ethernet part of the Focus Lapis MV-16e combo card (that plugs in PDS of a Powerbook 5300)? I need to ascertain if it will work with Debian Woody Linux. Take a look here and see if there's anything useful you can discern.

5300 w/ Focus Lapis MV-16e video/ethernet combo card

Hello list, does anybody know which is the controller chip for the ethernet part of the Focus Lapis MV-16e combo card (that plugs in PDS of a Powerbook 5300)? I need to ascertain if it will work with Debian Woody Linux. Highest regards, Boris -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/

Re: SCSI to IDE converter

Hi I was told some powerbooks that used SCSI drives actually came with IDE drives with an adaptor. Can anyone confirm/deny this? I've got a roughly 1 GB SCSI drive in a Duo 280c, but given the difficulty I had in getting it (2 years ago now, I think), I may have gotten the last one in

Re: WiFi on a PB540c

Hi another thing I have noticed when using my souped-up 540c wirelessly. The 540c comes with an AAUI ethernet port which, with a transciever to RJ45 works just fine however I've noticed slow transfer speeds from/to network volume only about couple of dozens of KB/s or so. First I thought that

Re: need help with PB540c and wireless

Hi I've got an Orinoco Silver Wavelan card, a PPC ugpraded PB540c and a rev. C card cage. I downloaded Wavelan drivers ver 6.00.4 and installed them. The card was surely recognized at the restart but I haven't been able to access my wireless network. I think I should be able to choose the

need help with PB540c and wireless

Hello I've got an Orinoco Silver Wavelan card, a PPC ugpraded PB540c and a rev. C card cage. I downloaded Wavelan drivers ver 6.00.4 and installed them. The card was surely recognized at the restart but I haven't been able to access my wireless network. I think I should be able to choose the

Re: DVD for 1400?

Hi Hmm, which makes me wonder . . . would a FW DVD drive be able to play DVDs under X on a Wallstreet or Lombard _without_ using a cardbus decoder card? Hmmm . . . must. . . try . . . it . . . out . . . Sure, but not with Apple DVD player. You must use VLC (videolan client-free). Regards,

Re: file sharing between 7.5.3 and OS X

Hi I'd like to know if it is possible to exchange files between two computers - one running OS X 10.2.6 and the other Mac OS 7.5.3. The Simple. Turn on personal File Sharing in the system Preferences. The 7.5.3 system can access shared directories via the chooser, (you may have to update

file sharing between 7.5.3 and OS X

Hi I'd like to know if it is possible to exchange files between two computers - one running OS X 10.2.6 and the other Mac OS 7.5.3. The computers are both connected to the LAN and can both access the web. I guess I could use Personal Web Sharing to get stuff one way (X-7.5.3) but I was

Re: question re: 500-series processor upgrades

Hi I would like to verify with you fine fellas' fillies that the ONLY PPC upgrade for the Powerbook 500-series with the L2 cache was the 183mhz upgrade... I got a feller' in New Jersey trying to tell me that his 167mhz processor upgrade has an L2 cache (which [of course] he is trying to

PB 5xx list

Hello is there a list specifically for users of Powerbook 5xx series computers (i.e. BlackBirds)? I'm amazed on how many of those machines are still in use today. Regards, Boris -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com |

Battery rebuilding question / Powerbook 500 series

Hi listers I am about to rebuild a couple of Intelligent NiMh Batteries that are used in PowerBooks 500 series (520,540 and 550) that are not so intelligent anymore to hold a charge. I have found what seems to be a replacement type of cell batteries. They are a bit smaller (14 x 50 mm instead

Re: PB 5xx (PPC) 2 questions

Hi Having read the PowerBook 5xx PPC upgrade tech doc I am puzzled by following: RAM expansion: The processor upgrade card accepts a RAM expansion card with up to 56 MB, for a total of 64 MB of RAM. The RAM expansion card is the same as the one in an unmodified Macintosh PowerBook 500

Booting a PowerBook 540c from a CompactFlash

Hi list, I read on LEM web site an article about booting a Powerbook from a CompactFlash card (http://www.lowendmac.com/macdan/02/1114dk.html) with great interest. Although it specifically states that on a Powerbook 500 series it shouldn't work (it says: PowerBook 520/540/550 does not appear

Re: PowerBook 500 series RAM expansion

Hi list The method this time of using memory controller IC (plastic bonded explosive) is the addition which used the bank which among the banks which are prepared is not used. Well, let me put it this way: if you don't understand what has to be done from the Babelfish translation,

PowerBook 500 series RAM expansion

Hi folks, Someone posted a link that shows a 500 series Powerbook expanded to a 64 MB RAM. As it was in Japanese not many could read. For the ones that do not now here is a link that shows the translated version: http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/

Re: Poor network performance with PB 540c AAUI

Hi list, I have a PowerBook 540c that has the AAUI port built-in and the AAUI to RJ45 transciever. I was wondering what kind of performance should I expect on that setup? I don't think I get more than like 150 Kb/s maximum and more like 30-50 Kb/s. Would it make sense to get a different

PowerBook 520/540 100 MHz CPU upgrade

Hi Would anyone be interested in a CPU upgrade for the 500 series PowerBook? It's a 100 MHz 603e Apple CPU, works perfectly. Regards, Boris -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot

PowerBook 540c SCSI troubles

Hi listers, I've attached a HDI-30 adapter to the Powerbook and connected a SCSI ZIP drive and an old Yamaha SCSI CDE100 CD recording unit for reading CDs. I was surprised that none of both showed up on the desktop. Drive Setup showed both as devices (the Zip as hard drive the cdr as a WORM

PowerBook 540c upgrades

Hi listers, I was thinking on perhaps extending life on a Powerbook 540c I have so I'd ask you all to share your thoughts on these subjects, please? 1) cpu upgrade. My pbook has 100 mhz ppc 603e (Apple brand) with additional 8 mb memory as someone explained. How wise would it be to upgrade that

Re: PowerBook 540c addons

Hi I've able to upgrade it to 117 MHz 603e and to 40 Mb of RAM ... You must have one of the rare NewerTech cards with on-CPU RAM. Most have zero on-CPU RAM, so the maximum RAM on a PPC-upgraded 540 would be 32 MB. Do you have the proper NewerTech control panel installed? A 167 MHz NewerTech