Re: Where to find "QuickTimeLib-MakeImageDescriptionForEffect"?

2004-08-24 Thread Brian
What about gradual light (sunlight)? The cam will be under the porch roof, high enough to avoid the humidity and extreme cold (I hope). Thx Perhaps reread my post from a week or so ago :). It WILL trip as light changes. You can control a little bit how many pictures are taken by changing the se

Re: Where to find "QuickTimeLib-MakeImageDescriptionForEffect"?

2004-08-24 Thread Brian
On Tuesday, August 24, 2004, at 03:34 AM, George Mogiljansky wrote: I also believe that this cam can't be tweaked for sensitivity to motion. Would a serial color cam be a better choice, regardless of SW? George umm... you can tweek the Digital Radar software for sensitivity. The cam has nothing t

Re: Bronze Keyboard

2004-08-22 Thread Brian
ted no matter how "fringe" the correction looks when standing alone. Brian -- "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.&

Re: Possible to use two Connectix QuickCams using one PowerBook?

2004-08-18 Thread Brian
sed if X10 or Axis didn't make a cam that was motion-activated that would record to removeable media by now, but haven't seen one. That would be nice if it exists. HTH. Oh and a lot of cheap cameras, quickcams included, don't work well (no live image) near or below 32F, so

Re: Possible to use two Connectix QuickCams using one PowerBook?

2004-08-18 Thread Brian
On Tuesday, August 17, 2004, at 03:49 PM, George Mogiljansky wrote: I should have mentioned that I will be attempting to use either or both CoolCam and DigitalRadar apps. The camera(s) will only be activated (I'm hoping) when a certain set of conditions is met (probably involving night-time darknes

Re: Where to get PowerBook 1400 CD-ROM Module and PCMCIA SCSI card?

2004-08-17 Thread Brian
just about everything on the planet except Macintosh. <http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/support/ techspecs.jsp?sess=no&language=English+US&cat=%2FProduct%2FAPA- 1460D&prodkey=APA-1460D> Brian -- "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are

streaming Olympics onto 9.1/G3/1400?

2004-08-14 Thread Brian
neverending install of a VBR update for RealPlayer. Or just a 10 second splash stream for BBC Sport but no actual live content. To find the links I've been trying, see www.bbc.com and search for "streaming Olympics". Thanks for help! Brian -- -- PowerBooks is sponsored

Re: Stalls

2004-08-13 Thread Brian
used to have this happen a long time ago on my 6400 desktop, so guess you may be running 8.something? HTH. Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Camera

Re: faster then 57k serial connection on 1400?

2004-07-31 Thread Brian
I'll try that other app that was mentioned but it's like another hardware limitation of owning a 1400. Thanks, Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Dig

for listnannies was Re: faster then 57k serial connection on 1400?

2004-07-31 Thread Brian
On Saturday, July 31, 2004, at 06:32 PM, Brian wrote: once again, I've not seen the first one appear yet. Just a note, since the 30th, the mail headers show mail from maclaunch marked as "untrusted sender": --- Subject: MS intelli mouse explorer Reply-To: "G-List" <

Re: faster then 57k serial connection on 1400?

2004-07-31 Thread Brian
Thanks for the reply; I'll see if it's a Zterm limitation or one in the chipset (I suspect chipset). Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Camera

faster then 57k serial connection on 1400?

2004-07-31 Thread Brian
he highest rate is ghosted... Is the serial really that limited on the 1400 chipset, or can I do something to connect at the higher rate? Thanks, Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | --

faster then 57k serial connection on 1400?

2004-07-31 Thread Brian
n the 1400 chipset, or can I do something to connect at the higher rate? Thanks, Brian -- 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: G3 powerbooks explained?

2004-07-28 Thread Brian Andrews
That is a good page. Here is another reference: http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/ Also check the specific channels on the right side at http;//www.lowendmac.com On Jul 28, 2004, at 9:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Look at wegenermedia's site --they carry a fairly good explanation, and th

Re: Maximum HD size for a PB3400

2004-06-25 Thread Brian Braunschweiger
e not ever going to have it in SCSI disk mode then as far as I know there is no limit. Brian -- Brian Braunschweiger "The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make us wonder at the possibility that there may be somethi

Re: Wireless 550c

2004-06-24 Thread Brian
bout 50min. HTH. Brian -- "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -- Theodore Roosevelt, speaking on President W

230 duo question

2004-06-24 Thread Brian Mahoney
My 230 won't run when inserted n the dock. The dock powers up, at least the PS fan spins, and it accepts the 230 by slowly drawing it in when inserted. But there is a little kind of 'ping' sound at that point and that's it. If I push the power button, there is the same 'brrriip' sound and nothing.

Re: quickcam, capture SW

2004-06-20 Thread Brian
.8, Mail.app, text only, and I highly doubt my char set switched... Thanks, Brian -- "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American publi

quickcam, capture SW

2004-06-19 Thread Brian
puter recognition of things like that seems to be focussed on calling a triangle a triangle 3 out of 5 times :) never mind that the QuickCAM was doing something like that in real time almost 10 years ago... Anyway thoughts on either welcome! Thanks, Brian -- -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <

Re: Networking on a Powerbook 145

2004-06-15 Thread Brian
) for desktops it should be OK. IIRC IPNR has a long demo so you can futz with it for a while. You would then connect via MacIP option on the 145. I think the 145 should have that capability. HTH. Brian -- "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are

Re: PB 1400 networking hell

2004-06-13 Thread Brian
and Apple has new softwore for you to install. Do you have that password? It all should work if you are connecting via AppleshareIP, using the "serverIP" feature of the chooser. I think that came out in 8.6... HTH, keep thinking about what you have set up, it should work. Brian -- "To

Re: Bad hard drive

2004-05-29 Thread Brian Andrews
I'm pretty sure this is the Wallstreet I because I believe it has a 13.3" screen--I haven't measured it but that is what the seller listed. The II only came in the 14" and special edition 12", right? And would the machine boot and run for a while with an incompatible processor card (like mine

Re: Bad hard drive

2004-05-28 Thread Brian Andrews
this all should be compatible with OS 8.5, right? This is not a 3rd party processor card--it's an Apple part. Any ideas? On May 28, 2004, at 9:10 AM, Brian Andrews wrote: I need help. I' m very new to Macs. Just got a Wallstreet from eBay. First time I turned it on it didn't

Bad hard drive

2004-05-28 Thread Brian Andrews
I need help. I' m very new to Macs. Just got a Wallstreet from eBay. First time I turned it on it didn't get past the OS 9.2 splash screen. Second time it did boot and I launched IE. The some icons on the desktop started to disappear and a message said that my disk was damaged. Now when I

[OT] Texas: local support needed

2004-05-24 Thread Brian
lcome. Some students are doing biology field work , a couple hours out of Laredo or so in the middle of nowhere, laptop died, hard to get email or phone access, etc etc. If someone here knows the area please email me off-list; Thanks, Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.c

Re: powerbooks and generator power

2004-05-24 Thread Brian
companies that make high end UPS's always have good technical info. It's been 4? 5? years since I really researched it (but funny, when I read that stuff I always ended up wanting a $5000 solution :) Brian -- "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we

Re: Series 1xx Powerbooks

2004-05-12 Thread Brian
On Wednesday, May 12, 2004, at 10:52 PM, Daniel De L'eau wrote: Apple only makes system 7.0.1 available. For 7.1 you can try the following: oops, sorry I read his request incorrectly. Brian -- "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to st

Re: Series 1xx Powerbooks

2004-05-12 Thread Brian
a few ways to get the install done. Holler if you need more of a how-to. The web site above has some tips, too. Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras st

Re: PB1400 G3 question

2004-05-12 Thread Brian
(also test with a minimal extension set just in case), testing the RAM thing, then calling Sonnet, then look for a mainboard (should be possible for about $40 if you lurk a bit on ebay) is the troubleshooting ritual I would follow. HTH. Let us know when you fix it. Brian -- "To announce that

Re: PB1400 wireless

2004-05-07 Thread Brian
e's a way to get it going... Brian -- "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -- Theodore Roosevelt, speaking

Re: PB1400 wireless

2004-05-06 Thread Brian
If he physically got the card into the PCMCIA slot, then it must be 16bit, non-cardbus, for a cardbus card wouldnt fit without modification. hmm... that's a good point. Why is it such a pain to pull up specs for Orinoco products? FWIW, though, the IOExperts driver won't work with that model,

Re: PB1400 wireless

2004-05-06 Thread Brian
I am looking to untether my PB1400 and go wireless. Read thru some of the archives and did some googling. Bought a Proxim (Orinoco) Gold PC card, model 8420-WD. Downloaded the Orinoco drivers and installed. My home network router already has a wireless access point built in. Where did you get t

Re: Faster hard drive

2004-05-02 Thread Brian
27;s yourself to see what the power difference might be. The only question I have is if the 8 meg drives might not work well; the 2 meg ones work fine. 20gig is a nice size, but I wish it were larger now. It took me a couple years to fill it to this point though. HTH. Brian -- -- PowerBooks is

Re: OSX on 1400

2004-05-01 Thread Brian
On Saturday, May 1, 2004, at 09:07 PM, Ken Norris wrote: If I used RAM doubler, would there be any chance of running OSX on a 1400? TIA, Ken N. Nope. B -- "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatri

Re: question about "The (b) (g) 's !!"

2004-05-01 Thread Brian
On Saturday, May 1, 2004, at 07:37 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can a 802.11b wireless setup (as in my 3400c) work in a 802.11g "hotspot?" Can some (g)-spots (Hey! I HAD TO!) work with 802.11b wifi cards, and some cannot? What about 802.11(b) areas? Can (g) cards work with them? All this stuff

Re: newer hard drives don't fit older powerbooks?

2004-04-25 Thread Brian
On Sunday, April 25, 2004, at 11:36 AM, Andrew Kershaw wrote: As far as I know, the 3400c has the newer mounting screw configuration, so any drive made recently should fit just fine. The 5300, 190, and 2300 (don't know about the 1400) have the mount points in the wrong spot. It is possible to

Re: (1400 updates)

2004-04-19 Thread Brian
On Monday, April 19, 2004, at 05:40 PM, KG wrote: If you like the PowerBook and it does everything you need to do, and just needs a kick in the pants speed-wise, it's very worth it. The 1400 is a fine machine once it's been modernized with a G3. If you think you might need more, or if you think

Re: Appletalk errors (corrupt extension or ?? )

2004-04-14 Thread Brian
ds without telling it. And, I'm not sure why replaced prefs and cdevs extensions etc still didn't fix things... Brian -- "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic an

summary page for WAPs

2004-04-13 Thread Brian
one seen a page like that? thanks, Brian -- "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -- Theodore Roosevelt, s

Re: 1400 CD drive options?

2004-04-13 Thread Brian
On Tuesday, April 13, 2004, at 04:36 PM, Dan K wrote: Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asks: Is there any way yet to put a faster or -RW drive in a 6X carrier? The last I read you could put a 24X -RW drive in, but only if you had the 12X CD module to start with. And that concurs with the guy

Appletalk errors (corrupt extension or ?? )

2004-04-13 Thread Brian
the powerbook but you've heard me gripe about external SCSI on these things before... Thanks for thoughts; Brian -- "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile,

Re: 1400 CD drive options?

2004-04-13 Thread Brian
(tiny) SCSI drive, that burns at 1X, I guess I'll keep using that for portable Cd options (it's a cute drive, -RW, Ricoh MP8040SE- works with Toast 5, I've been meaning to try it with an older version of Toast since v5 won't show the progress indicator properly). Thanks, B

1400 CD drive options?

2004-04-12 Thread Brian
tart with. And that concurs with the guy who is always selling the 24X -RW internals on ebay... Thanks for thoughts; Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Camer

Re: HP LaserJet 4ML printing (Was Re: )

2004-04-11 Thread Brian
On Sunday, April 11, 2004, at 11:18 AM, Cameron Kaiser wrote: Actually, this isn't true either, especially for older assemblies. Laser paper is supposed to have an imperceptible curl to compensate for the curl introduced by the fuser. Wh Some types of fancy inkjet paper still has additives on on

Re: HP LaserJet 4ML printing (Was Re: )

2004-04-11 Thread Brian
On Saturday, April 10, 2004, at 02:01 PM, Bill Judson wrote: he top/front of the wrappers are the top. Now which way do I place it in the tray so that the top side will get printed on? The little hieroglyphs on the plastic tray don't seem to say. Thanx, I think she means, "don't reuse your pape

Re: Re(2): PB1400 Questions

2004-04-07 Thread Brian
On Wednesday, April 7, 2004, at 09:11 PM, Cowboyj wrote: oes yours happen to have a CPU upgrade? Mine does, so I was wondering if the difference in power draw would affect performance. Maybe? Actually if you look in the archives, many people say the battery life goes way UP with the G3 upgrade-

Re: 5300 scsi cdrom

2004-04-01 Thread Brian
On Thursday, April 1, 2004, at 09:39 PM, Ben wrote: Hello! I have a 5300cs and I am trying to use a scsi cdrom with it. It is running 8.1, 8mb ram, 758 mb hd. When I plug the scsi in, it won't say that the cdrom is plugged in. I rebooted several times. Could it be because the cdrom drive has

Re: RealPlayer for Duo 2300c?

2004-03-27 Thread Brian
On Saturday, March 27, 2004, at 11:27 AM, Andrew Kershaw wrote: Oh man, I can't even relate how much I'm jonesing for a 2100! ;-) But I've already been given a Visor, I bought an MP 130 late last year, and I've got two eMates on the way right now... So the 2100 will have to wait... hmm.. if yo

Re: RealPlayer for Duo 2300c?

2004-03-27 Thread Brian
On Saturday, March 27, 2004, at 02:30 AM, Andrew Kershaw wrote: Anyway, NPR streams their programming via Real Audio. I downloaded version 5, but it won't see the ".smil" as a valid Real Audio file, and hence won't play the stream. Don't give up on streaming mp3, (although I don't know if ther

Re: Eudora Yahoo

2004-03-22 Thread Brian
native IMO. Again, you do not have to pay to check Eudoramail.com via webmail OR POP3 clients (such as Eudora). HTH. Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras

Re: Eudora Yahoo

2004-03-22 Thread Brian
On Monday, March 22, 2004, at 01:37 PM, Daniel De L'eau wrote: I've been trying to set up Eudora Lite to pick up my Yahoo mail, but after seeming to connect (there is an IP address displayed, and it says retrieving mail) it just hangs, and after getting bored I just hit the STOP button. What am I

Re: PowerBook Plastics

2004-03-09 Thread Brian
27;t waste your time. The only solvent which is effective is an "activated" form of MEK. Available at better hobby shops as "Ambroid". Thanks, MEK is definitely the right answer, mental typo... Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog E

Re: PowerBook Plastics

2004-03-08 Thread Brian
h better on ebay,for case plastics if you are not in a hurry. HTH. Brian -- 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! | Support Low

Re: Dead serial port on PB 1400

2004-03-07 Thread Brian
On Sunday, March 7, 2004, at 12:41 PM, Spencer Carter wrote: I saw it die during a "communication" with a serial printer. I've double checked using another printer and also a modem. Anyone have a clue how big a job this will be to fix by someone who knows what they're doing? It's likely imposs

5300c - dark LCD and sticky power

2004-03-07 Thread Brian Andrews
I have a 5300c that I'm hacking up into a digital picture frame. I have 2 problems right now. First, when I boot up the machine the LCD is dark--almost completely. I have to press the up brightness button to get the LCD to come to life. This is not going to work because this button is going

Re: IE browser for powerbook 5300 and OS8.1?

2004-03-07 Thread Brian
On Sunday, March 7, 2004, at 04:31 PM, Andrew Kershaw wrote: iCab works, but only just. For a truly pleasant and modern browsing experience, I just can't recommend it. It is going to be a hard world for Macs and browsing once IE5 gets a little older and the standards shift just a touch more.

Re: Orinoco problem

2004-03-07 Thread Brian
On Sunday, March 7, 2004, at 03:57 PM, Tom and Lisa P wrote: Do people enter the "0x" string before each key number with the 7.2 drivers ? I should note that the netgear wireless router generates the hex keys but doesnt display the "0x" part. I haven't had to set this up in ages, it's all "jus

Re: 1400 RAM Question

2004-02-13 Thread Brian
On Friday, February 13, 2004, at 09:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any other comments? I've always found Sonnet extremely responsive, give them a call and see what they can suggest for testing and/or replacement. Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and...

Re: To Any Small Dog sales folk: PB 190 SCSI cable

2004-02-13 Thread Brian
seen (IMO) than the dock cable. And they do double-duty. I assume this is the original stock 190 HD so that you don't have to worry about the size restrictions for SCSI dock mode... HTH. Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electron

Re: Virtual PC on a 1400

2004-02-11 Thread Brian
On Wednesday, February 11, 2004, at 09:19 PM, William Barnett-Lewis wrote: Couple of things - which version are you trying to use? And how much physical RAM do you have on the 1400? VPC is a very resource hungry application. It really needs a minimum of 64mb of real ram and it really needs a G3

Re: Virtual PC on a 1400

2004-02-11 Thread Brian
On Wednesday, February 11, 2004, at 11:29 AM, Jim Lucas wrote: I want to put Virtual PC on my PB 1400, but the installer says that itneeds 64 megs of RAM. I have a flash card I am using for virtual memory. Is there a way to install Virtual PC anyways? If I hook the PB up as a SCSI disk to my de

Re: Attaching a SCSI CD-Rom to a 5300 - need instructions for buddy

2004-02-08 Thread Brian
On Sunday, February 8, 2004, at 10:26 PM, George Mogiljansky wrote: I remember the 5300 PB model has problems with external SCSI devices or not? George In my hands, I found the 5300 an incredible PITA with regard to SCSI externals, yes. I have an old 1X Apple CD-ROM external that I keep for the

Re: Attaching a SCSI CD-Rom to a 5300 - need instructions for buddy

2004-02-08 Thread Brian
On Sunday, February 8, 2004, at 08:38 PM, Michael Druckenmiller Jr. wrote: That's the hardware you will need, I think the only software you need is the cd-roms extension, which should be installed already. You can find little SCSI Apple external drives cheaply many places that sell used stuff,

Re: Newbie Issues with Duo 2300c

2004-02-04 Thread Brian Andrews
Malcolm, Thanks. How can I free up more memory? I'm running RAM Doubler already with 20mb physical so that gets me to 40mb. Should I close some extensions? If so, how exactly do I do that? On Feb 3, 2004, at 7:30 PM, Malcolm Cornelius wrote: on 04/02/04 00:12, Brian Andrews at [

Newbie Issues with Duo 2300c

2004-02-03 Thread Brian Andrews
this? I'm new to these older Mac OS. Thanks, Brian -- 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! | Support Low End Mac <htt

Firewire on 3400 (was WiFi card freezing my 3400)

2004-02-03 Thread Brian Braunschweiger
At 3:28 PM -0500 02/03/2004, PowerBooks wrote: Can't help with WiFi, but have you tried FireWire on your 3400? I'm looking for someone to swap notes with before I try this. USB is fine so far. Nope. I have no need of Firewire on my PB. Can't be of help. sorry. Brian -- Brian

WiFi card freezing my 3400

2004-02-02 Thread Brian Braunschweiger
advance for any and all help I receive. Brian -- Brian Braunschweiger If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon P

Re: Powerbook 1400 SD card

2004-02-01 Thread Brian
ich is why the PCCard adapters are so cheap for CF. Smartmedia and SD/MMC etc the IDE controller is in the PC Card adapter so it's more $. Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | --

Re: fixing up a pb 1400c

2004-01-31 Thread Brian
tabs that you can solder right into your 1400 pack. I have some cells left from another project and I've been meaning to do it on my spare (very dead) 1400 battery, but I HATE opening plastic things and have put this task off for a long time now. Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by &

Re: fixing up a pb 1400c

2004-01-28 Thread Brian
able to get the older drivers to work on 8.1). The $100 you'll have to spill for the battery, otoh, isn't quite as much fun. You can refurb your own for about $40 in cells from BatteriesPlus, but it takes a little soldering. B -- -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... S

48 meg card for 1400?

2004-01-28 Thread Brian
would sure be nice, though. thanks, Brian -- -- 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! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowe

Re: Best 68k Powerbook?

2004-01-26 Thread Brian
ssing this port, you could use them. Asante still had all the info and drivers for these on their site, last I looked. Anyway ethernet isn't necessarily a limiting factor, the way I see it. They can all do it using this route. Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.

Re: Hard Drive Space (was Re: Newbie, couple questions...)

2004-01-25 Thread Brian
oBorg apps the prior owner had I have 4 gig of digital photos from 2+ years of holiday trips, on my 1400/G3/20gig. I unload my smartmedia cards onto it, so I Can keep taking pictures. Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.s

Re: Newbie, couple questions...

2004-01-24 Thread Brian
On Saturday, January 24, 2004, at 02:37 PM, Michael Druckenmiller Jr. wrote: I was just given A Power Book 5300CE with OS 8.0 on it. Everything works fine. I want to know what is the latest Mac OS that will run on this machine without too much los How much RAM is on it? Brian -- PowerBooks

Re: drivers needed

2004-01-19 Thread Brian
me out ? Actually, IIRC, if you get the update, it is really the full installer. Give it a try. Someone will holler if I'm wrong, I'm sure. I'm reasonably confident that is correct- I have the GV Platinum modem/ethernet card and can recall being worried about that sam

Re: Sonnet G3 & Orinoco 802.11b in 1400?

2004-01-11 Thread Brian
way to be able to run it. Brian -- 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! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com

Re: 3400c hdd stall

2003-12-20 Thread Brian
On Friday, December 19, 2003, at 11:25 PM, Eric Hopkins wrote: The chill of this Appalachian pre-winter seems to have crept into my hardware. I am experiencing an occasional phenomenon wherein my 3400c's internal hdd will suddenly spin down, while I am working, followed by a short and somewhat

Re: 1400 RAM Question

2003-12-14 Thread Brian
On Sunday, December 14, 2003, at 01:10 AM, Jonathan Metts wrote: I have recently gotten my hands on a 9.1 CD, so i will be doing a full format and reinstall. While I am at it, might as well do a zero all data since 750MB shouldn't take that long. I have not given up hope just yet, but if it do

Re: 1400 RAM Question

2003-12-13 Thread Brian
On Saturday, December 13, 2003, at 06:38 PM, Illovox Media wrote: on 12/13/03 3:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This too I suspect is because the Op systems that are best are 8.1 and 9.1 8.0 < 8.1 < 8.5.1 < 9.x < 8.6, IMHO. 9.x uses too much precious RAM. 8.6 is the most st

Re: Good freeware/shareware firewall for OS 9.x?

2003-12-13 Thread Brian
On Friday, December 12, 2003, at 11:08 PM, Robert Eye wrote: Well, using Version Tracker (http://www.versiontracker.com/macos) I found: Intego NetBarrier (commercial), which has gotten some good reviews in the Mac press. IPNetRouter, which can be set up as a firewall (but does a whole lot more

Re: Crappage...PB1400

2003-12-09 Thread Brian
On Tuesday, December 9, 2003, at 08:12 PM, Ken Norris wrote: Hello Brian, Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 21:12:06 -0500 Subject: Re: Crappage...PB1400 From: Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It doesn't really matter which mainboard you get as long as you have a G3 update installed, the G3 update sup

Re: Crappage...PB1400

2003-12-08 Thread Brian
ttern. Thus, I am not happified. That's the extent of my rant, though. I'd just like to figure out what the problem is and if it's feasable to fix. Brian The connector that you see can indeed get damaged; you cannot easily replace just the connector but you can sometimes find 1400 mai

recording audio with a 1400

2003-11-26 Thread Brian
king to a line out- would that kill my little mic jack? I'm picking up a bunch of tapes 'cos I'm pretty sure that's the only way I can do it. Thanks for thoughts; Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://ww

Re: Booting my 5300cs from a CF card - success!! (was Re: 5300 ???)

2003-11-21 Thread Brian
On Friday, November 21, 2003, at 01:33 AM, Robert Eye wrote: Anyway, my PB 5300cs now seems to be bootable from a CF card! Now to get a larger card than the 128 MB I have - it barley holds the stripped System Folder with no apps. I guess I misjudged the size I would need. Oh, well, the 128 MB CF

Re: 5300 ???

2003-11-15 Thread Brian
t work. Yet it intermittently fails on the 5300. It's a older Sandisk 64meg CF. The Pc card adapter is just wires, no logic, but something coule be noisy or with tht too I suppose and cause problems. So Bob should trot out and spend more $ :) Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <htt

Re: 5300 ???

2003-11-14 Thread Brian
On Friday, November 14, 2003, at 10:20 PM, William Wiseman wrote: How different is the 5300 as compared to the 1400? I did this to my 1400 and I have had no problems with 8.6 and 9.1. My current configuration is a 256 MB CF card with a clean install of 8.6. I removed unused The 5300 is a differ

Re: 1400cs...headache

2003-11-14 Thread Brian
On Friday, November 14, 2003, at 04:55 PM, nathan wrote: on 11/14/03 11:39 PM, Illovox Media at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, that's the perfect solution. Use FreePPP. -- FreePPP errors out with error 71011 on install.. D/l'ed twice, samething.. guess I need 8.5 When you did the 8.0 install wa

Re: 1400cs issues

2003-11-13 Thread Brian
On Thursday, November 13, 2003, at 06:36 AM, nathan wrote: on 11/13/03 12:49 PM, Illovox Media at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: cratch. It will result in a cleaner, more fun upgrade experience. Load yor saved date. Carry on. problem is I just bought a copy of 8.0, I don't want to have to turn a

DIY cable shielding?

2003-11-11 Thread Brian
d spend it on SCSI cables :) for the shielding but I'm not always going to have this set up and certainly didn't want to drop the money a real KVM switchbox would cost (about $140 at CompuUSA for all the bits). $9 switchbox and $4 cables fit the need. Thanks, Brian -- PowerBooks i

Re: compact flash and 1400's

2003-11-08 Thread Brian
aight to your laptop, which is mostly what I use mine for. Let us know how you perceive your improvement! Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras st

Civilization I on PPC?

2003-11-04 Thread Brian
Anyone have Civilization I working on 9.1 PPC? (G3). It locks up just after the splash screen, for me. Might it just need one o the old FPU-emulators from way back when? B -- -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | E

Re: Re: TV Tuner or Video in for a PB 1400?

2003-10-31 Thread Brian Dinger
> on 9/7/03 2:13 PM, Brian Dinger at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Just wondering if there's any way to have Video in on a PB 1400, or perhaps >> a tv tuner (thru PCMCIA??? I don't know). Anybody??? TIA, -Brian >> > > > Did you find your solution?

Re: Click of Death?

2003-10-30 Thread Brian
>I just bought some zip 100s. I just read about this "click of death." >What is it? Is there prevention? Is it a common problem? Actual media damage that takes out multiple drive is likely rare. Carts that go click click click as they have bad/damaged sector info happens rather frequently.

1400 and wireless- not working

2003-10-29 Thread Brian
owing up as "ethernet" or "alternate ethernet" in the TCP/IP panel? I have not had to work with this for so long I can't recall :) I only have an ethernet option, no "alternate ethernet" at this time. Thanks, Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <

Re: Zip problem

2003-10-27 Thread Brian
>> >>>Has anyone tried to revive these disks by degaussing them? Would this solve >>>the problem? >I have to say, the degaussing thing made me laugh. No, that's not a >problem. Is it just one cart of many you have, and the rest work? I guess I should have said "not a problem causing the CLICKS"

Re: Zip problem

2003-10-27 Thread Brian
n is provided in the old Mac versions, for testing/reporting condition/formatting vs testing etc. IIRC. HTH. Holler if something gets resolved. Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win

Re: LaserWriter II nt

2003-10-04 Thread Brian
has forums, parts, and little repair videos. Highly recommended. Brian -- 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! | S

Re: PB 100 list

2003-09-28 Thread Brian
>Has the PB 100 list disappeared or else? > >Ben If you mean the list run from Stanford, I think it's gone; I was on it, just tried to post but the list address bounced. It has had very very minimal traffic; I think I am one of the more frequent posters in the last 2 years and I didn't post much

1400cs to 1400c

2003-09-25 Thread Brian
in good shape; I have to check it out. Thanks, Brian -- 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! | Support Low End

Re: Ethernet PC Card for PowerBook 1400c

2003-09-23 Thread Brian
ng fees, kinda ruin the point of a cheap card. Brian -- 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! | Support Low End Mac &l

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