Fwd: MacPPP help

2003-07-15 Thread Brian M
Hi All Just to close this thread in case someone notices later - Installed FreePPP 2.6 - problem fixed. Interestingly enough it's 'auto modem init' option gives me a modem model - wonder if I can trust it. Brian Hi Again I attempted to install the System Update 3.0 and Open Transport 1.11 on

Fwd: MacPPP help

2003-07-14 Thread Brian M
Hi Again I attempted to install the System Update 3.0 and Open Transport 1.11 on my PowerBook 160 OS 7.1 Everything appeared to go fine - but now that it's complete my MacPPP doesn't recognize my modem. Clicking the OPEN button gets 'Checking for modem - PPP wait timeout - Waiting on 'OK' The m

Dead 140 - revived - partially

2003-06-13 Thread Brian M
Afternoon All Turns out by using 'Battery Amnesia' on my 160 on the best battery of the three I have I got one up to about 5 minutes use. Lo and behold the 140 will boot from that battery! So - I have proven to my satisfaction that a 140 will not boot without a battery or with a very bad one.

Powerbook 160 OS and browser recommendations

2003-06-10 Thread Brian M
Afternoon All Thanks for the suggestions re the 140 - I have reset the power manager repeatedly and tried the other suggestions with no luck. Would the gentleman that offered me a couple of new boards contact me again? I've lost your info. I'm trying Battery Amnesia to revive the batteries I ha

Dead 140

2003-06-04 Thread Brian M
Afternoon all New poster I have a PowerBook 140 that (after sitting in a closet for a couple of years) won't boot up - no chimes, no drive whirr, nothin' either on battery or the cord or both. I have: - Tried three different main batteries and three different power cords. A PowerBook 160 will