Re: 5300 and Pismo not talking

It wasn't a crossover cable. Thanks, Bruce, for the suggestion. -- -Dan -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Ma

Re: 5300 and Pismo not talking

By the way, I'm mentioning OSX because I decided to try it, rather than boot into 9.2., I wasn't trying to do all of this in classic mode... -- -Dan -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon Power

Re: 5300 and Pismo not talking

Thanks for the response. I know what you mean, but unless the PC card is in the card slot, that option does not appear in the menu anyway. I have just plain "ethernet" selected. One other clue, and, being a newbie on OSX I didn't know to check it, is in the Network Preference panel, in "Show

5300 and Pismo not talking

I thought that a newer mac could talk to an older mac using a crossover cable, so I must be doing something wrong. Here's the scenario: 5300 - OS 8.1, Open Transport 1.3.1, TCP/IP switched to Alternate Ethernet and DHCP configuration, AppleTalk set to Alternate Ethernet, Apple Talk Active, File

Re: Help! OS 8.6

I had trouble with an older version of Open Transport that didn't go away when the 8.6 version was installed. Endless confusion and restarts, but that seemed to be the cause. -- Dan5300c -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.c

Re: Trackpad vs. Mouse (was Re: 5300c question)

I use a Kensington TurboMouse Trackball. The only problem is that my wrist bends more and on a backward angle compared to the trackpad. But generally I find it faster to use. Someone said that tappable trackpads are quieter than mouse clicks. Used to be true on my trackball until my stepson br

Fonts Organizing

I have a collection of fonts from various hard drives that I'd like to organize, all in their separate "Fonts" folders. I'd like to make sure I have the newest versions of each font set. I'd also like to make sure that I have all of the bitmap fonts from one "courier new" suitcase alongside al

Speed Doubler 8.1.1 update

Does anyone know where to get the 8.1.1 (or 8.1.2 ?) update for Speed Doubler 8? I can't seem to find a download anywhere on the net since Connectix disappeared. -- Dan5300c -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter

text browsers update

Well, MacLynx worked quite well for about 28 hours, then eBay changed to Secure Sign in only, and now I can't use it! I guess 3400's are about the cost of this 5300 a year and a half ago; time to upgrade -- Dan5300c -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Ele

text browsers

What's the best text browser that includes the ability to fill in forms? Are there any? I use dial up on my 5300 and I can't stand dealing with ebay, it just takes too long to load using IE 5.1, even with pictures turned off. I have been able to use Wannabe PPC for a good deal of browsing on

Re: 5300cs question

Listers, Still working with my new to me 5300cs and was wondering about something.. Are the 100mhz versions of this laptop plagued by the same un-Godly slowness of the 1400cs? I ask, because my 280c starts up almost twice as fast as the 5300 running the same os (7.6.1), and I've str

Re: Floppy Disk Maker

I recently bought a 5300ce/117 with OS 8.1, apparently upgraded from OS 7.xx. The user's manual makes reference to Floppy Disk Maker which is no longer on this PB and which I cannot find anywhere. Do I really need it? If so, does anyone know where I can find a copy? Thanks, Larry -- I think

Re: Powerbook 5300

I recently acquired a powerbook 5300 with 48 megs of ram. What is everyones system and web browser recommendations for this system? It seems to be a pretty solid powerbook with none of the common road apple problems and I would really like to get the most I can out of using it. Thanks Doug Better

Re: 5300 & 8.6 TIA

I'm running 8.6 on my 5300c, and it works much more reliably than 7.6.1 in my experience, although it takes up lots more memory and disk space. I transferred all of my hard disk info from my old 7500, which is where I originally installed 8.6. My installation CD was also meant for G3 only, and it d

VST hard drive replacement

Can the hard drive in a VST module for a 5300 be replaced with a larger drive? -- Dan5300c -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! |

Re: 5300 & DSL or G4 and Dial-Up?

I'm using a PlatinumPro card on my 5300. All I need do is hook a network cable from the dongle to the DSL modem, right? I suppose I could lug it to the nearest coffee shop with internet access and try it there... I use my 5300 with a DSL line - don't expect a huge amount of speed increase sin

5300 & DSL or G4 and Dial-Up?

Lucky me, I might be able to upgrade my computer, so I was weighing the best cost/speed options. To start, I was able to try out a 600MHz Compaq Presario 1400 (nice, but dual-scan and I still don't like PC's) for a couple of days on my dial-up connection and noticed a considerable increase in s

Re: formatting drives

Thanks! For >ATA/IDE drives, use Drive Setup. Version 1.3 and later support most third >party drives >without hacking. For a bit more information listing known compatible and >incompatible >drives, see: > >http://www.lowendmac.com/drivesetup.shtml > >Just because your drive is not listed as comp

Re: formatting scsi drives

Alternatively, you can use free formatting tools that are agnostic right out of the box. Aha, so will La Cie's Silverlining setup work (if I'm too lazy to look for the patch)? Also, these are ATA, not scsi, drives in the 5300; does that change your answer? -- Dan5300c -- PowerBooks is sponso

IBM formatted hard drive

1) If I take an IBM formatted drive and drop it into my 5300, then start from an external hard drive, I should be able to use Apple's drive setup to format it for Mac, right? 2) Dan5300c -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.sma

Re: Series 1xx Powerbooks

>On Wednesday, May 12, 2004, at 08:18 PM, Shaun Howell wrote: > >> on 5/12/04 6:50 PM, David Grogan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> Greetings -- >>> >>> I have a few vintage Powerbooks that I am about to donate to a local >>> church. Couple of questions: >>> >>> 1. Does anyone know where i can

USB PC cards

Can a USB PC card be used (successfully) on a 5300? Dan5300c -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Ma

Keyboards

I realize this is more of a g3 list question, but since the subject came up, is the Bronze keyboard the same as the Mainstreet/Wallstreets? Plus, are the old 170, 145b and the like keyboards better than the 520, 5300,3400 keyboards? I've never used one. Dan5300c -- PowerBooks is sponsored

Re: Faster hard drive

>> > Isn't that a desktop drive? Can't fit a 3.5 inch drive in a 2.5 inch >> opening. You could probably find an old 6GB drive from a Pismo for >> cheap to put into the 5300. > >He's right, a 4400 drive will not fit a laptop, unless you were using a >2.5" laptop drive in a desktop with a little ada

Re: Faster hard drive

>Keep in mind that the 5300 can only work with hard drives in PIO >Mode-4. That should give a grand total of some 16 or so MB/s under >ideal conditions. Combined with the fact that the 5300 can't do any >DMA (direct memory access) of any sort, has a very slow system bus >(33 MHz) and a pokey CPU

Faster hard drive

I'm sending this message again, I don't know if it made it last time: I'd like to install a faster hard drive in my 5300c (currently under 4000rpm). Has anyone experienced excessive heat problems or power requirement problems with a faster hard drive? -Dan Dan5300c -- PowerBooks is spons

Heat issues w/faster hard drive

I'd like to install a faster hard drive in my 5300c (currently under 4000rpm). Has anyone experienced excessive heat problems or power requirement problems with a faster hard drive? -Dan Dan5300c -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp:

Re: Eudora Yahoo

So is there no way to check Yahoo or Hotmail with any kind of email app? Netscape? Outlook? Is the ony way to log on over the web? I guess I'm also ignorant about what the difference is between IMAP and POP and what is what. I'll check LEM for an archive article unless someone's got a quick e

Re: 190 OS8 blues

Somewhat new to list; Hello all. Somewhat related: I have an installation CD for 8.6 that was obviously meant for a B&W G3. When I tried to install it on my 7500 it said that I needed, you guessed it, a G3. Not to be deterred, I found second installer program in one of the other folders, and th

Eudora Yahoo

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 doing wrong? -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

Re: 3400c & Mac OS 7.6.1 - Slow Window Redraws

Would 9.2.2 be feasable on a 5300? Anyone using it? I'm thinking with a max RAM of 64MB that it would be difficult. >Actually I'm running 9.2.2 on my 3400c 240mhz ram maxed out and it's >quite a bit zippier than 8.6 or 9.1. The finder is much, much faster. >I would recommend at least trying 9.2

Re: 3400c & Mac OS 7.6.1 - Slow Window Redraws

I have a 5300c, and have run 7.6.1, 8.1, and 8.6 on it. 7.6.1 can feel quite slow, and I think that it's due to Apple's poor emulation of non-power PC code. I purchased Connectix SpeedDoubler and it completely changed the way 7.6.1 felt; it was MUCH faster in opening windows and copying and every

5300 won't sleep

I've got a 5300c running OS 8.6. Lately it will not put itself to sleep regardless of the settings on the Energy Saver control panel. I don't use a battery, only the adapter. It will dim the screen and spin down the hard disk according to my settings, but seems to be on caffeine when it comes