Re: Powerbook 3400 Problem

2006-01-28 Thread Sims David
Hello, Have you tried re-seating the ram card? I have found them a bit fickle. David On Jan 28, 2006, at 10:09 PM, Justin Teague wrote: I've got a problem. My little 3400 was chugging along really nicely until earlier today, while booting up (still on the os 9.1 screen: loading extensions

Re: Power Book 145B

2005-11-27 Thread David I Hassett
Roger Volk (Contractor) wrote: David, Need a snail mail address, you can reimburse the postage after you receive it. Roger David I Hassett wrote: Roger Volk (Contractor) wrote: David, I have one you can have for the cost of shipping. Roger Roger Volk 6013 Hope Dr. Camp

Re: Power Book 145B

2005-11-21 Thread David I Hassett
Roger Volk (Contractor) wrote: David, I have one you can have for the cost of shipping. Roger Roger Volk 6013 Hope Dr. Camp Springs, MD 20748 David I Hassett wrote: Hi To All, Does anyone know where I can get a 4 Meg memory module for my Power Book 145B? It seems to have an empty

Re: Good luck, and questions on NuPowr upgrade

2005-11-19 Thread Sims David
. Unstuffed, it is 336 KB. The Sit file was 224 KB. Do you have this one? David On Nov 19, 2005, at 10:22 PM, Richard Adams wrote: I love First (and Third) Saturdays! For those of you not in the Dallas, TX area and unfamiliar with 1st and 3rd Saturday, there is a computer and electronics flea

Re: Power Book 145B

2005-11-16 Thread David I Hassett
Malcolm Cornelius wrote: Hi To All, Does anyone know where I can get a 4 Meg memory module for my Power Book 145B? It seems to have an empty socket on the daughter board. I think that is where the module goes. If no one locally can help you, I have some, but I'm based in UK. Hi

Power Book 145B

2005-11-15 Thread David I Hassett
Hi To All, Does anyone know where I can get a 4 Meg memory module for my Power Book 145B? It seems to have an empty socket on the daughter board. I think that is where the module goes. Dave -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...

Re: iTunes 1.1 and OS 8.6 iTunes patch problems

2005-10-28 Thread Sims David
serves me, you are required to have a certain version of quicktime for itunes to work in 8.6. David -- 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

Need RAM

2005-10-20 Thread David Jones
Listers I could use a stick or two of 256mb RAM for my Lombard. Anybody have? shipping to 93527 -- 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: Help

2005-10-06 Thread David I Hassett
Robert Patterson wrote: Dave, Open your System Folder, and then the Control Panels folder within that. Look for a control panel named PC Exchange. If it's not there, it explains why you can't read PC-formatted (DOS) disks on your System 7.1 Mac. You'll need to get that. Rob Hi I

Help

2005-10-05 Thread David I Hassett
Hi I am a newbie to this list. I was given a Mac Power Book 145B. It has System 7.1 and Microsoft. I need some guidence on how to get files from my PC to the floppy drive on the Mac. I have some stuff I have dowloaded but I am having a hard time understanding it.

Re: Help

2005-10-05 Thread David I Hassett
Tim Earp wrote: Maybe I'm not understanding your question, but couldn't you use the floppy drive? or are they too big for that? There's always the option to ftp the files someplace and then re-download them to the PowerBook. Tim - Original Message - From: David I Hassett [EMAIL

Enterasys card

2005-09-25 Thread David Jones
I am using an Enterasys PCMCIA card with my PB 3500(Kanga). On the end of the card is an antenna port. What kind of adapter must I use to attach an external antenna to this card? -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com |

Enterasys card

2005-09-25 Thread David Jones
I am using an Enterasys PCMCIA card with my PB 3500(Kanga). On the end of the card is an antenna port. What kind of adapter must I use to attach an external antenna to this card? -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com |

Re: Enterasys card

2005-09-25 Thread David Jones
Yes, thanks for the info. -- 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

Re: Best bw laser printer for 3400c running OS 8.6

2005-09-09 Thread Sims David
the toner cartridge and wrap it separately, so toner does not leak through the unit in transit. David On Sep 9, 2005, at 10:42 AM, Eric D. Bautista wrote: Dear powerbooks list, To all powerbook 3400c owners/knowledgeable persons... What is your opinion regarding the coolest, affordable

Re: Craigslist

2005-06-18 Thread David Rodriguez
Doc, I for one have done a lot of buying and selling on Craigslist. When I once came into a deal on about 50 new laptop drives, I sold about half of them on CL San Francisco, another quarter to CL LA Portland. The rest went on the swap list. I've never been taken once on those or many

Re: Craigslist

2005-06-18 Thread David Rodriguez
Doc, I for one have done a lot of buying and selling on Craigslist. When I once came into a deal on about 50 new laptop drives, I sold about half of them on CL San Francisco, another quarter to CL LA Portland. The rest went on the swap list. I've never been taken once on those or many

[no subject]

2005-06-18 Thread David Rodriguez
Does anybody know the rules for sending a computer to another country? Can you do it? What are the laws keeping one from doing so? What can be sent and to what country? If you send the computer by national post (USPS, Post Canada, etcetera) and fill out the appropriate customs declaration

oops Re: Question about international sale

2005-06-18 Thread David Rodriguez
Does anybody know the rules for sending a computer to another country? Can you do it? What are the laws keeping one from doing so? What can be sent and to what country? If you send the computer by national post (USPS, Post Canada, etcetera) and fill out the appropriate customs declaration

Re: Fussy DVD drive on Lombard

2005-06-14 Thread David Rodriguez
Ben, I've got a Lombard as well and do have problems with certain dvd copies, but not all. I think part of the problem is that DVD technology has evolved and the old drive hasn't. So old drives have trouble reading certain media. Are any of your disks DVD+? I suppose this could cause

Lombard EIEE Target Disk Mode?

2005-06-08 Thread David Rodriguez
On Jun 8, 2005, at 11:24 AM, David Rodriguez wrote: Anybody here using a Lombard that is able to run their machine in Target Disk Mode (TDM) using a Firewire Cardbus? No, and you never will, since it's a rom issue, not the mere presence of a FW port. Bruce Johnson Is that the Rom

Lombard Questions

2005-05-29 Thread David Rodriguez
Morning all, Been a long while since I've posted here. I just picked up a Lombard the other day, of course it has problems but it's got enough good things going to make it worth resurrecting. Good screen, dvd/rom w/ decoder, fair battery, a 256 mb chip. It's got a new 20 gig drive

Re: 1400:

2005-03-27 Thread David Sims
, but it is an option when resources are limited. David On Mar 27, 2005, at 7:03 PM, Dale Hill wrote: I have a 1400C with 16 megs of ram. It is to the point that I can no longer sit at a desk unit - austeoarthritic of the back. Non- operable. I live in podunk America, and the fastest speed I can get

Re: using MacPoET on a Pwrbk3400

2005-01-02 Thread David
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello fellow list members I am writing hoping to find someone who is presently using MacPoET on a pwrbk. I second what everyone else said. Get the PPPoE done by the router. If you have a dumb modem, buy a raouter for $10-20 post-rebate. PPPoE is too ugly to inflict

Re: broken TiBook, Lombard, iBook plugs

2004-12-05 Thread David
Greg Gilmore wrote: I had already purchased a whole new adapter for the TiBook after looking unsuccessfully everywhere I could think of for a new replacement plug. But I really donĀ¹t want to buy two more adapters. There must however be any number of fried TiBook-, Lombard-, and iBook-compatible

Re: Laptop compatibility with compucable idock II

2004-12-05 Thread David
seahurst wrote: I found no archive reference to this topic and think it might be fun to discuss. I was recently given a working CompuCable iDock2. No power brick was included but research discovered a PB180 brick works perfectly. Click below for idock info: http://www.welovemacs.com/idock2.html

Re: Help needed with proposed airport network

2004-12-01 Thread David
Bruce Johnson wrote: AFAIK all iMacs can accept an airport card. Not the case with Bondi Blues -- 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: 5300 options new topic

2004-11-19 Thread David
, and it actually works quite well, other than the speed limitations of the 5300. David -- 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

Re: 1400 capabilities

2004-11-08 Thread David
Hello, Where can you download drivers for OS versions earlier than 8.5? I cannot find a working link for the earlier drivers. Thanks, David On Nov 8, 2004, at 7:07 AM, Daniel Palka wrote: Its very simple if you have a Lucent WaveLAN compatible card. On Nov 8, 2004, at 7:07 AM, Lauren Ware wrote

Another PowerBook 1400 question

2004-11-07 Thread David
Hello, How much RAM is needed for a minimal installation of OS 9 on a 1400? Thanks, David -- 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: busted HD, freezing?

2004-10-30 Thread David Lesher
For stiction; the cure is to plug it in, power it up, and grab the drive on-axis. Snap your wrist so to accelerate the drive around the spin axis. This may break things lose. As long as it keeps going... The freezer trick, as I've used it, is for drives that spin, but don't read. If the head

Re: Price Comparison Engines (was Re: Seagate 20gb hd for a kanga?)

2004-10-17 Thread David Lesher
You might need some digging to find what you need, though. http://www.pricewatch.com Does anyone know of any other good Price Comparison Engines for tech gear? How does Froogle fair at this? I use PW, Froogle and pricegrabber.com; it makes an attempt at comparing out-the-door price [i.e

Re: Best of two PB1400s

2004-10-13 Thread David Lesher
Just out of interest I opened up the case of that dead screen and I've found that there's a tiny reed switch under the LCD panel (behind the edge of the case, just about where the Apple logo is) and it's broken - literally snapped in two. Can anyone tell me what this reed switch does and

Re: Battery rejuvination?

2004-06-13 Thread David Grogan
This link might be helpful: http://www.ou.nl/open/psl/pb100/articles.html#rejeuv Cheers DG On Jun 13, 2004, at 12:16 AM, Jeff Hubatka wrote: Is there anything that can be done for the 140-170 batteries? I have two of them sitting in 150's that I'd like to give away, but both are extremely dead.

Re: 540c not powering up

2004-06-03 Thread David Pekarsky
New problem for me... I have both batteries inserted and the power adapter hooked up. Still, will not power up. I have reset the power manager, unplugged and let sit for a few days then plugged back in, left it plugged in for a few days, nothing seems to work. I am going to check the power

Series 1xx Powerbooks

2004-05-12 Thread David Grogan
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 find an installer for OS 7.1? I'd like to do a clean install before giving these away. 2. Where may I find bluebook' values for these older machines?

Re: newbie with PB 170

2004-04-28 Thread David Pekarsky
for you with OS 7.5 (free) or 7.1 for testing and evaluation unless you have a license for it. Overall the 170 and most of the 1xx series are very capable machines, just try to avoid the 150 (not looking to start a flame war) as it was quite compromised in several ways. David Pekarsky

Re: newbie

2004-04-23 Thread David Lesher
). AppleTalk and its File Sharing works just fine in System 7.5.2, I believe. Use PhoneNet connectors to go from the PowerBook to your PM 7200. I've never seen or heard of PhoneNet connectors, unless you mean telephone wire of the sort you use on a modem or telephone. I guess this means another

Re: video cables

2004-04-21 Thread David Lesher
Figured most of them out by number: TIL 33011 http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/N33001 590-2104: It's got four connectors, 3 DB15's and a triple-row of the same physical size. 922-0706 (590-2104) Cable, DOS Compatibility, External Power Macintosh 6100/60,AV Power Macintosh

video cables

2004-04-20 Thread David Lesher
Which PB's use the flat USB on Steroids shaped external video connector? We're cleaning out the Den of Inequity and finding a bunch of these cables. We also have a bunch of both Localtalk and ADB cables. Also have one cable whose connector I'll describe as DB-25ish, -- 2 rows of pins, but ~36

seeking Kevin Rist

2004-04-20 Thread David Lesher
So the PB wireless page at http://www.penmachine.com/techie/airport1400.html mentioned Kevin Rist as someone who had the http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macos/4835 drivers working in a PB 190. Since I've failed so far, I'd like to chat with him. Anyone know where he can be

Re: In search of 190cs ethernet card

2004-04-19 Thread David Lesher
I am searching for an ethernet card for a Powerbook 190cs. I found a 3C589 card and am using it. There have to be lots of such around; they're obsolete for most users. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win

Re: PPP Dialer [long]

2004-04-15 Thread David Lesher
So I found a modem card for the 190. But I need PPP software, or at least a dialer. (Does OT/Remote Access have PPP in it?) Yes it does. Where it's hiding depends on what version of OS you're using. OS 8.1 In OS 8.1 the PPP control panel is separate; you may have to go back and install Remote

Re: PPP Dialer

2004-04-15 Thread David Lesher
Part of my confusion stems from the fact I don't know what does exactly what. I thought Open Transport was the Apple implementation of TCP/IP PPP. And Remote Access was the remote desktop scheme, with modem dialing.. How far off am I? -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/

Re: PPP Dialer [long]

2004-04-15 Thread David Lesher
In OS 8.1 the PPP control panel is separate; you may have to go back and install Remote Access. * PC Exchange (2.2) * PowerBook (7.6.1) * PowerBook Setup (7.3.2) * PPP (1.0.1) There it isYou set TCP/IP to use PPP, and the use the PPP control panel to dial.

Re: PB 540c Car Adapter ??

2004-04-14 Thread David Lesher
Is there such a thing as a car adapter for the PB 540c? RadiosHack and others sell universal DC-DC adapters. You have choose a plug tip to fix the 540, and set the output of the adapter to whatever the voltage needed is... I see 273-1827 as one model... Of course, if the Apple plug is so

Re: PB 540c Car Adapter ??

2004-04-14 Thread David Lesher
On Apr 14, 2004, at 2:20 PM, David Lesher wrote: RadiosHack and others sell universal DC-DC adapters. You have choose a plug tip to fix the 540, and set the output of the adapter to whatever the voltage needed is... Ummm, I take it you've never actually *seen* a PB540 power supply, have you

PPP Dialer

2004-04-14 Thread David Lesher
So I found a modem card for the 190. But I need PPP software, or at least a dialer. (Does OT/Remote Access have PPP in it?) I loaded FreePPP2.6 promptly killed the box. It hangs at a popup showing only Modem port and no text [I assume it's complaining it does not find the PCMCIA modem.] But

Re: Booting 190 from external SCSI HD

2004-04-13 Thread David Lesher
Well, I have 8.1 and used Drive Setup to format a 2GB HD, and got 1.9GB out of it ... So I used OSX to erase/reformat the 2GB drive as HFS+. I move it back to the 190, I copied the system over to it, I bless the System Folder [worked], and I went to change the startup drive. Blat:

Re: Booting 190 from external SCSI HD

2004-04-13 Thread David Lesher
At 15:03 -0400 2004:04:13, Yersinia wrote: So I guess I'll make a 100M HFS and the rest HFS+, if that is even possible... I'm sorry, but I don't know what to tell you. I've never used OS X. Neither of my two Macs are capable of running that. However, the 2 GB HD I formatted with Drive Setup and

Re: Booting 190 from external SCSI HD

2004-04-13 Thread David Lesher
IIRC, 8.0 supported neither Slaves nor HFS+, 8.1 supported Slaves (but only if one downloaded Drive Setup 1.6.4, which was NOT included with 8.1) but not HFS+, and 8.5 supported both. What are slaves? Anyway, 8.5.1 came with everything you need for Slaves and HFS+, and with 8.6 everything

Re: 190 Wireless, Stage II

2004-04-13 Thread David Lesher
A) OK, I now have a bootable external drive. B) Re: installing the Lucent package, Cameron said: go fishing in the System file with ResEdit, find the DRVR resource bundle, and delete ENET0. I did that on the external System Folder. C) I ran the Lucent Installer:

Booting 190 from external SCSI HD

2004-04-12 Thread David Lesher
I've copied the System Folder. But I recall some magic re: getting it Blessed. Missing Manual talks only about how the active system folder is the only one blessed. Q1: I'd like to be able to select a spare boot folder in case I FUBAR the one. But how do I do that? (In OS9 I think there is a

Re: Booting 190 from external SCSI HD

2004-04-12 Thread David Lesher
At 17:19 -0500 2004:04:12, Howard R. Katz wrote: I never had to move it back and forth and bless anything--just copied the system folder over to the target drive. I've done this on 2 different volumes. Did you format the target drive with Apple disk setup software first? I didn't know about this

190 rebooting secrets

2004-04-12 Thread David Lesher
So when I lock it up solid; I have two choices: The Sekret reset button on the back Splat-power; I've heard this called Flower-Power Splat-Power pops up a window; I think at the firmware level. I've never seen a description of what commands work therein. Where do I look for such? --

Re: 190 Wireless

2004-04-09 Thread David Lesher
IIRC, this refers to a specific *resource* within the System file. I'm not on my 3C589-equipped 1400 at the moment, but as memory serves, go fishing in the System file with ResEdit, find the DRVR resource bundle, and delete ENET0. MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR SYSTEM FOLDER FIRST! And that raises a

Choosing boot

2004-04-09 Thread David Lesher
My Mac experience started with OS9.x on iMac/G4's, but I'm sure this is obvious to oldtimers like you folks... How, with older hardware, do I choose what System Folder I'll boot from? Let's assume I backup the System Folder, then with ResEdit mangle it so badly the machine won't boot. Now what

Re: Choosing boot

2004-04-09 Thread David Lesher
At 17:34 -0500 2004:04:09, Dan Palka wrote: No. But if you have a Mac OS Install CD you ca On Apr 9, 2004, at 5:33 PM, David Lesher wrote: My Mac experience started with OS9.x on iMac/G4's, but I'm sure this is obvious to oldtimers like you folks... How, with older hardware, do I choose what

Re: What do people think of the SkyLine software?

2004-04-08 Thread David Lesher
At 12:36 -0400 2004:04:08, Kenneth Vann wrote: Link for new in box Proxim Skyline cards. http://www.emicrox.com/eShop/productList.aspx?cid=-1more=1keywords=PN473a Best single URL I've found for wireless info on older Powerbook's: http://www.penmachine.com/techie/airport1400.html How valid is this

190 Wireless

2004-04-08 Thread David Lesher
190 OS8.1 3C598 So I have a Lucent/ORiNOCO card and was thinking I saw Kenneth's note: Best single URL I've found for wireless info on older Powerbook's: http://www.penmachine.com/techie/airport1400.html It mentions http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macos/4835 which I grabbed.

Re: 190 OS8 blues

2004-03-24 Thread David Lesher
A friend found an OS8 non-G3 CD. But the CD refused to appear on the desktop. I put the CD in the Wallstreet and using the 3Com 3C589 card, did the install over Appleshare. The installer first demanded an updated Appleshare but otherwise went smoothly. Once OS8 was running, I used Apple System

Re: 190 OS8 blues

2004-03-19 Thread David Lesher
If it says it's only for G3 equipped Mac's, and you have a pre-Power PC Mac or a 68k Mac, then it wont work. :-( -Original Message- From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Lesher Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 2:46 PM To: PowerBooks Subject: 190 OS8 blues Worse

Re: 190 TCP/IP

2004-03-18 Thread David Lesher
At 14:24 -0800 2004:03:18, Clark Martin wrote: At 4:05 PM -0500 3/18/04, David Lesher wrote: http://www.floodgap.com/retrotech/mac/enet3c589/ I loaded the above for a 3c589 on a 190 with 7.5.2; and it works on Ethertalk -- I can see various printers, etc. on the LAN. But there's no TCP/IP

Serial Comms on 190

2004-03-01 Thread David Lesher
So I've been given a 190. It's running 7.5.2. Lacking Ethernet {for now; I keep looking for PCMCIA cards with drivers}, I'd like to use it as a serial port monitor on the firewall. So what serial comm program should I use with it? Where might I find an Ethernet card? If I find one, is there a

Re: Slow PB 1400 boot up and Stylewriter II questions

2004-02-08 Thread David Thrower
try to print. Check to see if another application is using the port - I would check Appletalk first. This could even be related to your other problem, perhaps? Well, there's a couple of suggestions until someone more knowledgable shows up. Best, David __ Do

Re: Powerbook 170 (issues)

2004-02-06 Thread David Pekarsky
Hi all, I have a power book170 and I think all the bios is eraced. The screen is blank except for a floppy in the center. I instalition disk 2. I am not shure if this is what I need to boot it up. I would gladly pay postage ect. for copies of the disk that I need. It just spits out the

Re: Subject: Interesting battery issues

2004-02-02 Thread David Thrower
of note taking if the computer is not constantly fully awake. If I were to try ripping MP3s or recording sound while on battery, the 1400 would probably give me about 45 minutes. Best Regrads, David Thrower __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site

Re: Fast PowerBook?

2004-02-01 Thread David Thrower
available for installation). 160Mb RAM in the Kanga would make OS9.1 very happy for sure, though. The Kanga has built-in ethernet, as well. I'd stay with the 1400, but I am a happy user of one so I am biased... ;-) Best, David __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder

Re: was: Re: Fast PowerBook?

2004-02-01 Thread David Thrower
to Cosi instead, where you'll find me Loud and Proud with my wireless 466mHx 1400. ;-) Best, David __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com

Re: Powerbook 1400 SD card

2004-02-01 Thread David Thrower
Other World Computing, they're good guys'n'gals - I use a SanDisk/adapter from there for virtual memory and schoolwork temporary backups, (and I'm hoping that's what you mean by SD). http://eshop.macsales.com/AddToBasket.cfm?ID=4970Item=MACPCMCF Best, David __ Do

Re: PB 1400c PRAM Battery / Floppy Drive

2004-01-31 Thread David Thrower
the left bay and run a floppy drive in there (while also having the CD-R in the right bay)? Or is the left bay a battery-only bay. Battery only, I'm afraid, though you don't have to shut down a 1400 to change the drive in the right bay, sleeping it before swapping will do fine. Best Regards, David

Re: PB 1400 Battery Weirdness

2004-01-29 Thread David Thrower
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Re: PB1400 - scsi cd-rw question

2004-01-28 Thread David Thrower
under OS 9.1 etc. FWIW, I use both Yamaha 8424 and HP 6200 burners. Best, David --- Rick McCutcheon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone here have experience of hooking up a LaCie CR-RW to a PB1400c/133/OS8.6/64? The LaCie drive needs OS8.6, which is fine, but the Toast 4 software

Re: iCab browser/browsers for older macs (os 9.1)

2004-01-17 Thread David Thrower
to submit something earth-shatteringly important in no-mistakes-allowed-Word-format. So sue me. ;-) Best Regards, David Thrower __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the Signing Bonus Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus -- PowerBooks

Re: PB1400 HD Expansion Bay Module

2004-01-16 Thread David Thrower
would love a sleep-swappable mirror of my whole drive and I'll be following your lead as soon as funds permit. After that, all I'll need is a solar book cover and I'll be sound as a pound, baby. ;-) Best Regards, David Thrower __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter

Re: PBook 1400 desperation

2004-01-09 Thread David Thrower
Does this happen on AC only, or also while using the battery ? Mad Dog It happens on both AC and battery, actually. Best Regards, David Thrower __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the Signing Bonus Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com

Re: PBook 1400 desperation

2004-01-09 Thread David Thrower
--- Tom and Lisa P [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does this happen on AC only, or also while using the battery ? Mad Dog It happens on both AC and battery, actually. Best Regards, David Thrower If it was AC only, then it would be a loose AC plug on the motherboard. If you

Re: PBook 1400 desperation

2004-01-09 Thread David Thrower
, and as soon as the heat sink touched the RAM module - ZAP! Weird. The long and short of it is that everything works perfectly now, and you can consider this e-mail your I owe you an hour of Tech Support certificate. ;-] Best Regards, David Thrower __ Do you Yahoo

Re: Sonnet G3 Orinoco 802.11b in 1400?

2004-01-09 Thread David Thrower
look at deactivating any unnecessary extensions (redundant ethernet or networking, 3rd party, or old versions of extensions). I DID have a lot of difficulties with iTune, which worked effortlessly for everyone else it seemed, until I got the extension set just right - FWIW. Best Regards, David

Re: PowerBooks 1400

2004-01-06 Thread David Thrower
lucky. I don't know which pool games off the top of my head are likely candidates, but I would look at the games here: http://www.pure-mac.com/sports.html ...there are a couple of pool games, maybe one of them is the one. Best Regards, David Thrower --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Morning from

Re: usb, 3400 and OS9 NOT 8.6

2003-12-19 Thread David Allen
should be able to do a custom install of 9.1 to add the USB function avoiding the work involved in using TomeViewer. David Allen kaldav wrote: Thanks to those who responded about the usb and the 3400. However, my question was specifically about OS 9. Using the Froho url I downloaded the hacked

Re: Incorrect Finder Settings

2003-12-14 Thread David Allen
Try trashing the Finder preferences and restarting. (Can't empty them from the trash until after a restart.) They can corrupt and cause all kinds of problems. If this doesn't work, you may need to reformat, but that is a lot of work with backups et al. David Allen Jim Lucas wrote: Below

Re: 1400 a Sonnet G3 400Mhz Upgrade

2003-11-23 Thread David Thrower
depth here? ;-] If I were you, I'd get 64Mb of all-new RAM and a new disk, then re-install OS9.1 and, what the heck, get yourself a nice 256 meg Ultra CompactFlash, but that's me - I'm crazy about the 1400. Best Regards, David Thrower --- Jonathan Metts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have had

Re: GPS

2003-11-17 Thread David Allen
Delorme's map program works with its own GPS unit and software via USB. http://www.delorme.com I've heard that they are no longer supporting Mac, but I haven't been able to verify it. Even if they have gone 100% PC (dumb, but being done on occasion) Their PC side software works via VPC. David

Re: Global Village pcmcia card compression setting?

2003-11-09 Thread David Allen
My settings are: Compression-OFF, Maximum Throughput-checked, Show Status-checked. All others not checked. (I also turn off the modem volume to do waway with the annoying connection sounds. (Running in a 1400/G3/333/OS 9.1) David Allen kaldav wrote: Hi, Could someone please tell me which box

Re: PB1400 SCSI questions

2003-10-29 Thread David Allen
. They even take Paypal. David Allen Samantha Goodson wrote: Is there such a thing as an HDI-30 to DB25 cable? I just received an HDI-30 SCSI system cable, part # M2538, just as listed in the User's Manual, and it's HDI-30 to Centronics 50. It's working for me at the moment, as I have the cable

Re: 1400/117 enough go ?

2003-10-27 Thread David Allen
7100/G3/217 and the 333 stays with my 7600/G3/300s. David Allen Paul Nelson wrote: At 3:43 PM +0200 10/25/03, Tekno Liber wrote: The 1400/117 is almost free, which is why I'm asking. One reason for a 117 Mhz 1400 being cheap is the lack of an L2 cache. Paul -- PowerBooks

Re: Global Village 56k modem and system 9.1?

2003-10-07 Thread David Allen
3.0.6 ( designed for and supports 9.1, but I haven't tried it with 9.2.x) upgrades 3.0.2 (supports up to 8.6). I use it constantly with my GV PCMCIA modem/ethernet combo card. David Allen Tom Roth wrote: I tried a GV pcmcia modem soon after I got my 3400 and the last version

Re: Global Village 56k modem and system 9.1?

2003-10-04 Thread David Allen
I use one with 9.1 on a 1400 with no problems. 9.1 uses GV's 3.0.6 update (Last downloaded from GV's site.) installed over 3.0.2. David Allen kaldav wrote: Hi, Has anyone used a Global Village 56k pcmcia modem with a powerbook 3400 running system 9.1? Is a special software update needed

Rare? Powerbook 170

2003-09-27 Thread David Pekarsky
? To put it this way, the port and clutch cover looked too good and normal be non-OEM. Any information would be appreciated by myself, and I am sure of everyone else as well... Thanks, David Pekarsky -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp

What About Teflon Repair?

2003-09-25 Thread David R.
There has been some helpful discussion about different plastic glues, some of which will definitely come in handy. But what I need to know is, is there any product/method available for repairing Teflon parts which are also used inside some drives. Pretty slippery stuff so I imagine it's got to

Re: PB 1400 OS 9.1 installation tip

2003-09-23 Thread David Allen
68 Meg of Virtual Memory allows using apps like Photoshop, Office 2001, etc. The G3/333 is fairly quick even using VM. The G3/217 is a bit slow, but still usable. David Allen I've got the max--64megs of RAM. But I think your problem is that OS 9.1 requires a minimum of a G3 processor (someone

Re: screen

2003-09-21 Thread David Allen
the external display resolution to 1000's @ up to 832x624 and 256 colors up to 1152x870. David Allen Hi have a question for you all (the techie ones anyhow) If i put a 5300c screen on a 5300ce board (the ce screen is smashed) would i get 640x 480 at 1000's or 256. Vicki -- PowerBooks

Re: USB Card for PowerBook 1400

2003-09-19 Thread David Allen
Simple answer: USB on 1400, NO The 1400 is not USB capable due to the slot and motherboard architecture. The MB is NOT cardbus capable. David Allen Jean-Philippe Pellet wrote: Hi all, I have a PowerBook 1400 and an friend gave me his old Nomad Jukebox (yay!) because he finally bought

CD-Writer Plus w/ Mac

2003-09-08 Thread David R.
Hey all, I recently picked up an HP CD-Writer Plus Model M820 CDRW. It is a 4x4x20x scsi which hooks up to a pcm/cia card. The card has two settings, 16bit and CardBus. It is a nice compact writer not much bigger than a compact disk. I am hooking this up to my 5300cs, it powers up fine and

Re: 5300 'REA' SET TO END SOON!!!

2003-09-06 Thread David R.
Hi everyone, new to this list. I bought a PB 5300 off of ebay a month ago. (24/500/256 colors) No battery, but power supply. Had to have power connector on back fixed, as connection broke loose from solder. The repair place said this is quite common with powerbooks, especially the new ones. Is

Re: OS 9.1 on a PB 1400?

2003-09-04 Thread David Allen
that allows using many 8.1 apps with 9.1. (Anyone remember the download URL?) I can attach it to an email if you can't find it online. Drop it in the 9.1 extensions folder. David Allen Spencer Carter wrote: For the past two years, my 1400 has been happily running OS 8.1 with a Sonnet G3 upgrade

Re: 3400 Card Slot ???

2003-08-21 Thread David T.
attached to the Belkin USB Card: http://davidt.webspacesales.com/KangaUSB2.jpg And just for kicks, here's my 3400c and Kanga side-by-side (Kanga's on the left :D ): http://davidt.webspacesales.com/3400cKanga.jpg If you or anybody else have any questions feel free to ask :) David T

Re: so dimm for pb2400?

2003-08-19 Thread David Allen
Nope. It needs 2400 specific modules. http://www.memoryx.net/powerbook2400.html is one source. The desktop Macs use standard type SIMMs and DIMMs, but the PBs were model specific. David Allen Han wrote: I am trying to figure out what kind of ram will fit in a 2400c. A friend wants to know

5300 Powerbook Memory?

2003-08-19 Thread David R.
Hi all, A friend's friend has a 5300cs (same as mine) and he is wondering what a 24, 32, 48 or higher stick of memory goes for. So I told him I'd check here for him in case somebody has some for sale. I guess give me a buzz at my email address and I'll pass it on to him tomorrow. I assume

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