Re: Post accident hard drive problem

2001-10-23 Thread Eugene Martin
I'm relieved to hear you're ok. I had an accident with my PB (I dropped it while it was running!) and had erratic behavior from the HD afterwards... my suggestion is do nothing else until you have backed up whatever you can recover from the drive... some files you save will probably be corrupt

Re: Tape Recorder input to PB or iMac

2001-10-19 Thread Eugene Martin
Have you had an replies; I'm interested in what others suggest... I have a few comments based on my experience. 1 I have often used and always admired MicNotePad Lite when I needed my Mac (there have been a succession of them) to serve as a dictation machine. It's incredibly easy to use and s

Re: 10/100 Ethernet for a PB 3400

2001-10-05 Thread Eugene Martin
(Ato Gerima?) I couldn't find a better price and ordered mine yesterday. This is just to say many thanks to N Gerima for his very specific and helpful advice. Gene At 2:21 AM -0400 10/5/01, Negasi Ibrahim Gerima wrote: >For those of you who are interested, I'm posting my response to Gene Martin

Question 1: How fix a PB 3400 that "stutters"

2001-10-03 Thread Eugene Martin
My PB 3400 stutters (if that is the right term) -- i.e. it often freezes for 20 seconds to 2 minutes. And, it has noticeably slowed on launching apps. I have defragmented and optimized the HD and rebuilt the desktop and zapped the pram, but none of these steps worked. TechToolPro 3 finds nothi

Question 2: PCMCIA Ethernet 10/100 fast card?

2001-10-03 Thread Eugene Martin
I'm looking for a low cost PCMCIA Ethernet 10/100 fast card so I can connect my PB 3400 to a LAN at the higher speed. Ebay had none (as of yesterday); any suggestions about likely vendors? TIA, Gene -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://

Re: 3400 manuals

2001-10-03 Thread Eugene Martin
I have an Apple Service Manual in PDF format that gives disassemble-reassemble instructions for the 3400 for those with the courage to undertake it. I can't recall what the URL is, but if you can't find it online, I could mail you a copy. Uncompressed it runs to 4.8 MB At 1:33 AM -0700 10/3/