Re: OS 7.5.3

2005-11-02 Thread Gerald Abreu
John Perkins Jr. wrote: I do want my modem to work, so, how do I install OS 7.5.3 without loosing the contents of my hard drive? -John I think the best way is to do a clean install. Also I think 7.5 will be peppier than 8. I'm currently running 7.5.5 on my 5300ce even though I could run

Re: PB 1400cs CD-ROM Module Not Working?

2005-10-27 Thread Gerald Abreu
Someone with more knowledge may have a better answer, but I think you can boot from the floppy then make a ram disk, copy over the system from the floppy and boot from the ram disk and then maybe install the cd operating system. YMMV, and good luck. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

Re: 3400c Mac OS 7.6.1 - Slow Window Redraws

2004-03-14 Thread Gerald
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 9.2.2 if you can. gs -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: 3400 Card Slot ???

2003-08-21 Thread Gerald R . Homeyer
Could I have someone clear the fog, once and for all, which surrounds Cardbus and 3400's. I have read about the $100+ cage upgrade (which may or may not be necessary to make it cardbus complient), the Hopefully the following may help. Like many, spending $100.00 to upgrade the cardbus didn't

Tempoary start up problem on 3400c

2003-08-21 Thread Gerald R . Homeyer
Just a simpleminded question for all you 3400 experts. After a moderate period of nonuse (3 mo.) I tried to start up my 3400c powerbook. The battery used was fully charged. No bong, no startup. I frantically looked through my user manual and found instructions to hook it up via the external

Re: I really need advice

2003-07-31 Thread Gerald R . Homeyer
bought for my 3400 has the following on it VARTA 7.2V 60mAh 6/V70H Ni-MH You can purchase them from [EMAIL PROTECTED] for $10.00 ea Good luck Gerald R.Homeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com

Re: Firewire on 3400c?

2003-06-13 Thread Gerald R . Homeyer
On Friday, June 13, 2003, at 11:31AM, David T. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anybody sucessfully got firewire working on a 3400c with or without the MCE upgrade? I have a few firewire drives I want to play with on the 3400c but not sure if I want to spend the $100+ for a firewire card just to

Canon S750 Printer (OT)

2003-03-16 Thread Gerald R . Homeyer
I am contemplating purchasing a Canon S750 printer. It is discontinued but utilizes the current Canon bubblejet technology. my son says it tends to occassionally clog its nozzles. I would appreciate any comments from owners on this printer. Thanks THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE! -- PowerBooks is

WARNING!!!

2003-03-15 Thread Gerald R . Homeyer
My son sent me the following warning he received from one of his lists. This list might heed it also! Original Message Subject: [Zenitcamera] Beware of E mails claiming to be from Ebay SECURITY Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 22:06:09 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL

Re: 3400c Qs

2003-03-13 Thread Gerald R . Homeyer
just picked up a 3400c, nice machine!! had a few Qs: - any way to fix one of the elevation feet that still springs but doesn't lock - running 8.6, just curious which versions of NESTCAPE and IE seem to run the best BTW, lots of good info in the archive plans underway to pick up a 128M and a

Re: unsuscribe

2003-03-12 Thread Gerald R . Homeyer
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Re: unsuscribe

2003-03-12 Thread Gerald R . Homeyer
To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gerald R. Homeyer wrote: unsuscribe -- Somebody didn't read my email reply! I replied to an email entitled Unsubscribe. I wanted to know what this email was about. I didn't want to unsubscribe. THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE! -- PowerBooks

Re: 3400 phone line?

2003-02-13 Thread Gerald R . Homeyer
Thanks Gary. It would've helped if the 3400 had come with a manual ... I'm a little embarrassed and very grateful. Thanks! Bob Just obtained a 3400c myself. Go to apple's webpage and download the owner's manual and the tech manual in PDF format. The owner's manual alone is over 189 pages. I

Control strip remote access display

2003-02-09 Thread Gerald R . Homeyer
Recently, after using Retrospect Express to place a duplicate of my boot partition on another hard drive for safe storage, I reformatted the original partition and reinstalled OS 8.6.I then proceeded to reinstall various applications and carry over other programs not requiring an install. I

3400 CardBus compatibility

2003-02-07 Thread Gerald R . Homeyer
After doing a Retrospect Express backup of my boot disk, I seem to have lost my Netscape bookmarks. Would someone please post the URL for the article on 3400c CardBus 32 bit compatibility. The article also dealt with MCE's upgrade. Thanks THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE! -- PowerBooks is sponsored

Re: 3400 PRAM Battery type

2003-02-02 Thread Gerald R . Homeyer
Does anyone know what type of battery the 3400/240 takes as its PRAM battery? I can't find this information in the original user manual or the take-apart manual. Thanks, Jae Baffin Island -- Check on Ebay. There are several auctions on excellent new Varta pram battery assemblies fairly cheap

resolution loss in OS 9.1

2003-02-02 Thread Gerald R . Homeyer
extentions though. Regards, Gerald THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE! -- 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

Re: A Question to the battery savey...

2003-02-02 Thread Gerald R . Homeyer
Hello, We had a discussion not long ago about re-packing battery packs in 1400's. But what I would like to know, is if one goes to the trouble of having the battery inside the battery pack replaced, is it not possible to put a different type of battery in?? Like a Li-Ion for example. Anyone know

Firewire 2.3.3

2003-01-31 Thread Gerald R . Homeyer
experience. Thanks, Gerald THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE! -- 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: MONITOR FOR A 3400C PB

2003-01-30 Thread Gerald R . Homeyer
://www.applelinks.com My thanks to Mehdi! Option didn't work but control works like a charm! Samtron thinks my 76V monitor had bad firmware. Will try another. Again thanks to all you great folks on this list. I'll try to contribute when I can. Am new to PBs. :-) Gerald THE TRUTH IS OUT

Re: Apple Presentation System

2003-01-30 Thread Gerald R . Homeyer
On vrijdag, jan 31, 2003, at 00:36 Europe/Amsterdam, Matthew White wrote: Hi, Anyone interested in a Apple Presentation System. I have one unopened. Matt I am, Maat. But located in Holland... Eugene -- www.applelinks.com Sorry to display my ignorance, but what's an Apple Presentation

MONITOR FOR A 3400C PB

2003-01-29 Thread Gerald R . Homeyer
For all you clever types: Purchased a Samtron 76V 17 monitor for my 3400c PB and found it would only work on the lowest resolution (640x480) with mirroring as that was the only res refreshing at 60Hz. 800x600 and 1024 etc refreshed at 85Hz. Very sad as it was on sale with a terrific rebate.

dongle

2003-01-27 Thread Gerald R . Homeyer
A dingle, a dangle, my kingdom for a dongle. Sorry for the humor folks but after going through 36 pages of Mac powerbooks and doodads on Ebay I'm beginning to question my sanity. Does some kind soul have an ethernet dongle (modem/ethernet) for a PB 3400c they would like to sell? Thanks for

Floppy drive repair

2003-01-26 Thread Gerald R . Homeyer
Can anyone direct me to a company that can repair an Apple floppy disk drive for a PB 3400c. It is jammed and won't accept a floppy disk. Thanks in advance for your help. THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE! -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Apple ethernet/modem dongle

2003-01-24 Thread Gerald R . Homeyer
Recently acquired a 3400c and have need of the Apple dongle that splits the ethernet/modem connector on the 3400c into separate modem and ethernet connectors. Information on where I might acquire one would be very much appreciated. Thanks to all for your help. THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE! --

Re: 3400c issues...

2003-01-22 Thread Gerald R . Homeyer
direction. Slowly start to drill . The cutting edge should dig into the screw top and unscrew the screw. put a drop of oil along the edge to lube the threads. keep the oil away from the center if you can. Has worked for me in the past. Good luck! Gerald R.Homeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: 3400c issues...

2003-01-22 Thread Gerald R . Homeyer
off. (Well, it was worth a try!) Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated. m. * Gerald R.Homeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras

Re: change 3400 hard drive?

2003-01-19 Thread Gerald R . Homeyer
I was thinking of putting a left over hard drive from a Lombard in my old 3400c. Is there any reason why this would not work? Also, I seem to remember reading that it is tricky to change hard drives in a 3400. I have changed drives in my Lombard and Wallstreet and in my old Powerbook 100,

Re: USB 2? FireWire!

2003-01-19 Thread Gerald R . Homeyer
Gerald said: in my searching I've come to the conclusion that you have to use OS X to support and use 2.1 otherwise it runs at 1.1 speed. Yep, which means it's also 1.1 on your 8500 unless you've hacked X on there. Even then ... Would appreciate your knowledge and suggestions

USB 1.1 or 2.1 on PB3400/180

2003-01-18 Thread Gerald R . Homeyer
Hi Folks! I'm new to powerbooks and this list and hope I can tap all your apparent wisdom. I recently acquired an excellent loaded PB 3400/180, and would like to use USB with it to enable me to use an IDE/USB hard drive to back up the drives on my 3400 as well as my 8500/G3 using retrospect.

Re: PB3400 Cardbus enabled ?

2003-01-02 Thread Gerald R . Homeyer
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Re: Powerbook 5300cs

2002-12-05 Thread Gerald S . Abreu
A scsi cd rom will work fine. But are you sure you want to install 9? It's pretty slow on the 5300 but it can be installed and does work. HTH, Gerald On Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 02:10 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello list I'm pretty new to the Mac world so please bear with me. I

5300 Questions

2002-10-04 Thread Gerald S. Abreu
Can anyone tell me where I can download the service manual for a 5300ce? I need to take mine apart and wanted the specifications and such. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot

Duo 230 question

2002-09-17 Thread Gerald S. Abreu
I have a Duo 230 which chimes and acts likes it wants to boot up and then the screen goes white. Any ideas? Thanks. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at

Re: OS 9.1 on a 5300?

2002-08-22 Thread Gerald S. Abreu
9.1 ran ok on my 5300. But I like the way 8.6 with ram doubler and speed doubler run. Also it seems that all the junk from M$ slowed down my 5300. So I've trashed it and it seems to have a slight speed boost. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics