Re: virus or what affecting date & time?

2004-05-01 Thread Melvin Watts
-- Original Message -- From: alienbill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 03:52:21 -0600 >A few weeks ago I got a 180c at auction. Soon after I noticed the >date & time would change literally before my eye

OS 8.5 Install

2003-11-15 Thread Melvin Watts
Hi, can anyone say for sure what might be the problem here: while installing OS 8.5 on my pb1400 an error message comes up saying: the application "Drive Setup" could not be opened. Does anyone think that this might be caused by corrupt software. . . or what could be the problem? -MW , -- Po

Re: Q: anyone running an older powerbook from PCMCIA flash memory?

2003-11-13 Thread Melvin Watts
nathan wrote: on 11/12/03 11:32 PM, Illovox Media at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 8 megs is too small I have a 64meg in my 1400cs right now, and it blazes... Looking to upgrade to a 128 or better sometimes soon. I have a 64meg in my 1400cs right now, and it blazes... Looking to upgrade to

Re: how to get on the G3 List

2003-11-10 Thread Melvin Watts
reets, no offense!! So, can anyone tell me how to get around the sending an email to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>.,,I've done this a dozen times with no reply Melvin, first check your clock ... Melvin Watts3:25 PM 7/19/07 -0600 , Eudora says you may be

how to get on the G3 List

2003-11-09 Thread Melvin Watts
hello everyone! I have been on the Power Book list for a while now, but I've been having a big problem getting on the G3 list. . . gotta wallstreet G3 233 with a lot of questions. . . would rather direct them to guys who have been dealing with the problems peculiar to wallstreets, no offense!!

Re: 1400/117 enough go ?

2003-10-29 Thread Melvin Watts
paid for everything. . just don't want to sell it for peanuts. Go ahead and make me an offer!! On Wednesday, October 29, 2003, at 06:16 AM, Tekno Liber wrote: From: Melvin Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I've got a powerbook 1400 c s with a new just installed 466 MHZ upgrade by sonne

Re: 1400/117 enough go ?

2003-10-29 Thread Melvin Watts
I've got a powerbook 1400 c s with a new just installed 466 MHZ upgrade by sonnet. . . .if 8 GIG Hard Drive, 32 MB Ram [can piggyback 32 more cheap] if you're interested email me with an offer. - MW . On Thursday, October 23, 2003, at 02:27 PM, Nathan Templeton wrote: --- if it costs ya any

USB capture device problem

2003-10-22 Thread Melvin Watts
bought this device from tiger direct 3 dsys ago and have had the worst time trying to configure it to my laptop computer. Specs: *Macintosh PowerBook G3[wallstreet] *233MHZ processor; 384MB Ram *USB 2.0 CardBus Adapter *Mac OS 10.2 I have installed the USBlive Software, as well as the canon sof

Re: USB for low end PB?

2003-10-22 Thread Melvin Watts
KG wrote: by-the-way, if your camera does not have card memory, you might want to check out the pb 3400's or a wallstreet. . . their fairly reasonable in price. . .and they both support usb by means of a bus card adapter. Be careful when suggesting a 3400 as a USB-capable machine. It can sup

Re: USB for low end PB?

2003-10-21 Thread Melvin Watts
Melvin Watts wrote: Melvin Watts wrote: Staranand wrote: Hi everybody, So what is the least expensive PowerBook that can use USB? I have a very simple digital camera that can only hold 16 picture before one needs to download them. As it does not have an internal method of adding

Re: USB for low end PB?

2003-10-21 Thread Melvin Watts
Melvin Watts wrote: Staranand wrote: Hi everybody, So what is the least expensive PowerBook that can use USB? I have a very simple digital camera that can only hold 16 picture before one needs to download them. As it does not have an internal method of adding memory I thought that for

Re: USB for low end PB?

2003-10-21 Thread Melvin Watts
Staranand wrote: Hi everybody, So what is the least expensive PowerBook that can use USB? I have a very simple digital camera that can only hold 16 picture before one needs to download them. As it does not have an internal method of adding memory I thought that for traveling I could use

Re: PB1400cs upgrade

2003-10-21 Thread Melvin Watts
Gary K. Doty Sr. wrote: on 10/21/03 12:56 AM, Nathan Templeton at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: does anyone have some ram and mabye a G3 upgrade card lying around for a 1400 they could part with for a reasonable price? try david at "baucomcomputers.com he had some! Gary SORRY! Sent the

Re: PB1400cs upgrade

2003-10-21 Thread Melvin Watts
Nathan Templeton wrote: does anyone have some ram and mabye a G3 upgrade card lying around for a 1400 they could part with for a reasonable price? I've got a sonnet G3 466Mhz upgrade. . . had it up for auction on ebay with my 1400cs. I really don't need the other computer since I recently

Re: PB1400cs upgrade

2003-10-21 Thread Melvin Watts
Gary K. Doty Sr. wrote: on 10/21/03 12:56 AM, Nathan Templeton at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: does anyone have some ram and mabye a G3 upgrade card lying around for a 1400 they could part with for a reasonable price? try david at "baucomcomputers.com he had some! Gary I've got a sonne

Re: First Look at Parts For Sale

2003-10-16 Thread Melvin Watts
Fabian Fang wrote: I apologize for sending my previous message to the List. It was meant for Chuck. I treated it as a LEM-Swap response. No problem. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon

Re: cd rom

2003-10-09 Thread Melvin Watts
Redicliff wrote: You wrote: I have a powerbook 1400cs, and every time I play a quicktime movie file or a tutorial disk in the CD drive it will play for about 15 sec. and the computer will freeze. Any particular reason for this? MW Many, perhaps most, freeze problems are due to insufficient m

Re: COMPUTER FREEZE

2003-10-09 Thread Melvin Watts
Eric L. Strobel wrote: on 10/10/03 5:30 AM, Melvin Watts at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a powerbook 1400cs, and every time I play a quicktime movie file or a tutorial disk in the CD drive it will play for about 15 sec. and the computer will freeze. Any particular reason for this? How

COMPUTER FREEZE

2003-10-09 Thread Melvin Watts
I have a powerbook 1400cs, and every time I play a quicktime movie file or a tutorial disk in the CD drive it will play for about 15 sec. and the computer will freeze. Any particular reason for this? MW -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp:

cd rom

2003-10-08 Thread Melvin Watts
I have a powerbook 1400cs, and every time I play a quicktime movie file or a tutorial disk in the CD drive it will play for about 15 sec. and the computer will freeze. Any particular reason for this? MW -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp:

Re: PB 1400 questions

2003-08-18 Thread Melvin Watts
on 8/18/03 12:54 AM, Robert Eye at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Currently, I'm running a PB 1400c/166, 64 megs RAM, OS 8.1. >> [snip] >> Second, I recently read about using compact flash cards to extend >> the memory on this computer; is this true, and could somebody >> explain how this works in la