Re: Newbie having problems with 2400c - Help needed

2005-12-04 Thread Peter F Grenier
On Dec 4, 2005, at 12:31 AM, Caleb Cupples wrote: Tom Wilkinson wrote: I just bought a 2400c from the Lowendmac swap list. It arrived this week, in seeming pristine condition. No adapter was included. The machine booted and ran fine, but the battery began draining. I found out from the seller

Re: 1400c OS Question

2005-11-22 Thread Peter F Grenier
On Nov 22, 2005, at 11:11 PM, Yersinia wrote: Howdy Helpful Listers No, I'm not getting a 1400c, but I'm about to make an attempt to set one up for someone. Since its hard drive has to be wiped, I need to put an OS on it. Here's the little info I have on it so far (it's coming over

Re: Can you run a wireless card on a powerbook 1400 running os 7.5.3

2005-08-26 Thread Peter F Grenier
Check the docs with that driver, IIRC it requires 8.6. On Aug 26, 2005, at 8:18 AM, martin wrote: Hi, as a mac newbie I would like to know if you can set up a wireless Internet connection on a power book 1400 running os 7.5.3. I have read that you can on os 7.6 but I would like to attempt it

Re: OT - What non-Macs do you own?

2005-08-13 Thread Peter F Grenier
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Re: pb 1400 wireless

2005-06-17 Thread Peter F Grenier
On Jun 17, 2005, at 11:39 PM, Clark Martin wrote: At 4:49 PM -0500 6/17/05, nhj wrote: Hi all, I got my pb 1400 OS 8.6 working wireless as far as internet and email, but cannot get appletalk to work. Can't connect to other computers on the network or to my laserwriter 8500. I've read all

Re: Using Pismo hard drive in a 1400

2004-11-08 Thread Peter F Grenier
On Nov 8, 2004, at 10:50 PM, DPrice wrote: Hello, Is it possible to install the 6 gig hd from my Pismo into my 1400? Thank you for the help! Sure, I installed a 10 GB iBook HD in a 1400. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com

Re: Lucent Silver to Gold

2004-10-26 Thread Peter F Grenier
On Oct 26, 2004, at 2:29 AM, Beniamino Cenci Goga wrote: I tried with the Wallstreet internal slot, I managed to install AP 2.0.4, but still I cannot join a 128bit network... Ben Or, you can install the card in your Pismo's internal slot and upgrade to AP 2.0. Wallstreet internal slot? --

Re: 1400 capabilities

2004-10-26 Thread Peter F Grenier
On Oct 26, 2004, at 1:09 PM, KG wrote: Dunno about that either, but not even an upgraded 1400 can use OSX, just too much memory requirement. So you'd be limited to a older OS9 version of iTunes, at best. A 1400 can't do OSX because it doesn't have a PCI bus, and a PCI bus is crucial to getting OSX

Re: 1400 capabilities

2004-10-25 Thread Peter F Grenier
On Oct 25, 2004, at 9:43 PM, Brian wrote: So, I take it no one with an un-accellerated 1400 has tried playing mp3's or wireless? or combined the two with iTunes? Brian I ran wireless with OS 8.6. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Wallstreet G3 Battery Charger

2004-06-28 Thread Peter F Grenier
On Jun 28, 2004, at 6:24 PM, Barbara Guild wrote: I can't get the battery charger to charge a battery. Does anyone know what the problem might be. The Wallstreet runs when connected to the power adaptor, but does not run with the battery. I've even bought a new battery, but it still doesn't

Re: Anudder PB 1400 question

2004-01-11 Thread Peter F Grenier
On Jan 11, 2004, at 11:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 1/12/04 4:03:05 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You need the software as you have to get the modem card icon on the desktop and set it up to recognise the upper slot. Suggest www.newertech.com/. They do have a driver

Re: 1400 a Sonnet G3 400Mhz Upgrade

2003-11-24 Thread Peter F Grenier
On Nov 24, 2003, at 9:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jonathan, If you upgrade the drive on your 1400 to something larger than four gigabytes, do not connect the 1400 to your G4 in SCSI Disk Mode (aka HD Target Mode). Pre-G3 Powerbook models have a hardware ROM bug which can cause loss of

Re: LaserWriter 4/600 repair

2003-11-14 Thread Peter F Grenier
On Nov 14, 2003, at 3:59 PM, DPrice wrote: I don't think i've ever seen this issue addressed here, so it might not be appropriate for this list, but I have a LW hooked up my 1400 that had been working fine go on the blink. Both lights flashing. any idea what I could look for first before

Re: Wierd symptoms in 333 Lombard

2003-11-08 Thread Peter F Grenier
On Nov 8, 2003, at 3:08 PM, Paul Nelson wrote: Hi, Listers, I picked up a Lombard from ebay a few months back, with supposedly a faulty keyboard only. Unfortunately, that's not the only problem I found. The L2 cache is non-functional. The Restart function results in a dead screen, and the

Re: 1400/117 enough go ?

2003-10-30 Thread Peter F Grenier
On Oct 30, 2003, at 9:50 AM, Tekno Liber wrote: From: James Stegall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Would you say Macs are as widely used in Europe as in the U.S.? I would say so, but as always it depends on the perticular company or area within which you're looking. I would like to add one thing: Not all

Re: 1400/117 enough go ?

2003-10-30 Thread Peter F Grenier
On Oct 30, 2003, at 2:39 PM, nhj wrote: OK, I have to ask. What's a Smalldog garage sale? This sounds to me more like a lucky dog garage sale, you lucky dog, you. thanks, Wayne From: Peter F Grenier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: PowerBooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 12:41:36 -0600

Re: 1400cs

2003-10-26 Thread Peter F Grenier
Why do you need a copy of Wish I Was? I installed 8.6 on my 1400. On Oct 26, 2003, at 12:19 PM, nathan wrote: Is there anyway to hardrest a 1400cs? I tried to install 8.6, before I knew I needed a copy of Wish I was which I can't find.. But I shut this system down and now the power light on

Re: 1400cs CD-rom module voodoo?

2003-10-25 Thread Peter F Grenier
On Oct 25, 2003, at 11:56 PM, Samantha Goodson wrote: on 10/25/03 9:27 AM, Andrew Kershaw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The solution to that is to only swap when the machine is shut down. On the 5300 that's not such a big deal (since most people don't have any media bay modules besides the floppy