Re: 1400->9600 set-up

're right that their cheap, still don't really want another one sitting around.) So I should have asked how to use the 1400 as a monitor without having a "primary" monitor already hooked up to the 9600. Cheers, Rick On 29-Sep-05, at 12:45 PM, Doc Holliday wrote: W. Adri

1400->9600 set-up

to carry the 1400 to the university to write, etc. Thanks in advance, Rick -- 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 Lo

Re: An Apple a day..Keeps us from being Win-Dumb

go in the ol' glass cabinet, for sure. My PB 170 complete with original receipt already has it's own special little shelf still works fine. Start it up once every several months just for fun. Rick -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Do

Re: 1400 vs 2400 vs 3400 keyboards

from experience. Rick On 27-May-05, at 7:27 PM, Dan Palka wrote: I absolutely hate the 3400c's keyboard. I heard good things about the 1400 keyboards, but they look the same in pictures? What's different about them? Are they easier to type on? What are the keyboards on the 2400 like

Re: Powerbook 1400 Weirdness

y there said, "Oh, I can get you one of those" and he did and put it in - no problems thereafter). I'm not sure how the main battery interacts with the system, and don't want to confuse the issue inadvertently so will leave it for others to respond. Best, Rick -- PowerBooks

Re: Better Performance on PB 1400

better than many that followed it, only to be battered in flame wars... although not fully beaten). Rick On 3-May-05, at 4:54 PM, Noah Wood wrote: Well, I plan to get a wireless card (Orinoco Gold) for it and a new battery so I can go like 3 hours without weirs! I love my PB even if it is slow!

Re: 1400 batteries?

Look here for one person's directions for rebuilding a PB1400 battery: http://www.insysco.net.au/pb1400.html Peace, Rick > > Where could I get cheap batteries for 1400's apart from eBay and the LEM > swap list(whatever that is)? Also, what type of cells would you need(NiM

Re: Mastercook

Me too! Please let us know... I have a lovely 170 that I've owned since it was new sitting here looking for something useful to do... an excellent idea. R > From: Donna Hood Pointer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "PowerBooks" > Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 17:13:48 -0500 > To: "PowerBooks" > Subject

[no subject]

Hi, I can't seem to figure how to configure this 540C, OS 7.6.1 to use the printer/modem port to connect w/a US Robotics modem. It always wants to use the internal PP500. Any tips greatly appreciated. TIA, Rick -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and...

Re: Drive names

le do -- thanks to s/he who started it. Peace, Rick -- 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: PB1400 battery rebuild

t;> possible sources for the cells in both the US and Canada and a "what not to >> do" note. It was both a description in the body of an email and archived as >> a PDF file -- unfortunately I've lost it. >> >> Can someone point me to it or at least so

PB1400 battery rebuild

email and archived as a PDF file -- unfortunately I've lost it. Can someone point me to it or at least something similar? Rick -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot

Re: remind me please...

> > On Dec 14, 2004, at 8:44 AM, Rick McCutcheon wrote: > >> It's been so long since either of my trusty 1400s have even burped >> that I >> haven't been on the list for quite a while. A couple of days ago the >> cs/133/64/1/OS8.6 wouldn't star

remind me please...

pecially to listers from years gone by when the big discussion was comparing the merits of the 1400 and 3400. Seems we've moved on to Kangas and Wallstreets now. Making me feel old. Cheers, Rick -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicsh

PB1400 -> scsi cd-rw question

.3 necessary, or, as it says, just the optimal situation? Alternatively, could I use a different version of CD burning software (what, I don't know) that would allow this drive to work "well-enough" with the 1400? I'm aware that any CD burner on this machine would be painful

Re: PB 500 Series Batteries Help (A)

take 10-15 min. to complete. Alternate with EMMpathy several times untill the values show OK. Out of 10 or so batts. only one failed to recover with this method. Rick Second: From my experience, 500 series PowerBook batteries (they have 8 NiMH cells in series of 1800 mah and 1.2V minimum _ea

Re: pb165c screen problem

If the battery is dead or nearly so, the 165c won't boot even from the PS. Pull the batt and see if that works. Rick I got a a pb165c that was running ok up until last night. Something strange happened I tried to boot it from the battery and it struggled like there wasn't enough ju

Re: 1400 Processor Upgrade

an be identified by the little black button sitting beside the backside cache on the card -- thanks to Malcolm for that little note.... Rick 1400/133/64 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 1400 Processor Upgrade Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 12:34:01 -0700 Hi folks, Lo

FAQ on HDs for 1400 please

on digest for a few months, gotta get that work done sooner or later, Rick PS -- still think this 1400c/133 is a super little 'puter. Works great for me. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter

Re: macppp

Maybe try FreePPP, it works fine on my 540c. I havn't used MacPPP since on a Mac Plus so can't remember much about it. Icab(68k) is a good browser too. Rick >hey there > >well im trying to get my mac on the net and configuring mac ppp is >annoying me i get it total

Re: powerBook 540c modem s/w

Try here for the GV Powerport 500 SW ftp://ftp.globalvillage.com/pub/software/mac/previous/disk_images/ Rick >When I took ownership of this PB the internal modem was running OK. >Then I decided to wipe the hard drive and re-load OS 7.6.1 (which I >have a retail copy of). > >

Re: two issues

Just plug a mouse into the ADB port. >1. Trackpad button on my 2400 is broken. Mouse will move cursor but >double-clicking on icons won't open files. It won't even open apple >menu. I have a file that I need to open, so I have tried file sharing >with my 190. File sharing must be turned off on 240

Re: two issues

>You should be able to get "Zip Guest" onto a floppy. Just DL the whole pkg. and unstuffit. > >2. But I have file saved on Iomega zip disk, but 7..6.1 does not >appear to have the iomega extension driver and the file on iomega >website is too large to download onto a floppy. > >Is there a smal

Re: Dead PB 150?

I don't have a 150, but do own a pair if 165c's with dead batteries. They will boot up fine with no battery installed, but die immediatly when I plug in a battery. Have to get on ebay and look for at least one good batt. Rick >Howdy, >Just obtained a PB 150 that does not power

Re: Sorry, more help for 540c? Please?

e. It may take several times, but I've got a few completely dead ones back. Also helps to alternate with EMMpathy in between IBR Rick >I need a little help with my Powerbook 500 series battery. What is the best >way to open it so that it can be recelled and put back together again? And &

Re: Fw: p/b 100 battery...

asn't in the 165c when it went. Whats the easy way to pull one apart? The hard way appears to be alot of careful work with a utility knife, then lots of black tape to reassenble. Rick >At 4:12 PM -0500 1/14/03, Brian wrote: >>You can refurb the Lind externals cheaply;

Re: PB 540c modem gone bad??

Try here for the GV software http://63.104.169.60/PNF:byName:/PowerBook%20500%20Series%20Items/ Rick >I was given a PB 540c that was having a consistent (Epson) printer >connection issue. After a number of attempts to resolve the issue, we >decided the best option was to do a clean i

Re: Your first PowerBook

mputer. Currently a 1400c and a 1400cs does it for me and for my wife. Cheers, Rick -- 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: renewed book

Your not raining on my parade, or anyone else's -- or at least I don't think you are :-) I'm just telling you my experience. I would welcome the experts views, too. If it's because the box was taken apart and tightened up so everything inside connects better, hence works better, well, that's pos

Re: renewed book

of my reason for staying with macs for the course is on principle, so I like to know that the people I work with understand that reason -- as I am sure many people on this list do Cheers, Rick >Just out of curiosity, what did the tech charge for the installation? > >I've replaced

renewed book

ven't had the batteries replaced to consider it if you have any question in your mind at all about whether to do it. It's just my experience -- others may feel differently. Cheers, Rick -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Do

Re: How to make a slide show?

I've used both JPEGView and Jade with good results using OS 8.1 and 8.6. Both are easily found with a Google-Mac search. I seem to recall that they are both at the pure-mac archive: http://www.pure-mac.com/index.html Cheers, Rick -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.c

Re: Module Carrying Case?

Great idea -- fits the need perfectly, much thanks. Rick >I use pieces of foam rubber cut from a camping ground mat. (I buy the blue >foam camping mattresses sold at Walmart.) > >Cut 2 pieces slightly larger than the size of the modules, cut 3 pieces to >act as spacers alon

Module Carrying Case?

rubbermaid sandwich container, but the modules are an odd shape and won't fit -- unless you get a larger one, which takes up too much room for travelling. Rick -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Ent

Re: Need Help...

Steve, Maybe try this link for a downloadable disk image. <http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2/bootdisks.html> Best of luck, Rick > > I was wondering where I could get a 7.5 boot up disk for my PowerBook >> 145B? I've gone through the archives at Apple, but have had

Re: fancy-dancy?

>If it works in the 1400 and 5300 as I have, it can only work better in a >fancy-dancy 3400 ;) *Smile* yes, yes *sigh* fancy-dancy 3400 indeed - gsh. "Everyone" on this list knows, "of course," just to be "clear," that a 1400 properly souped up is about as fancy-dancy as they get *he he he

Re: PB140 Modem

Don't know much about the PB140, but try this link for lot's of info. http://w3.trib.com/~dwood/oldmac.shtml About 1/3 of the way down there's a link for older GV software, if that's what is in the machine. Best of luck, Rick >Dear List: > >I have a PB140 running 7.5

Re: hardware for powerpoint (summary)

B1400 it's going to be one souped up machine :-) those of you who have been here for a while have probably seen me slowly fillling in the pieces for my wife's as well It stems from a commitment to promote horizontal technology, rather than vertical, which emphasizes forced obsolesc

Re: hardware for powerpoint (summary)

, I'm asking for a Mac video-VGA adapter -- which will ensure that whatever projector I come up against I will be able to connect (either through the DB15 connector or with the Mac video-VGA adapter attached). Have I got it right? Thank you all for sharing your knowledge, Rick -- PowerBook

hardware for powerpoint?

concern is that they are "only" USB or some such newfangled thing. But maybe there's a work-around. Or maybe we're going to have to borrow the PC from my wife's work place -- ugh, %#$&%@%@$#&% Thanks for your help, Rick PB1400c/133/64/OS8.1 -- Po

Black Line Blues

Just searched back through over 2000 messages but couldn't find this addressed I seem to recall it was a couple of months ago. Is the solid black horizontal line about mid-way down on a 1400cs screen fixable? A known glitch? Etc. Thanks in advance, Rick -- PowerBooks is sponsor

Re: 1400 OS

worth the download time. In any case, it all works great on my 1400. Cheers, Rick >I have a 1400 which I got with the 8.0 OS installed. >I was thinking of upgrading to 8.6. >It has 32 mb memory, 24 suggested by 8.6. >Any suggestions. >This is a primo unused book and I would like

Re: 1400c RAM expansion

thank you for the tip on the vendor, i shall take a look... and waiting for the 8 makes sense too... rick >If you have a 1400/117, they shipped with 8 on the board...up to the >1400/166, that shipped with 16 on boardif you have 8 on board, I doubt >that there is 8 & 16, c

Re: 1400c RAM expansion

i'll watch for this , Cameron, and report back when all is said and done (at least with the RAM) rick now that i've made a commitment to this little computer that i've grown very attached to, probably too much so, but i love this keyboard, i will be fixing it up to the best

Re: 3rd party 1400 zip module?

then i'll keep my eyes open it seems like a good idea, if they work i think the G3 card will have to come first, though... thank you to all for this evening's help. Rick >on 9/10/02 9:21 PM, Rick McCutcheon at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> somewhere in my s

Re: 1400c RAM expansion

excellent! then i shall make sure to buy with the possibility of return if it won't piggy-back onto the current 16MB card... Rick (Malcolm, my wife says i'm walking around with my feathers fluffed out *chuckle* she wonders if i've won some spectacular ebay auction, or somethng..

3rd party 1400 zip module?

somewhere in my surfing sometime back i recall coming across a reference to a 3rd party module for the CD/floppy bay on a PB1400 designed to accept 100mb zip disks. is this true, or is my memory slipping away? if so, who made it? and is it still available? Cheers, Rick -- PowerBooks is

Re: 1400c RAM expansion

fill the final slothave i got it? Is it safe to assume that any 32 Meg card advertised for a PB1400 will be the right one (assuming an honest vendor) and it will piggy-back onto the 16 Meg card? Cheers, Rick >on 10/09/02 23:53, Rick McCutcheon at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>

Re: 1400c RAM expansion

Ah-hah... that's maybe why, I'm on 7.6.1. Ironically, last week I finally bought OS 8 - hasn't arrived in the mail yet... sounds like it was worth it though... so, I guess that means I have to open it?... appreciate your help. Rick (PS: this list impresses me so much... I t

Re: 1400c RAM expansion

Hi, thanks for this - unless I'm looking in the wrong place, all this tells me is that I have 32 Megs of RAM, but not how it is configured so I still need to know what upgrade card to buy... I'm open to being corrected though! Rick >Try going under the apple menu,click on apple sy

1400c RAM expansion

started out with 16 - am I missing something? Thanks for your help, Rick -- 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: PowerBook 5xx info

Try this link for info on batteries etc. Has some more links at the bottom. <http://www.wwc.edu/~frohro/520_Fixes/520_&_540.htm> Rick >I'm looking for information &c re the 5xx series PowerBooks. The LEM >page has a few good links, but they're old. Once wa

OS8.1/MSW5.1A

Does anyone know from experience that: a) MSWord 5.1A will run under OS8.1 b) any G3 upgrades for a 1400c will run with OS7.6.1 Thanks! Rick 1400c -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To

Inexpensive CND source for PB Batteries??

explains higher CND prices) and I am not sure if I would have to pay duty on it as well. Anyway, thought I would check. Since this is about businesses and money, I think proper netiquette would be to be to reply to me directly, not to the list. Thanks, Rick: <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Modem issues with 540c

latefn=FileS >> haring1.html >> > >I can't get to this page - all I get is the *#@%&*#%&!* mac.com >"sign-up" ad screen. > >Is this available anywhere else? > >Also, is this the version that works with the PPC upgrades? > >Mike Hebel I

Re: Modem issues with 540c

Been following this thread. Nothing specific, but this is what works on my PB540c/32/500/OS7.6.1/GV PP500 Mercury 19200 Control Panel - Powerport 500 v 2.08 Extension - Powerport 500 Tool v 2.08 FreePPP v2.62 Other than an occasional dropped connection everything works fine. BTW FreePPP works

Re: battery software

Look here for the DL http://roller.reno.nv.us/mac/pb500batt.html Also has instructions for a ResEdit hack. Which I may try, or not, Rick >-- >Hi all i have been following this thread and i think that the software i >have may help some people. > >It is called BU500 DELUXE 2.011

Re: PB540 Batteries.... is "dead" really dead?

>Very good advice, however one more tip. With a really dead battery, launch IBR with the right slot empty, then plug in the batt. It should go into "extended precharging" mode. It takes 15- 20 min. Several times may be necessary. Rick > >Hi again, >> >>With the

Re: Help! I've hurt my Duo

again. Disconnecting all power from it is the main thing, though I think. It also might be wise to walk away from it for a minute or two while it is disconnected. This gives you both a chance to breathe and lessens the chance of an airborn powerbook. ;) God Bless, Rick -- PowerBooks is

Powerport 500

I have successfully downgraded the system software on my 540C to 7.53. Much faster, uses less memory and with the appearance extension I salvaged from the previous 8.1 folder, it looks as good as 8 did. Bit by bit, I am getting it geared back up. Open transport, tcp/ip, and ppp seem to be in

Re: Best System 7 version for PB 540c?

re on the and such part? Sorry to sound like such a ditz, but I am not very familiar with under the hood stuff in Mac. Sadly, I am more familiar with PC'sat least until this XP nightmare came out. God Bless, Rick -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and...

Re: Best System 7 version for PB 540c?

on on one of the other lists about 7.1, and in the end >there's very little that won't run on 7.1 that will on 7.5 or 7.6. You can >even stick the Appearance stuff from 8.1 into 7.1 and make it look just >like 8.1. God Bless, Rick -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://l

Re: iBook question...actually two

helps. God Bless, Rick -- 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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Tr

Re: eudora for non power pc?

fully working program with all the bells and whistles...the only catch is an advertising box. I believe it also sends your internet history into hq as well...research on internet usage patterns or some such. And of course paid is paid... I think it is around 40 bucks. God Bless, Rick

540C and external cd

but it would be easier to just be able to make it work with the external cd. Too bad they don't make a cd rom module for a 540C. God Bless, Rick -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A |

Re: Battery Recon vs. Amnesia

>Is there any reason to use Battery Amnesia instead of Apple's >Battery Recondition? I've got a PB5300c running 8.1. >-- > >___ so far as I know battery recondition only works with 5xx intelligent batts. -- -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

Re: sleep at what voltage?

battery in the 3400, and it supposedly has no effect on it, I have gotten to over an hour and a half before that one dies after running it through a couple of times. God Bless, Rick -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalld

Re: 3400c software

peace... God Bless, Rick -- 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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $

540C os update

Since there is no way possible to make an external cd work with this machineis there a way that I can update the os to 8.1 using an ethernet connection? God Bless, Rick -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalld

540C upgrade

drive to work in its stead. I don't want to spend a small fortune doing this and will be selling off my 3400 to pay for part of it should I decide to do this. God Bless, Rick -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.co

Re: ram

To the best of my knowledge, the 4400 and other pci powermacs took 5 volt dimms. 3.3 volt is PC 66/100/133 that works in G3's/G4's. Newer 133 will work in all of them. It just has to be new enough to gear down to 66 on the older G3's. God Bless, Rick -- PowerBooks is spo

Re: OT: PC LapTop Recommend ???

floating around out there so don't shoot me if you can't find it :P God Bless, Rick -- 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

180 Update

good since I can use it just fine on my 140. God Bless, Rick -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Enter to win a FREE Titanium G4 PowerBook! -- | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support L

Major revision

t FPU soldered to the board? Knowing my miserable luck, it must be. God Bless, Rick -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Enter to win a FREE Titanium G4 PowerBook! -- | &

Re: HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLP!

the miserable object when I hear it begin to start up...great...it works... I bring it to work today, plug it in and it refuses to start. I have reset the power manager 4 more times and still nothing. What, besides being pure evil, is most likely wrong with this thing?? God Bless, Rick

Re: HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLP!

> > Reset the power manager? Tried that...am trying it for the third or fourth time, now. Yank the battery and the power supply, hold the 2 buttons in for 15 secs with the forked paper clip and slap the battery and power back...nothing...this really sucks. God Bless, Rick -- Powe

HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLP!

s the wife throws another fit about too much being spent on "stupid, retarded, jackass computers". If anybody has any idea, I will try it..and forget about shaking the basket of chicken bones in front of the screen while mumbling magic words...I already tried that. God Bless, Ric

Re: OS X hatched to run on 1400?

I am sure that I will have things thrown at me real soon. :) God Bless, Rick -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Enter to win a FREE Titanium G4 PowerBook! -- | & CDRWs on Sale! |

Re: 7.6 on 165c

7.6 cd has floppy images. If you have another Mac with a cd...get a bunch of floppiesover 20 if I recall correctly...and start makin em. Or you can get the HDI30 adaptor and an external cd rom drive...personally, I think that the floppies would be a wee bit cheaper. God Bless, Rick

Re: best OS for 520c

God Bless, Rick -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Enter to win a FREE Titanium G4 PowerBook! -- | & CDRWs on Sale! | Save on Mac software -- Shop Software Outlet.