I have a similiar(spinning HDD when I don't want it to) problem when
doing the same thing with all of the powerbooks I have owned (three
5300's, a 3400 and currently a Kanga). The workaround I have found for
the spinning hard drive is to use the control strip to spin down the
hard drive, then
Here's my 2 cents I upgraded from a 5300 to a G3 Kanga for a whopping $27 US
via the LEM swap list, and am still able to keep all the extras I had from
before (internal expansion bays and external SCSI things like CD burner,
scanner, HDD, modems, printers) and am still able to run the software
with
Since there have been two requests recently for info on the use of CF cards
in PowerBooks I figured I'd give my two cents, citing personal experience in
using this option on both a 5300 (c, cs, and now ce) as well as a 3400c.
Basically, I didn't notice a difference when using the cards for VM stora
Anybody know if it's possible to change the video settings on a 5300ce in OS
8.6? Right now I'm locked into 800x600 and would like to change it to
640x480 if possible. If this isn't an option how can I speed up the video,
right now the desktop is rather slow after optimizing, setting it to fewer
co
