Source for 3400 pram battery

2002-09-13 Thread csean
Anyone ever found an alternative source for 3400 PRAM batteries? e.g., camera stores, electronics shops, phone stores, Radio Shack, etc? Seems a pretty simple battery that looks a lot like batteries used in other types of equipment. I've seen the original 3400 batteries on ebay, etc., but they h

Re: 1400c RAM expansion

2002-09-12 Thread csean
on 9/12/02 01:09, (PowerBooks) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've had my eye on this thread and other similar threads in the past > because I've got more than 80 (!!) 24MB ram modules I'm unable to sell > until I can figure out why they don't work in some 1400s, but _do_ work > fine in others _an

Lombard and wallstreet memory

2001-10-22 Thread csean
Just to update re. my Lombard and maxing the memory: I finally got a working compatible 256MB low-profile module for my Lombard, which now has 512MB installed. Works great so far. Putting it thru its paces and planning to move to the Lombard 400 512MB/20GB as my main Mac. So, obviously these 256M

Re: flashing Q mark

2001-10-22 Thread csean
on 10-21-2001 21:01, (PowerBooks) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I recently almost had a disaster with my 18G IBM Travelstar in my > Lombard. I was copying a file by USB from a Zio CF reader when my > Powerbook hung. I had to force restart and I got a blinking "?". Disk > First Aid couldn't repair

installing OS 7.6

2001-10-12 Thread csean
I'd like to install OS 7.6.1 on a couple of older Macs we've got lying around unused (PB 190, Mac IIci, LCIII) in order to set some computer newbies up with Internet and email. The problem is that we had 7.6 on 23 floppies, IIRC, which weren't used for years and now some of which are ruined. But

Re: portable stylewriter

2001-10-12 Thread csean
on 10-11-2001 21:00, (PowerBooks) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The Portable StyleWriter basic unit > must be hand-fed sheet by sheet, though a sheet feeder attachment was > available for it. Right you are, I stand corrected. Sorry about that. (I'd said it didn't need a sheet feeder attachment,

Re: portable stylewriter

2001-10-11 Thread csean
on 10-10-2001 19:28, (PowerBooks) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I picked up a Portable StyleWriter today. It doesn't have an AC adapter, >> but it has a (prolly dead) battery. What do I need to know about one of >> these? Is it worth fixing up? >> >> Also, this one seems rather strange: it