Re: PB1400 PC card woes

install the SW. Do a search on Versiontracker for tomeviewer if you don't already have it. hth, Dan K On 10/24/02 Steven Schario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Not long ago, I purchased a PowerBook 1400C. I love it. It came to me with a >Global Village 56K Modem/Ethernet

Re: networking a PB160

era is probably iCab. Even Netscape Nav. 4.08 is quite usable however, though drawing a page can be painfully slow if the HTML is overly complicated. hth, Dan K On 10/22/02 Butch Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >my apologies if this has been covered on this list before. I have a

Monitor adapter for PCs

In a packet of stuff that came with an Apple MultiScan 17 inch Monitor I found an adapter that is to be used to connect the Apple monitor to a PC. The part number is 590-0993-A. I don't want to use it that way, but I do have a surplus DELL monitor and a PB540c that could use a large colour moni

Re: cd-rom modules on 3400 and 1400's

e know of specific models that work? Dan K On 10/13/02 Mad Dog wrote: > >In-reply-to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Message-id: > >>Are cd-roms on the 3400 and 1400's interchangeable? > >The modules are not interchangable, but the CD ROM mechanisms might >be. I

Re: 1400 Developer Manual

e publicly accessible. I'd be interested in having more ram in my 1400 too, however I don't think the issue is ram module capacity, but rather memory controller limitations. Sadly, I don't think anyone has come up with a practical way around that problem. hth, Dan K On 10/8/02 "Be

small blue usb case question

Hello, >From someone on the swap list I bought a small, blue plastic case labelled "usb hard drive" on the front. On the bottom it says USB Hard Drive, Model VE-007NHD, a handwritten Serial Number and Made in China. I had also seen these advertised on ebay and at Computer Geeks. The case separates

Seattle's RE:PC

> Hi List! I was wondering about the PB 150. I know it is > classified as a Road Apple, but I saw one with > respectable RAM and HD at my local (the only) Seattle > REPC (www.repc.com). It includes an untested battery (i > think) and I need to know if there is a source for 150 > batts or if there

Re: Weird 1400 Startup Noise, Screen Flicker & OTUtilityLib

OpenTransportLib Open Transport Library Shared Library Manager Shared Library Manager PPC plus at least one of these three: Open Tpt AppleTalk Library Open Tpt Internet Library OpenTpt Modem Doggonit, I just love Google! Dan K -- PowerBooks is s

PB3400/3500 pram batteries

send these somewhere else, YouKnowWhatIMean?!? Happy to help, Dan K * "many" = 30 pieces of 3400/3500 pram batteries -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot

3com PC cards'n'drivers

of it's resources loaded into the System file by the installer (the .ENET0 driver, specifically.) Plus the older driver on which you based the 3com doohicky has a bunch of bits not present in the the 3.0 version. Can you detail the mods you made to the Farallon driver, and which vers

Re: Source for 3400 pram battery

3400 and 3500 (G3) use a different pram batt than 190/5300. Dan K On 9/18/02 3:56 PM victoria brandon wrote: >> Yep, that's what I paid ($3) for (2) of mine. I still have one. They're >> the same for the 5300/190 etc. >> >> BTW, if G3 users want to be cheap,

Re: 3400 users!

I'm pretty sure it ain't exactly the 8.1 GM. Hey, I got an idea! *. . . maybe I could grab the ROMs image and compare it to a production 3400 . . . Uhh, I forget how to grab the ROMs, anyone care to remind me? Dan K * My 3 yr old daughter loves to say that, esp. when she thinks of something

Duo 280 screen on a 230/250 logic board

;ve got this pile of parts? Sadly, I don't have any 270s so can't toss any of those into the blender. : >) Thought y'all should know, Dan K PS: Damn, did I mention how much I _love_ Ambroid Pro-Weld? Hot damn I love that stuff. First my PB500s, now all my Duos are repaired, c&

Re: 1400c RAM expansion

on't care as long as v1 works. Dan K On 9/11/02 Paul Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >At 5:13 PM -0400 9/11/02, Dan K 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'

Re: 1400c RAM expansion

viously Apple was catching some heat from ram makers and customers when supposedly compatible ram turned out to be incompatible. I've just about given up hope though that I'll be able to fix the modules I've got, a shame since there's still a good market for the darn things. C

PB1400 G3 333/512 - deal!

I just bought one of these and at $145 it seems like money spent reasonably well. I had been using a 183mhz 603e NUPowr and while the jump to G3 wasn't startling it _is_ noticably faster. http://www.megamacs.com/v1/?cat=10005&action=view&pid=690643 Dan K On 9/11/02 Cameron K

Duo 250 screen on a 280 logic board

I don't see why not though as a 250 is pretty much just a 230 with the active screen. so, now y'all know, feel better now? : >) Dan K PS: while apart, anyone want me to try and find the OEM info on the screens? -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and...

Re: 3400 users!

al difference between a PC card cage and a cardbus cage is that 'key', then it's a whole lot cheaper and easier to slice and dice the corner of a card than replace the cage. Now if only I could get my confounded Hooper to boot from a FW-capable OS I could actually try it out. Da

Re: Ethernet for 3400c/180

ked driver needed (as explained at CK's page above) because 3com has _no_ driver of their own for the 3c589 series. As Farallon's card is a rebadged 3c589 with custom firmware it's a trivial hack to modify the Farallon driver to recognize and support the 3com card. Hope that hel

Ambroid Pro-Weld - how did I live without it before now?!?

ed over the years, not knowing a repair would eventually arrive. I bought my Pro-Weld at Tower Hobbies <http://www.towerhobbies.com>. Hope this helps, Dan K (now with a _large_ pile of repaired PowerBooks that need reassembling!) On 8/21/02 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 1

Re: 5300 bus speed...

p pics of both, since yer in there anyway? Hmm, and I wonder . . . is a 1400/117/133/166 603e _processor_ the same footprint as a 5300's? Just some (dopey) thoughts, Dan K (dangit, now I gotta go get a 5300 to play with!) PS: the DigiKey catalog is a _very_ dangerous thing to have! LOL!

Re: PowerBook Video adapter

external port is another matter and would work just fine. : >) Well, come to think of it, a headless, internal-HD-less 5300 with a Focus enet/vid card, plus an external 23GB Seagate Elite . . . hmm, a cheap and cheerful MP3 server, and very compact (except for my choice of HD.) Hope th

Re: 5300ce Special" Problems - Was: PowerBook Video adapter

he entire 'Book (and the POS floppy module too, while their at it!) Hope that helped, Dan K On 9/4/02 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >I'm using my own battery, my own charger and my own floppy drive, all >borrowed from my 5300c. > >The power system using the suppl

Re: powerbook 3400c

Sounds like a very frustrating problem. Are there any other computers hooked into the same phone line when you hook in your powerbook? When I was housesitting at a friend's house, I had to go downstairs and unplug the phone line out of her computer before I could use the same phone line upstairs w

pbk 5300 and compact flash question

I have read the recent posts concerning Compact flash/ Smart media pcmcia cards and adapters. With a powerbook 5300, is there a 'better' purchase: Sandisk Compact Flash OR Smart Media adapter and card? I undestand they are slightly different sizes. I am especially interested in using this card to

Re: PB 540 PRAM Batteries

completely different) battery stuck to the underside of the speaker grill. Dan K On 7/30/02 "Ed Vaeth \(Surfbest\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >This is wro . . . > . On the other hand, the 520-540-550 >battery's Apple # is 922-0786 and are typically bund

PB 540c PRAM Battery

Can anyone identify the PB 540c PRAM Battery type and a source to obtain one (preferably in Canada) ? Thanks. Keith -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start a

Re: Password protected HD

> I received a 'dead' Duo 2300c, which seems to work fine, but the harddisk is > password-protected by "Empower"(?). > > Does anyone have a suggestion on how to get around that? I had a trhift shop classic with Empower on it, ugh! Could not access the drive. I remember trying to start with ext

Re: 1400 CD drive- mechanisms?

very different connector, not compatable with any other mechanism of which I'm aware. Dan K -- 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 | Fre

Re: Racist remarks?

minute, David's in on it too! Holy Moises, David is a satirist of the highest caliber and _I'm_ the rube! Geez, how is an ordinary netizen supposed to know what's for real anyhow? Dan K PS: David, your comedy is s good, I especially like the suggestion Catholics are someth

5300 and pram battery

If my powerbook 5300cs green corner light glows continuously because of the pram battery, is it possible to plug it in for several hours to rechange both batteries? -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win

Re: japanese 1400 site??? *PB1400 and internal CDRW*

Hmm, not sure what drivers are available for a Matshita UJDA-330 CD-RW in a PB1400 beyond the two I've tried so far, Toast Ti 5.1.x or Apple's own Authoring package. Any suggestions? Dan K On 7/4/02 Tom & Lisa P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2002 19

Help with Hooper - PB3400 logic board switches

nt over my PB1400c/183/64/20GB workhorse. I'm not complaining, mind you, but rather I'd like to actually get to use it. TIA, Dan K -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | --

Re: japanese 1400 site???

be able to make it work. Grrr . . . I located the website of B's Recorder GOLD, but can't find any sales info. Dan K http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/ro/alpha7/pb1400.html or http://babelfish.altavista.com/urltrurl?lp=ja_en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bekko ame.ne.jp%2Fro%2Falpha7%2Fpb1400.html Jun

5300cs green light stays on

Could someone please tell me why the green light on the right corner of my powerbook 5300 cs stays on- not blinking but constantly glowing? It goes off when I shut down the powerbook, but later when I open the Targus case days later, the green light is glowing. The powerbook has the battery inside

Re: Converting 2.5" IDE drives to SCSI

I've posted this note B4, but it can't hurt to do it again: --- . . . the ide-scsi convertor from Century is the most cost effective solution I've come across so far. As large ATA laptop drives are plentiful and cheap, there's no reason

Re: PowerBook 540c addons

apparently runs at only 133mhz! Dan K On 6/18/02 Paul Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >At 9:33 PM -0400 6/17/02, Dan K wrote: >>Am I the only PB500/167-PPC user who has never experienced this phenom? >>I've had several of these and used the Newer SW in none of them.

software piracy? only updaters offered

Subject: Why can't updaters from the web be offered? The person offering the Speed Doubler software updater was NOT offering the paid software application, only a copy of the updaters as they are no longer on the Connectix website. The updaters are no good to anyone unless they already have pai

Re: different 1400 ram?

if the module(s) turns out to be incompatible. One other interesting item I'd sure like to understand: why the heck does my 117mhz 1400 with a 183 NUPowr upgrade see all 64MBs installed? After everything I've read and all my own experiences with 1400s I was _positive_ my 117-logicboar

Re: 540c processor upgrade

quot; ATA HDs and I also just got a 30GB Travelstar . . . yep, I'm gonna max my PPC540c's storage space. No, I have no real need for 30GBs in my old PPC BlackBird, but now I've got the stuff, and I'm gonna use it! : >) Dan K On 6/7/02 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >In

Re: Powerbook 500 Series PPC Upgrade Problem..

ter and more stable than 8.5/6 ever was for me on the same PB. I still haven't tested 9.1 with any of my other PPC upgrades (PowerPro, PowerCard, Turbo 601, etc.), but I suppose that's a topic for another list! : >) http://members.aol.com/dankephoto/ppc_upgrade/ Hope that h

what's an inverter board?

Subject: powerbook 5300 inverter board use? Hello, I have a powerbook 5300ce with an active matrix screen. The screen shimmers and this is especially noticeable with the lines on a dialogue box. Someone suggested it could be the inverter board. Could someone tell me what an inverter board does?

powerbook 5300 inverter board use?

Hello, I have a powerbook 5300ce with an active matrix screen. The screen shimmers and is especially noticeable with the lines on a dialogue box. Someone suggested it could be the inverter board. Could someone tell me what an inverter board does, is it possibly the cause of the shimmer problem, an

OS 8.1 vs 8.5/8.6 on a PB2300

>Can anyone relate their > experience with OS 8.1 vs 8.5/8.6 on the 2300c? John, I had a maxed out 2300 (56 megs of RAM) that ran fine on either 8.1 and 8.5. When I upgraded to 8.6 it was a mistake. Besides being awfully slow, the finder would often crash. I also had a lot of conflicts with the

5300 and pcmcia wireless cards

Subject: Re: 5300 and pcmcia wireless cards I'd like to ask again, exactly which pcmcia wireless network card works on a powerbook 5300? Does anyone know if the Orinoco Silver PCMCIA card works in a 5300 and what software is needed? On the Lucent website I found an archived announcement circa1995

5300 and pcmcia wireless cards

Could someone please tell me exactly which pcmcia wireless network card works on a powerbook 5300? I believe the Orinoco Silver PCMCIA card works, but I want to ensure it is not cardbus. One post said the OWC site had information, but this link has no information I could find

set up of 98lite for Virtual PC

A question for those who run Virtual PC on their machines. After reading newsgroup postings I downloaded software called 98lite which is said to allow you to use Win98 and swap its shell for the sleeker, faster Win95 shell to help VPC run a bit faster. If anyone has used this, could you tell me w

pbk 5300 display problem

Jeff Hubatka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in Subject: 5300 Display and REA " I have just recently picked up a 5300CS ... but ... at startup - the display lights up but I never can see anything on the screen. I can hear the hard drive going through the startup process but I don't see anything but a l

Airdock questions/ some answers

PookLaRoux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked inSubject: Intro and questions "Two main questions for right now: That Air Dock. The documentation that came with it says you need to be running 7.1 or later, but it talks about the network panel and other things which I believe got wiped away with the lat

recommendation for external usb case

Would anyone have a recommendation for a brand of usb external hard drive case? I want one that will fit (at two different times, of course) two older powerbook 5300 hard drives (the 500 mb drive is 12.5mm and the 1.1 gig drive is 17mm high). Some usb external hard drive cases I see on ebay don't

IR port/5300/Farallon Airdock

I found the Farallon Airdock worked well to provide infrared to the desktop machine. You should be able to use it with system 8.1 (Farallon helped me set that up, but now they're some other firm) I'd have to look up the instructions. Also, the instructions say you could be several feet away to tra

Appletalk/IR port/5300

Subject: Re: Appletalk won't show IRPort [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: "...the powerbook and the performa were given to me, their original owner used them together alot.. I was sure it was thru the infrared. When I got the two machine they both had system 7.5 in them, I only wish I had not deleted them

Dayna SCSI/Ethernet

" Wolf Drechsel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote . .. . . . about the Dayna SCSI/Ethernet-Adaptor to be used with my PB 165. Now I've obtained such a thing (to be precise: a DP0800) - and trouble is starting: * I fetched the DaynaPort-Installer from IBM. When starting it, it will show the watch an

DIN Modem to RJ Adapters?

>It sounds like he has an Australian (and/or European) version which utilizes an external dongle to provide a phone connection. This dongle plugs into the 8 pin port... It won't work with North American phone systems though, I think due to differences in line voltage. I was never able to get the

Focus video/ethernet card

topic: ethernet and 5300 There was a discussion about getting ethernet connections on a Powerbook 5300c. I also recommend the combination modem/ethernet card that was mentioned. However, I would advise caution with the built-in option suggested- the Focus Enhancements internal ethernet/video out c

5300c screen in 190?

"Alexander R. Pruss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Subject: 5300c screen in 190? Can one put a 5300c screen in a 190, and thereby create a 190c (yes, I know that Apple never made a 190c)? I have exchanged a 190cs screen for a 5300ce. They are the same size so the connections will fit. There will b

5300 questions again

Janice Freeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My iMac and 5300 are happily sharing files right now. The GV software seemed to be already installed. If it is all working well, do I even need to worry about Flash (?!) upgrades? Isn't this list great for finding out all the information you need? I did

powerbook 5300 and # monitor colors

After having rebuilt a powerbook 190cs into a 5300 ce? (using parts from a real 5300 ce- 117mhz motherboard, 16 + 48 ram, powerboard, video board). I had thought the monitor control panel would now give me more options for monitor colors. I have choices from black & white, up to 'thousands' of co

powerbook 5300 quuestions

[EMAIL PROTECTED] answered some powerbook 5300 Questions, and I'd like to add to these suggestions: >>1. Is the Powerbook supposed to start up when the power adaptor is >>plugged into it? Mine does. >It should not. Even if it is only asleep, it should not start up when the >ac adapter is plugge

system 9.1 on 5300?

I bought a 4 G hard drive and the former owner left on it a clean install of system 9.1, which booted fine on the 5300. I had it installed in a powerbook 5300ce (active matrix screen, 117mz, 64 mb ram). The 5300ce needs to log into a NT server, a Citrix metaframe, run Office 98, DAVE and/or an o

observations on 190 upgrade to 5300

Having gained much information from this list about the items necessary for a powerbook upgrade, I would like to offer the following observations after watching it done: a) if you are going to try this upgrade yourself, be sure you have the 186 page manual with illustrations b) be sure that you no

Re: memory from Data Memory Systems

From: Seraphim Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: memory from Data Memory Systems Does anyone have any experience with RAM products from Data Memory Systems? http://www.datamem.com/ They have 128-MB upgrades for PowerBook 3400 for lots less than anyone else -- they are $119, the next best is

Speed Doubler and 5300

Another List contributor wrote: >Yeah, interesting that the 5300 is probably a lot of folks' '2nd Mac' - >because they're a cheap PPC portable that do most everyday things fairly >well. Hope they're all running SpeedDoubler though. Seriously. I tried Speed Doubler on a 5300 runnning system 8.6 a

Type of PowerBook

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5300cs questions?

Hello, I have 3 qustions about my powerbook 5300 cs: 1. After reading posts where people thought Speed Doubler 8.12 was useful for a powerbook 5300cs, I got a copy. I am running system 8.6 with 56 mb ram and have an upgraded 4 g hard drive. Speed Doubler 8.12 seems to offer no improvements with

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