Re: 550c

2005-09-17 Thread macnifico
El 17 sep 2005, a las 2:32 pm, PowerBooks escribió: I suspect, but could be wrong, that even on the 550 model vs the 520 or 540, that you'll only be able to get wifi working if you have the rev.C version of the card adapter. Later.Howard I have a 540c with the Rev. B PCMCIA

Re: 550c

2005-09-17 Thread victoria duggan
I have a 540c with the Rev. B PCMCIA Module, and a Proxim Wireless SkyLine PC Card, and it does work fine. But if I remember correctly, I had to manually enter the mask, submask, etc. data. No automatic data gathering. But it works. Best regards. Hugo Diaz Hi I have a rev b pcmcia

Re: 550c

2005-09-17 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Thats why i was wondering weather i could take the cage from a 5300 or 190 or 1400 and refit it in the case for the 5xx cage. Has anyone tried this. vicki Saddly, this isn't possible. The 5x0 series uses a PDS type slot inside the bay to connect the PC Card cage. The later NuBus

Re: 550c

2005-09-17 Thread ACFX44501
Thats why i was wondering weather i could take the cage from a 5300 or 190 or 1400 and refit it in the case for the 5xx cage. Has anyone tried this. Not possible. The 500 has no support, per se, for PCMCIA, but it does have access to the NuBus through the left slot. The Rev. A PCMCIA

Re: 550c

2005-09-16 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Sep 15, 2005, at 7:04 PM, Andrew Kershaw wrote: I need the control panel and extension panel for the newertech 167 cpu also how do i install a system on the hdd when i have no external cd rom (can it be done). Congratulations on the 550c! I've always wanted one of those

Re: 550c

2005-09-16 Thread Andrew Kershaw
The 550c has ethernet. IIRC, the Mac OS 8 CD would allow access to AppleTalk networks (either over serial ports or over Ethernet). So, if you've got a second Mac w/ a CD-ROM drive, it would be easy to set up a simple network to install whichever version of the OS you want to install

Re: 550c

2005-09-16 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Sep 16, 2005, at 8:08 AM, Andrew Kershaw wrote: The 550c has ethernet. IIRC, the Mac OS 8 CD would allow access to AppleTalk networks (either over serial ports or over Ethernet). So, if you've got a second Mac w/ a CD-ROM drive, it would be easy to set up a simple network to install

Re: 550c

2005-09-16 Thread victoria duggan
Hi all Got the control panels and the extension i needed Thanks R A And i stuck the scsi drive in a 2300 that i have useing the 230 duo drive cable and copied the entire drive onto a partition on the ide drive. I am just waiting for it to finish and fingers crossed i should have a nice

Re: 550c

2005-09-16 Thread victoria duggan
Hi all update as promised. The 550c is working the drive is now partitioned with 4 drives but for some reason 2 of the drives will not mount the mac just says at start up that 2 of the partitions cannot be read at start up. I will sort this later . I still have 14gb of space from

Re: 550c

2005-09-16 Thread Dan K
victoria duggan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The 550c is working the drive is now partitioned with 4 drives but for some reason 2 of the drives will not mount the mac just says at start up that 2 of the partitions cannot be read at start up. I will sort this later. I still have 14gb of space

Re: 550c

2005-09-16 Thread Howard R. Katz
I suspect, but could be wrong, that even on the 550 model vs the 520 or 540, that you'll only be able to get wifi working if you have the rev.C version of the card adapter. Later.Howard Computer n. A pocket

550c

2005-09-15 Thread victoria duggan
Hi all need help Got a 550c. back I need the control panel and extension panel for the newertech 167 cpu also how do i install a system on the hdd when i have no external cd rom (can it be done). the drive i have in it is a 30gb ide drive with an adapter partitioned in 5, 1x 7gb and 4

Re: 550c

2005-09-15 Thread Andrew Kershaw
I need the control panel and extension panel for the newertech 167 cpu also how do i install a system on the hdd when i have no external cd rom (can it be done). Congratulations on the 550c! I've always wanted one of those... The 550c has ethernet. IIRC, the Mac OS 8 CD would allow

Re: Wireless 550c

2004-06-24 Thread COCCORP
In a message dated 6/23/2004 12:54:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Trying to get my new 550c rolling w/ WiFi; I am using a Proxim Skyline wireless PC card with version 6 of the WaveLAN IEEE software, since I am pushing OS 8.1 on the laptop... You can try earlier

Re: Wireless 550c

2004-06-24 Thread Brian
On Thursday, June 24, 2004, at 10:41 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have noticed that the 802.11b wireless on ALL of my powerbooks, from my 3400c/180 to my 550c/183, seems slower than when I use 802.11b ethernet/wired on either... how much s-l-o-w-e-r is WiFI compared to 10BaseT? (Sorry about

Wireless 550c

2004-06-23 Thread COCCORP
Hi gang, Trying to get my new 550c rolling w/ WiFi; I am using a Proxim Skyline wireless PC card with version 6 of the WaveLAN IEEE software, since I am pushing OS 8.1 on the laptop... I cannot seem to get things going. The software installed, but it cannot see a proper card to use

Re: Wireless 550c

2004-06-23 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 23, 2004, at 4:34 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi gang, Trying to get my new 550c rolling w/ WiFi; I am using a Proxim Skyline wireless PC card with version 6 of the WaveLAN IEEE software, since I am pushing OS 8.1 on the laptop... You can try earlier versions of the sofwtare (IIRC I

Re: Wireless 550c

2004-06-23 Thread COCCORP
In a message dated 6/23/2004 12:54:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You can try earlier versions of the sofwtare (IIRC I was trying 4.7 or so on my 540C, but, all I ever got was the same results you were getting, though it was tantalizingly close...I had a new choice of

Powerbook 550c parts

2004-06-10 Thread COCCORP
I just obtained a 550c from a friend; if anyone has any interest in the part I will not need: - a Japanese layout keyboard, but each key also has the corresponding (I guess) English letter character. It has almost the same arrangement as an English keyboard. - a NuPower card with 167Mhz