On Sep 21, 2005, at 11:39 AM, S. Valenza wrote:
Hi, new subscriber here. I'm hoping to obtain a 1400c/117 PowerBook,
and am
wondering if I will need a System Enabler to load OS 9.1, 8.1, or
7.6.1 from
a non-machine-specific Apple OS CD. (I don't have a PB-specific OS
CD.) I
tried to check
I know that the subject of Wi-fi cards has been discussed quite a bit. Does
anyone have a list of what cards do not (or DO) have drivers available that
will work with OS 8.1?
I've heard that Macwireless cards have drivers compatible, but are there
others? My understanding is that the popular
Dear powerbooks list,
To all powerbook 3400c owners/knowledgeable persons...
What is your opinion regarding the coolest, affordable, and
so-called best black white laser printer to be connected to a 3400c running
OS
8.6 ?? My needs are basically text documents and black white
graphics
, and
so-called best black white laser printer to be connected to a
3400c running OS
8.6 ?? My needs are basically text documents and black white
graphics (no need for the best resolution or dpi). Please
consider in your
opinion(s) cost of printer today, availability, and needed (could
be rare
On Sep 9, 2005, at 12:31 PM, PowerBooks wrote:
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 13:42:06 -0400
From: Eric D. Bautista [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Best bw laser printer for 3400c running OS 8.6
Dear powerbooks list,
To all powerbook 3400c owners/knowledgeable persons...
What is your opinion regarding
No matter how
much hype you read from inkjet makers, they still don't get the dots
on the page the way a laser will.
Nor is the permanency there with ink-jet, either.
With acid-free paper, a laser-printed page is about as close to archival
quality as one can get.
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Has anyone installed this on a non-server edition?
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Has anyone installed this on a non-server edition?
Thanks,
Bruce
That's way off topic for a list that only deals with PowerBooks that
aren't supported by OS X 10.0.0 (forget about Tiger!). Try G-Books
or G-List.
Peace,
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Hello. I have used one of these with OS 9.1 on a Wallstreet (G3). I would
not chance it. I beleave it will need the G3.
Check out one of the Orinoco cards.
Ken Vann
From: Gary F. Daught [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Will CISCO Aironet 340 wireless card work on 3400 running OS
8.6?
Date: Wed, 31
Greetings. I am looking to pick up a 16-bit 802.11b wireless PC card
for my PowerBook 3400c (200MHz version running OS 8.6). I have an
opportunity to get a CISCO Aironet 340 card at a great price. But I
am trying to determine if it will work with my configuration.
Does anyone on the list
Thanks for the advice, I have 32 megs of pysical ram installed, this is the
low end 117mhz Powerbook 1400, would this run mac os 8.6 ok?
I am keeping my eyes open on ebay for a copy of that os
Martin Mackett
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From: Krow Magnum [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: PowerBooks powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 11:16 PM
Subject: Re: Can you run a wireless card on a powerbook 1400 running os
7.5.3
On 8/26/05, Peter F Grenier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Check
Hi, as a mac newbie I would like to know if you can set up a wireless
Internet connection on a power book 1400 running os 7.5.3.
I have read that you can on os 7.6 but I would like to attempt it
without changing the installed os.
I would appreciate any relevant info especially setting up IP
Check the docs with that driver, IIRC it requires 8.6.
On Aug 26, 2005, at 8:18 AM, martin wrote:
Hi, as a mac newbie I would like to know if you can set up a
wireless Internet connection on a power book 1400 running os 7.5.3.
I have read that you can on os 7.6 but I would like to attempt
On 8/26/05, Peter F Grenier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Check the docs with that driver, IIRC it requires 8.6.
On Aug 26, 2005, at 8:18 AM, martin wrote:
Hi, as a mac newbie I would like to know if you can set up a
wireless Internet connection on a power book 1400 running os 7.5.3.
I have
From: martin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Can you run a wireless card on a powerbook 1400 running os
7.5.3
Yes, you can with version 6 of the Orinoco driver, but you will have a much
better PowerBook if you can upgrade to at least OS 8.6 and then use the
v7.2 drivers.
If you are short or ram
In a local computer advertising/information mag, one of the writers has
a continuous column on switching from pcs to a mac using OS X. In the
latest installment, he comments on the 'shadow' files that begin with
._ which are evident when transferring files from a mac to a pc. I
know
from the resource fork. Unfortunately, I have not found a way
to keep the Mac from creating these files.
On 8/4/05, Brian Mahoney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a local computer advertising/information mag, one of the writers has
a continuous column on switching from pcs to a mac using OS X
On Aug 4, 2005, at 8:02 AM, Brian Mahoney wrote:
In a local computer advertising/information mag, one of the writers
has a continuous column on switching from pcs to a mac using OS X.
In the latest installment, he comments on the 'shadow' files that
begin with ._ which are evident when
Applications
drwxrwxr-x 19 helpdesk admin646 Jun 2 12:48 Applications
(Mac OS 9)
-rw-r--r--1 root admin 122880 Jul 11 15:06 Desktop DB
This is a partial listing of the root directory of my Mac.
See the .DS_Store, .Trashes files?
The only files missing are the ._filename files
will get interesting later in 2006 when there
will probably be dual-boot intel macs using OS X and windows. Or pcs
using OS X , although Apple says right now that this won't happen (but I
bet it will. ) The intriguing part of this is that the change seemed to
stem from powerbooks and the g5 heat
On Mon, 18 Jul 2005, Krow Magnum wrote:
It's been a while since I've tried any with OS 9 but Gmail would not
let me sign in with any browser prior to Wamcom Mozilla.
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When did you last try it? Google had a lot of complaints from people
using other than approved browsers, so
On Sun, 17 Jul 2005, Krow Magnum wrote:
I'm pretty sure only the latest Wamcom build of Mozilla is needed for
accessing Gmail's site.
Actually, any browser will work with Gmail, even Links or Lynx on a unix
machine. You just don't get a lot of the bells and whistles, like the
ability to
a lot of the bells and whistles, like the
ability to manipulate your account settings. You can still do the
standard stuff tho, like reading, archiving, replying, trashing messages.
Later.Howard
It's been a while since I've tried any with OS 9 but Gmail would not
let me
On Jul 18, 2005, at 6:06 PM, Krow Magnum wrote:
It's been a while since I've tried any with OS 9 but Gmail would not
let me sign in with any browser prior to Wamcom Mozilla.
they've changed that somewhat, I just checked with lynx, they bring
up a page that says current java is best
From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Krow
Magnum
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 9:56 PM
To: PowerBooks
Subject: Re: Gmail and OS 9.1
On 7/12/05, Noah Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
will it run on Mac OS 8.6?
The Wamcom Mozilla needs OS 9.1 but iCab does run on OS 8.6
On 7/17/05, Alex Wenzel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Krow
Magnum
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 9:56 PM
To: PowerBooks
Subject: Re: Gmail and OS 9.1
On 7/12/05, Noah Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
will it run on Mac OS 8.6
Mozilla runs on any OS 8.6 or above machine. You just need to find the
version that does.
I believe it is either 1.2 or 1.3.
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On 7/17/05, Jared [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mozilla runs on any OS 8.6 or above machine. You just need to find the
version that does.
I believe it is either 1.2 or 1.3.
Sorry, I forgot to mention the version of Mozilla I was referring to.
I don't think the older versions of Mozilla will work
Sorry, I forgot to mention the version of Mozilla I was referring to.
I don't think the older versions of Mozilla will work with Gmail, but
I'm not 100% sure on that.
I'm pretty sure only the latest Wamcom build of Mozilla is needed for
accessing Gmail's site.
That's what I figured. I didn't
Anybody know a browser that will allow me to run Gmail in the non
simple HTML mode? I use IE 5 mostly and it certainly won't run
anything but the HTML version.
Thanks, Ted
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iCab has a new beta browser too but I haven't tried it in OS 9 yet.
icab.de
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On Saturday I wrote;
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Opinions and advice please Listers,
A group of PC users has kindly( ? ) told me that I would be appalled
if I saw all of the Trojan Horses and Worms working in the
background within my
OS 9.1 system and greedily taking all of my personal info
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Fluxstringer wrote:
Most people can leave their homes unlocked too - but one of these days,
someone's going to walk in.
We lock our doors and plan security because we don't trust the world.
You can still lock your doors and have problems--I got hit with identity
security because we don't trust the world.
_
well actually they brought it up. I didn't ask. But was scoffed at
for using a Mac.
Evidently 21 responses from 2 Mac lists comprising 1200 Mac users
doesn't mean jack either.
And out of the 21 not one mentions an OS 9
Drop the subject. Just because Akron Public Schools had a massive
case of viral infections running rampant doesn't mean jack. We
must have made it up. Case closed. You guys know everything.
Don't ask either of us for an opinion on it in the future.
And he says this was on OS 9, but he
i'm a moderator on a mac list elsewhere i posed the question a while back
~ has anyone actually seen a real poke-it-with-a-stick mac virus ?,
out of the 450+ people on list ,
1 answer ~ a chap saw one in 1984 which didn't cause him any problems .
so if you recall how J.R. Ewing used to look
in an all-Mac environment in those days and viruses were an
issue. But now that those older OSes are getting rarer, viruses die a
natural death: They depend on being able to spread before they are
detected, and that balance is way off nowadays.
About OS X: Read what the experts say:
http
I was managing the network at a law firm in the early 90's and a major
software manufacturer shipped us a piece of shrink wrapped software
infected with the nVIR virus. I wasn't in the office when it was arrived
and the lawyers were in hurry to use it and infected all the hard drives
on the
I recently bought a surplus 3400c that came from a school. It had an
obsolete copy of VIREX on it. At least the alias for the app is on the
desktop. I didn't go looking for the actual app to see if it was there.
They left everything else on the drive - this is from a school - so I
would
On Jun 28, 2005, at 1:23 PM, Doc Holliday wrote:
I have also seen the WDEF virus, although I can't remember where it
was.
It was on a Mac running System 6 or lower, I can tell you that. WDEF
was killed by System 7.0.
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This is the sig who says 'Ni!'
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, but in general, don't worry.
The risk for a virus in OS X is ZERO. Nil. Zip. Bupkis. Nada.
Norton AV. like the rest of their products is crap; selling AV
software on the mac is tantamount to fraud.
In the last four or five years here, we've had ONE incident of Word
Macro viruses showing up
I recently bought a surplus 3400c that came from a school. It had an
obsolete copy of VIREX on it. At least the alias for the app is on
the desktop. I didn't go looking for the actual app to see if it was
there. They left everything else on the drive - this is from a
school - so I would
Hello,
Opinions and advice please Listers,
A group of PC users has kindly( ? ) told me that I would be appalled
if I saw all of the Trojan Horses and Worms working in the background
within my
OS 9.1 system and greedily taking all of my personal info back to
their masters for nefarious
On Sunday 26 June 2005 03:58, Manfred wrote:
Hello,
Opinions and advice please Listers,
A group of PC users has kindly( ? ) told me that I would be appalled
if I saw all of the Trojan Horses and Worms working in the background
within my
OS 9.1 system and greedily taking all of my
On Jun 25, 2005, at 2:45 PM, Fluxstringer wrote:
Opinions and advice please Listers,
A group of PC users has kindly( ? ) told me that I would be
appalled if I saw all of the Trojan Horses and Worms working in the
background within my
OS 9.1 system and greedily taking all of my personal
Opinions and advice please Listers,
A group of PC users has kindly( ? ) told me that I would be appalled
if I saw all of the Trojan Horses and Worms working in the background
within my
OS 9.1 system and greedily taking all of my personal info back to
their masters for nefarious purposes
A group of PC users has kindly( ? ) told me that I would be appalled
if I saw all of the Trojan Horses and Worms working in the background
within my
OS 9.1 system and greedily taking all of my personal info back to
their masters for nefarious purposes.
?!
I think someone is yanking your
I would agree; while there may be something out there that can
harvest info from 9.1, I have neither heard of it nor seen it. What
is the sound of one chain yanking?
Sounds like pissy pee-cee jealousy to me.
gwd
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Hi Donn,
The above is all I get every time I send you an e-mail. Are your
filters set to
send me to the trash?
Apologies for using up everyone's bandwidth.
I don't have anybody at all from the LEM lists set to go to the Trash.
Haven't had a reason to. :-)
~Yersinia.
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Yersina,
Since OS 8.5 came installed on my 5300c and I don't have a CD
or floppies of it, can anyone tell me if merely copying the 8.5 system
folder elsewhere (to my G3 for instance) will actually suffice as a
backup of the OS in case anything goes wrong in the upgrade?
Your mailbox won't
Dan writes,
Apple Filing Protocol. That's what you be using over AppleTalk when
you have File Sharing enabled...
I KNEW it -- that I'd know what this abbreviation would stand for, even
though I didn't recognize it by abbreviation alone. Sheeesh! Thanks.
Some of the files in your System
At 10:56 AM -0400 06/15/2005, Yersinia wrote:
the ONLY thing I use AppleWorks for is word processing -- straight text.
Do you get fancy formatting that text, at all? If not, you might
want to try a traditional/programmer's text editor, such as BBEdit
Lite or Alpha. They're much faster,
other way. (It all started when I
couldn't open a chat log under either SimpleText or ClarisWorks 4 that I
was using at the time...someone suggested BBEdit, and that opened it
right up.)
Anyway, having just gone through my new and improved Powerbook, I'm
very pleased at the moment. OS 8.6 doesn't
Hey Listers,
I am still loving my 5300c (OS 8.5) in that it works beautifully.
However, there is this one thing I'd like to refine.
When I originally bought my 5300c, I had to transfer the applications and
data I needed for it from my G3, which was fine since the laptop is
supposed to be my
. The QuickTime installers are
available individually for downloading from Apple. Just search a bit.
I really like QuickTime 5.0.3. I don't recall if it will run on 8.6,
but if it does, go for it. Much faster than QuickTime 4.
Question 3: Since OS 8.5 came installed on my 5300c and I don't
Dan writes,
Go to 8.6 and QuickTime 4 or 5.
Okay, I'm just about ready to rock and roll with this now. Also, thanks
for answering my question about why AppleWorks has to have
QuickTime(even though I use it for text only).
The QuickTime installers are available individually for downloading
SvtyTwo OS ITC TTStone Sans OS ITC TT
Bordeaux Roman Bold LET Fonts Stone Sans SC ITC TT
Bradley Hand ITC TT-BoldSymbol
Equation Editor Fonts TremorITC TT
Humana Serif ITC TT Wanted LET Fonts
Jokerman LET Fonts
FWIW
Hello,
Is there any way to control the zooming scrolling problem in OS 9.2?
Since I've switched to 9.2, when I'm working in, for example, pagemaker,
when I use the cursor to drag to select and hit the edge of the window, the
page scrolls by so fast it's impossible to stop where you want. I've
Where is the page on Apple's website that has the old versions of Mac
OS for download?
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Where is the page on Apple's website that has the old versions of Mac
OS for download?
http://www.info.apple.com/support/oldersoftwarelist.html
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John Perkins Jr. wrote:
Where is the page on Apple's website that has the old versions of Mac
OS for download?
http://www.info.apple.com/support/oldersoftwarelist.html
There's a list of hundreds of files organized by product and version.
John Perry
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Hello, I have a PowerBook 1400cs/133 with 32MB Memory and OS 8.1
installed now, OS 8.12 runs fast and I was wondering if I could put OS
9 on it if that would be a good idea, also can it support Mac OS
9.2.2? Thanks!
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On 2005-05-07 16:01, Noah Wood wrote:
Hello, I have a PowerBook 1400cs/133 with 32MB Memory and OS 8.1
installed now, OS 8.12 runs fast and I was wondering if I could put OS
9 on it if that would be a good idea, also can it support Mac OS
9.2.2? Thanks!
I wouldn't advise it with that little
What if I use Virtual Memory?
On 5/7/05, Joost van de Griek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 2005-05-07 16:01, Noah Wood wrote:
I wouldn't advise it with that little RAM. I run 9.1 on a couple of 1400's
with 64 MB, and it takes up about 16 MB. OS 9's RAM allocation is somewhat
different from
I wouldn't advise it with that little RAM. I run 9.1 on a couple of 1400's
with 64 MB, and it takes up about 16 MB.
What if I use Virtual Memory?
I presume that's with VM turned on. On my 60MB 1400 with Apple VM on, 9.1
used around ~18MB.
RAM Doubler 9 helped this quite a bit, but it still
I run OS 9.1 on a 1400 as I have explained twice on the list this
week. I have a 166 with 40 MB RAM.
It will run Photoshop 3-4 layers at 800 X 600 pixel aspect if you
are patient and careful.
Clarisworks or Word run just fine.
ITunes stutters only when visuals are on But a small screen isn't
As usual I recommend no higher than OS 8.6 for pre G3 machines. OS 9
runs very slow on even a 3400 (in my opinion). I like all my
computers, even slow ones, to at least feel like they're fast. So I
usually stick with the lower OS versions if possible. If you have OS
8.1 or below, Speed
Okay Thanks, I am planning on getting OS 8.5 on eBay or someplace like
that. I just have a few programs that need at least 8.6 and I thought
that it may just be easier to jump right to 9
On 5/7/05, Dan Palka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As usual I recommend no higher than OS 8.6 for pre G3 machines
TCP/IP: Logging on to a same or higher OS over Ethernet is easy from OS
7.5.3. With my 500PPC running 7.5.3, with OpenTransport 1.1.1, I can log
on to a G3 running 9.2.2.
I specifically upgraded to 7.5.3 because it seemed pretty complicated to
do that with earlier systems. LocalTalk is easier
Ge' wrote:
Can you now get files onto your 190 with the program association intact?
No, but ...
I wrote some instructions on how to change the FileType if you have
FastFind in your Norton Utilities Toolbox, but do you still need that?
Here's the beginning:
Mac OSes older than OS X use hidden
Charles in Georgia writes,
John, I have 190s and 5300s for my main laptops and I use them all the
time; they are both excellent portable computers for my purposes. My
set-up using different operating systems might be of interest to you. I
don't use anything below OS 7.6.1 on either computer
Just curious. What is the highest OS a 5300 can run on? (mine has 8.5
which is working out well, but I'm curious)
9.1 is the last OS for non-G3s PPC machines IIRC.
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On Apr 25, 2005, at 10:16 AM, Yersinia wrote:
Just curious. What is the highest OS a 5300 can run on? (mine has 8.5
which is working out well, but I'm curious)
OS 9.1
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On Apr 25, 2005, at 10:36 AM, Fabian Fang wrote:
On Apr 25, 2005, at 10:16 AM, Yersinia wrote:
Just curious. What is the highest OS a 5300 can run on? (mine has 8.5
which is working out well, but I'm curious)
OS 9.1
Well, 'run' in the computer usage term. In real life it's more like
'crawl
, and just because an OS number is higher doesn't necessarily
mean you'll benefit from the most recent release when it is on an
older piece of hardware.
A good case is made for stuffing the box with as much RAM as it can hold.
RAM's a lot cheaper than it used to be for most older machines.
gwd
I run my 5300 and 3400 on 8.6. 9.1 would be nice, although slow, because
network file sharing over TCP/IP is only available with 9.1 and above. I
cannot share files between my G3 and my 3400, but that is minor compared to
the speed loss.
Dan in AZ
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whistles is a drag if they crawl like molasses,
and just because an OS number is higher doesn't necessarily mean you'll
benefit from the most recent release when it is on an older piece of
hardware.A good case is made for stuffing the box with as much RAM as it
can hold.RAM's a lot cheaper than
need to move over from your G3 to
either your 5300 or 3400, you can still set up an AppleTalk network.
Yeah, transferring files this way is slow, but I know it can be done.
Very recently I successfully moved a whole bunch of files (both data and
apps) from my G3/266 (OS 9.1) to my PB 5300c (OS 8.5
bunch of files (both data and
apps) from my G3/266 (OS 9.1) to my PB 5300c (OS 8.5).
~Yersinia.
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you can connect *to* a system sharing via TCP/IP with any
system 7.1 or better, so long as (iirc) you're using AppleShare client
3.6 or better.
To share files from a computer using an older version of the OS, you
can get ShareWay IP Personal from Open Door Networks, which is what
Apple did
Then what G4 users need is an emulator program that'll run OS 9 and
emulate all it's functions including AppleTalk. (Hey if we can have an
Apple IIGS emulator under OS9, then why not this one? (And I wonder if an
emulator could run under an emulator? :) )
Later.Howard
installing earlier versions of the OS (this happened to me
on my old G4, and I found I couldn't install OS8.6 from the CD that
came with it, once I'd upgraded to OS9). If that's the case, might
it be possible to overwrite the firmware to revert it, allowing me
to install an older OS on a newer
On 2005-04-13 8:58, Clark Martin wrote:
There are numerous versions of 12 iBooks, some do run 9 and some
don't. Is it a G4 and do you know how fast the processor is? Of
hand I don't know where the cutoff is but those two factors will
determine it.
Cut-off is the G4.
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My age must be catching up to me or something. I recall that someone on
this list (I think) mentioned a newsflash about the fact that you could
now download a full version of os 9 at the apple site. I know the
updates are there but this message said something about a full download.
Does anyone
The latest available OS is 7.5.3 AFAIK. You can get the updates for
free as you said, but no free OS9.
EZ
On Tuesday, April 12, 2005, at 09:17 PM, Brian Mahoney wrote:
My age must be catching up to me or something. I recall that someone
on this list (I think) mentioned a newsflash about
I may have an opportunity to buy a decent used iBook (12 screen),
but I can't determine from Apple's site, if I can install OS9 on it.
It currently runs some version of OSX.
My understanding is that Apple's firmware updates are designed to
prohibit installing earlier versions of the OS
This link takes you to a site which explains how to hack an Xbox to
install OS X.Pretty clever and good for those days when you've got
absolutely nothing else to do.
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~ranma1/mac_install.html
Sorry for the OT subject but I couldn't resist. I'll go back in my shell
now
Ric said at ÒRe: OS 7.0.1 and PB 145- need help w/disk imageÓ.
[12/Mar/2005 11:57]
Try booting from the 7.5 Network Access floppy then transferring the parts
via floppy disk. Network access is in the utilities section of the Apple
older software page.
Hi Ric, thanks! I know there's probably
Hi Ric, thanks! I know there's probably a simple solution to this, but as
I can't seem to find it on my own...
I can boot up from the Netwk Access floppy, but both Put Away, and
Eject commands cannot eject the floppy cuz it's the os in use. Is there
some other command that will eject it after
Bill,
What I have done to get a new OS on my PB170 was to boot with Gamba's
RAMdisk booter, which boots the PowerBook into System 7.5, installs a
RAMdisk, copies System 7.5 files to it, and then switches to the RAMdisk
as the boot disk. The floppy is then ejected, and since the PB is running
Hi Bill,
The MacTracker database says the newest OS you can use on the 190cs is
8.1 ...
I post it here so that if anyone has better knowledge he can correct me.
Greetings
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Hi Bill,
The MacTracker database says the newest OS you can use on the 190cs is
8.1 ... I post it here so that if anyone has better knowledge he can
correct me.
Greetings
Ge'
(Sorry for that double posting about 7.5.3 - my Mozilla 1.3.1 seems to
go weird sometimes ...)
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Hi Bill,
If you have to take 7.5.2, better go for 7.5.3, because of easier
networking.
Ge'
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I need to know the oldest OS that can be installed on the pb 190cs. Apple
says its 7.5.2 whereas lowendmac allows 7.1.1. This would make all the
difference to me as I'm looking for a project machine that would be running
7.5 (Russian, so I can't count on updates). I'm wavering between the 190cs
Hello,
according to
http://www.knubbelmac.de/mirrors/til/til8970.html
there is no system enabler below 7.5.2 for your PB190.
But your 5xx would run with 7.5
I need to know the oldest OS that can be installed on the pb 190cs. Apple
says its 7.5.2 whereas lowendmac allows 7.1.1. This would
Dear Bill,
I'm not quite sure what is happening, but I'll try mentioning some points:
I have tried simply dbl clicking on the first file- that creates a
large disk image on my desktop, but no way will it fit onto a floppy.
It seems you did everything right up to here, because Disk Copy has
I have downloaded the OS files and they were decompressed by Stuffit. I
have Disk Copy 6.3.3 installed. I seem to be doing something wrong when
trying to disk copy each part to a floppy disk. I have tried simply dbl
clicking on the first file- that creates a large disk image on my desktop
I have downloaded the OS files and they were decompressed by Stuffit. I
have Disk Copy 6.3.3 installed. I seem to be doing something wrong when
trying to disk copy each part to a floppy disk. I have tried simply dbl
clicking on the first file- that creates a large disk image on my desktop
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