Re: PB 1400cs CD-ROM Module Not Working? FIXED

2005-10-27 Thread Fred Stevens K2FRD
At 22:09 -0400 27/10/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >In a message dated 10/27/05 7:00:33 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >If the system CD is "home brewed," are you sure it is not just an install cd, >w/o any OS of its own on the cd? Is an Apple-created CD. > >One thing I try in these situations

Re: PB 1400cs CD-ROM Module Not Working?

2005-10-27 Thread Cameron Kaiser
> Okay, correct me if I am wrong listers, but you cannot swap any devices on > the powerbook 1400 while it is on, can you? You have to swap the cd-rom/ > floppy modules while the laptop is sleep or off. Correct. Hot-swapping on the 1400 == bad. Sleep it first. -- ---

Re: PB 1400cs CD-ROM Module Not Working?

2005-10-27 Thread GalBros
In a message dated 10/27/05 7:00:33 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >My problem started when the PB arrived and I found the >previous owner had initialized the hard drive, so no operating >system. He had included a 7.5.3 system CD, but there was no CD-ROM >module. If the system CD is "home bre

Re: PB 1400cs CD-ROM Module Not Working?

2005-10-27 Thread Ed Gibson
Apple has OS 7.5.3 Posted on its site in floppy image format. If you can find someone close that can access the apple site you can download the 17 floppy set. I have it but don't remember exactually where you go on their site to find it but I'm sure someone on the list can tell you... Good luck

Re: PB 1400cs CD-ROM Module Not Working?

2005-10-27 Thread Tom and Lisa P
I just purchased off eBay a PowerBook 1400cs with a floppy drive module; I have some old financial records on floppies and I need to access them, but my iBook 900 won't do it and can't be easily made to do it. My problem started when the PB arrived and I found the previous owner had initialized

Re: PB 1400cs CD-ROM Module Not Working?

2005-10-27 Thread Gerald Abreu
Someone with more knowledge may have a better answer, but I think you can boot from the floppy then make a ram disk, copy over the system from the floppy and boot from the ram disk and then maybe install the cd operating system. YMMV, and good luck. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

PB 1400cs CD-ROM Module Not Working?

2005-10-27 Thread Fred Stevens K2FRD
I just purchased off eBay a PowerBook 1400cs with a floppy drive module; I have some old financial records on floppies and I need to access them, but my iBook 900 won't do it and can't be easily made to do it. My problem started when the PB arrived and I found the previous owner had initialized