Re: Can't detect the new installed ide hdd on pb3400c

2006-03-05 Thread Howard R. Katz
From what I've seen, it's not uncommon for non-Apple drives to not be recognized--I'm not surprised that Apple's software would refuse to see it either. Your best bet would be to get ahold of something like SilverLining--it'll set up the drive so it'll be usable by your 'book. (I've used it

Re: Can't detect the new installed ide hdd on pb3400c

2006-03-05 Thread Clark Martin
At 1:33 PM -0600 3/5/06, Howard R. Katz wrote: From what I've seen, it's not uncommon for non-Apple drives to not be recognized--I'm not surprised that Apple's software would refuse to see it either. Your best bet would be to get ahold of something like SilverLining--it'll set up the drive so

Re: Can't detect the new installed ide hdd on pb3400c

2006-03-05 Thread Howard R. Katz
You may be right, I'm going by memory. I seem to remember having a problem on my 5300--but I could be confusing it with the 520 also. :) On the other hand it might not hurt to have him try a different drive utility and see what it does for the drive. Later.Howard

Re: PowerBook 3400 Main Battery Problems

2006-02-28 Thread Richard Smiley
Hi Roger, This isn't to say your batteries are not as you say, but sometimes batteries show themselves to be fully charged when in fact they are quite dead. When this is true, they usually won't take a charge. I suggest testing the batteries with a tester to see what they are producing

Re: PowerBook 3400 Main Battery Problems

2006-02-28 Thread Richard Smiley
Sorry about that. I meant it to go to Roger. Rick :) On Feb 28, 2006, at 7:07 PM, Richard Smiley wrote: Hi Roger, This isn't to say your batteries are not as you say, but sometimes batteries show themselves to be fully charged when in fact they are quite dead. When this is true, they

Re: Move to Google Groups, closing list on Maclaunch

2006-02-27 Thread Technophobic_Tom
unsubscribe end We've moved this list from Maclaunch to Google Groups... but only 84 of 761 subscribers have made the switch. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras

Re: Pismo won't start up

2006-02-26 Thread calebcupplessocialism
Can anyone give me some other possible causes for this symptom? Okay, based on my Lombard experience, reset the PMU. It's done by holding the little button between the telephone and VGA connectors down for about ten seconds and releasing it. Then, plug 'er back in and try again. Caleb --

Re: Pismo

2006-02-26 Thread sorular
battery, power lead and then re-boot. -- 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 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists

Re: Orinoco Silver firmware?

2006-02-25 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
On Feb 25, 2006, at 1:50 AM, Gene Osburn wrote: Just got a Proxim Orinoco Silver card in a swap. No drivers want to work with it - either in my 1400 or Wallstreet (Orinoco 7.2 and IOXperts). No 802.11b card present messages and such; generic icon on desktop, etc. No I.D. or firmware

Re: Orinoco Silver firmware?

2006-02-25 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Just got a Proxim Orinoco Silver card in a swap. No drivers want to work with it - either in my 1400 or Wallstreet (Orinoco 7.2 and IOXperts). No 802.11b card present messages and such; generic icon on desktop, etc. No I.D. or firmware version info in any of the CPs. Did Proxim ever make

Re: Orinoco Silver firmware?

2006-02-25 Thread Gene Osburn
Wow! Lotta responses. A CardBus card won't insert into the standard PCMCIA slot on the 1400. It was a design feature, to keep people from attempting to use CardBus cards in the older slots. The card physically fits fine in both 1400 and WS, so no probs there. There are lots of Orinoco

Re: Orinoco Silver firmware?

2006-02-24 Thread Clark Martin
At 5:50 PM -0800 2/24/06, Gene Osburn wrote: Just got a Proxim Orinoco Silver card in a swap. No drivers want to work with it - either in my 1400 or Wallstreet (Orinoco 7.2 and IOXperts). No 802.11b card present messages and such; generic icon on desktop, etc. No I.D. or firmware version

Re: Orinoco Silver firmware?

2006-02-24 Thread calebcupplessocialism
Orinoco did make a CardBus version that wasn't, AFAIK, Mac compatible. CardBus cards have a metal finger contact strip around the connector. If it's just plain metal all the way from the connector end to the antenna housing then it's not CardBus. Did you try the other card slot? Have you

Re: Orinoco Silver firmware?

2006-02-24 Thread Richard Smiley
There are lots of Orinoco cards that don't work. According to Proxim, the only one that the 7.2 driver will work on is the 8410-WD. There's one on ebay, the same one I bought, which works great. http://tinyurl.com/jjzlj Rick :) On Feb 24, 2006, at 9:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Orinoco

Re: Orinoco Silver firmware?

2006-02-24 Thread Pasha
right.. there is an etch on one side of the end that NEEDS to be on the card to let it FIT into a PCMCIA slot on a 1400. though requesting cardbus, I do not know how it works. I took a Wallstreet DVD and tried to put it into a 3500/Kanga/G3 #1, but the PCMCIA card for the wallstreet that

Re: Orinoco Silver firmware?

2006-02-24 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Have you tried the Airport drivers, at least in the WallStreet, I think you have to manually install the software on a 1400. That might work on the Wallstreet, at least. The 1400 can't use Airport, even if it is installed manually. Peace, Drew -- Author of ClassicStumbler email: [EMAIL

Re: Orinoco Silver firmware?

2006-02-24 Thread Dan Palka
That's a lie I use it every day. I use the older version 6 of the drivers. You can download them at http://www.system7today.com/ under software - hardware drivers. On Feb 24, 2006, at 10:38 PM, Andrew Kershaw wrote: That might work on the Wallstreet, at least. The 1400 can't use

Re: Orinoco Silver firmware?

2006-02-24 Thread Dan Palka
Come to think of it there's also a new version like 7.2 or something that does work with the 1400c, and has some better features than version 6. Just search for Orinoco at versiontracker.com On Feb 25, 2006, at 12:52 AM, Dan Palka wrote: That's a lie I use it every day. I use the older

Re: Orinoco Silver firmware?

2006-02-24 Thread Andrew Kershaw
That's a lie I use it every day. I use the older version 6 of the drivers. You can download them at http://www.system7today.com/ under software - hardware drivers. On Feb 24, 2006, at 10:38 PM, Andrew Kershaw wrote: That might work on the Wallstreet, at least. The 1400 can't use Airport,

Re: Orinoco Silver firmware?

2006-02-24 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Come to think of it there's also a new version like 7.2 Which the OP said he already tried and didn't work. BTW, you can get both 6.3 and 7.2 ORiNOCO drivers from: http://www.alksoft.com/personal/stuff.html We recently had a discussion here that the drivers listed on VersionTracker are

Re: Orinoco Silver firmware?

2006-02-24 Thread Dan Palka
Well unless he isn't using at least OT 1.1.2 I don't see what could possibly be wrong. I've hard of lots of people using those TrueMobile cards. Perhaps a faulty card? You should not have to manually install anything. On Feb 25, 2006, at 1:30 AM, Andrew Kershaw wrote: Which the OP

Re: 1400 battery rebuild?

2006-02-23 Thread Matthew S. Carpenter
Gene Osburn wrote: I've heard that the 1400's NiMH batteries contain AA batteries, and that it's possible to rebuild one using AA rechargeables. True? Can anyone direct me to info/directions on how to do this? NiMH packs can be rebuilt since their cells have standard sizes usually. A

Re: 3400c RAM card

2006-02-20 Thread Ian Nixon
the RAM card down as far as it goes, and have re-seated it at least 5 times. Thanks, Ian -- 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 | Free iBook

Re: Locked scsi disk

2006-02-19 Thread Bill Judson
Oh, nutz, forgot about this, hacking Drive Setup to use non-Apple drives: http://www.macfaq.de/macfaqdaten/minifaqs/dspg.html dan k Another thing to think about is that some hard drives are locked by moving a jumper on the circuit board. ~~ Bill Art page: http://geocities.com/[EMAIL

Re: Locked scsi disk

2006-02-19 Thread michel
Thanx Bill and dan I will try evry option. Michel 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 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac

Re: 3400c RAM card

2006-02-19 Thread Tom and Lisa Peters
Hi... My 3400c is only recognizing my RAM card at certain times...I've got a 32MB card in, and it is known-good, but the 3400c doesn't even see it most of the time I power up. I don't get any messages that the RAM card is damaged; call tech support, etc... Any help would be appreciated :-)

Re: 3400c RAM card

2006-02-19 Thread mike chew
powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com Subject: Re: 3400c RAM card Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:17 PM Hi... My 3400c is only recognizing my RAM card at certain times...I've got a 32MB card in, and it is known-good, but the 3400c doesn't even see it most of the time I power up. I don't get any messages

Re: What drive can I upgrade a 3400c with?

2006-02-18 Thread Clark Martin
At 1:37 PM -0500 2/18/06, Tom W. wrote: Just wondering if the 3400c, and 1400c for that matter, will take the same size hard drives out of the lombards and pismos? Thanks Tom 3400c for sure. Other way around can be a problem as the 3400 can take a thicker drive. I don't know about the

Re: What drive can I upgrade a 3400c with?

2006-02-18 Thread Brian Mahoney
Tom W. wrote: Just wondering if the 3400c, and 1400c for that matter, will take the same size hard drives out of the lombards and pismos? Thanks Tom -- My wife makes itty bitty horse tack http://www.darkstormstudio.com http://editor.weeklyzone.com I put a new 5400 rpm 40 gig IDE in mine,

Re: Locked scsi disk

2006-02-18 Thread Dan K
You need a formatting utility other than Apple's. I've used LaCie's SilverLining for years, but I'm not sure of the current OS requirements. You can download the current version here: http://www.lacie.com/download/drivers/LaCieUpdater_654.sit It's described as an updater, but I think it's just

Re: Locked scsi disk.

2006-02-18 Thread Dan K
Oh, nutz, forgot about this, hacking Drive Setup to use non-Apple drives: http://www.macfaq.de/macfaqdaten/minifaqs/dspg.html dan k -- . http://macdan.n3.net/ carracho://dankephoto.dhs.org:9700 hotline://dankephoto.dhs.org:9500 .

Re: PB 540c Ethernet problem

2006-02-17 Thread Howard R. Katz
Besides your TCP/IP control panel, you need to make sure your AppleTalk panel is set for the ethernet port too. Later.Howard Computer n. A pocket calculator with a glandular problem. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

Re: PB 540c Ethernet problem

2006-02-17 Thread Ken
My Reply follows quote. On 16/02/2006 22:57 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Hi, Listers! I can't connect my PB 540c to the Internet via the Ethernet port in the back. (Using the Asante FriendlyNet adapter). The adapter lights do light up, but the browser can't connect to any page. I'm using a

Re: 1400 ethernet drivers?

2006-02-17 Thread Howard R. Katz
On Fri, 17 Feb 2006, Gene Osburn wrote: Hey listers, Just picked up a PB1400 with NewerTech internal ethernet card, but it doesn't show up in TCP/IP or AppleTalk CPs. OS 8.x with Apple Enet, Apple Built-in Ethernet, plus NB, CS and CSII extensions installed. Special drivers needed to get

Re: Trimming 8.6? Source for iTunes 1.x? Renaming bookmarks in Netscape?

2006-02-16 Thread Dan Palka
You can find the iTunes patch as well as the full iTunes 1.1 installer here: http://www.danpalka.com/macdownloads/index.html both links still work, since they're hosted on my server. All works perfectly under Mac OS 8.6. enjoy On Feb 15, 2006, at 4:40 PM, Tim Earp wrote: OK, the link

Re: Trimming 8.6? Source for iTunes 1.x? Renaming bookmarks in Netscape?

2006-02-15 Thread Tim Earp
Subject: Re: Trimming 8.6? Source for iTunes 1.x? Renaming bookmarks in Netscape? http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75104 Here is a link to iTunes 1.0 on Apple's Website http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/5401 Here is a patch to make it work on Mac OS 8.6 -- PowerBooks

Re: Moving to Google Groups

2006-02-13 Thread Cornett
Nannie Beverly, et All those in the know... Hi! On Feb 14, 2006, at 05:33 AM, PowerBooks wrote: Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 18:34:07 -0500 From: Beverly Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Moving to Google Groups In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip If anyone would like to subscribe to the Google

Re: Thanks, one more thing :-P

2006-02-13 Thread Denny Davis
At 8:53 AM + on 12/7/05, James Zeun wittily wrote: Many thanks Cupples I'm now trying to get my hands on a 400 CPU, my intention is to upgrade the little lappy to the best it can do.. I know this is a little of topic, but i hope the moderators will allow me this one question :-D Though we

Re: Trimming 8.6? Source for iTunes 1.x? Renaming bookmarks in Netscape?

2006-02-13 Thread Denny Davis
At 9:39 AM -0700 on 10/28/05, Bruce Johnson wittily wrote: On Oct 28, 2005, at 7:01 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings. Slowly my PowerBook 2400c is taking shape. I got 8.6 update successfully installed. I got 128-bit encryption working on the wireless card. And I'm getting all my

Re: Trimming 8.6? Source for iTunes 1.x? Renaming bookmarks in Netscape?

2006-02-13 Thread Noah Wood
http://www.icpug.org.uk/national/features/020602fe.htm There is some info on iTunes with Mac OS 8.6 3. I would like to put iTunes on. The readily available v. 2.0.4 is not compatible with OS 8.6. Someone mentioned v. 1.x. Where can I get it? -- Have a Nice Day! /\/ () /-\ |-| \/\/ () ()

Re: Trimming 8.6? Source for iTunes 1.x? Renaming bookmarks in Netscape?

2006-02-13 Thread Noah Wood
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75104 Here is a link to iTunes 1.0 on Apple's Website http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/5401 Here is a patch to make it work on Mac OS 8.6 Enjoy! (apple rocks when it comes to keeping legacy software and docs, don't ya think? ^_^ ) --

Re: duo 210 and CF

2006-02-12 Thread tr0x
have you ensured the jumpers are set and also the dips are set for the scsi to ide adapter. 4=on, 5=on and scsi set to master, cf set to master However i've noticed that in my 540c the ide drive is without jumper inserted, but it works -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/

Re: duo 210 and CF

2006-02-12 Thread VICTORIA . DUGGAN
I Guess Thats the reason why my 540 would not boot however the 550 did fine with both the jumpers set. I am going to have to go back and start dismantling the books again to see where i can get now with the bit of new info i have. vicki On Feb 12, 2006, at 3:21 PM, tr0x wrote: have you

Re: Moving to Google Groups

2006-02-12 Thread tim
Dan, Do we need to re-signup for this list or will we be transitioned over? Dan Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: To sign up for the new list, go to http://groups.google.com/group/powerbooks There are some things about Google Groups that are a bit different, so be sure to read

Re: Moving to Google Groups

2006-02-12 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Given the recent row between Google and the Justice Department and all the news about how search engines track our activities online, it is really wise to use Google (or Yahoo! or MSN or...) Groups for this? I noticed as I was signing up that Creating a Google Account activates Personalized

Re: Moving to Google Groups

2006-02-12 Thread Cameron Kaiser
Is anybody else concerned about this, or am I just paranoid? Myself, I don't care for Google Groups anyway. I'm not planning to subscribe to the new list. -- - personal: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ --- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com *

Re: Moving to Google Groups

2006-02-12 Thread yersinia
Drew writes, Is anybody else concerned about this, or am I just paranoid? You're not paranoid -- you're absolutely right, and I totally share your concerns. ~Yersinia. paranoia, n.: A healthy understanding of the way the universe works. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

Re: Moving to Google Groups

2006-02-12 Thread Brian McEwen
On Feb 12, 2006, at 2:25 PM, Andrew Kershaw wrote: Google can track me by IP, and I can't do anything about that. But voluntarily giving Google more info (like my email address, my proclivity for talking about Macs, etc) sounds like a bad idea. Right now, somebody has to go figure that

Re: Moving to Google Groups

2006-02-12 Thread nhj
how well will google's fancy features work on our old powebooks? wayne -- 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 | Free iBook! | Support

Re: Moving to Google Groups

2006-02-12 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 12, 2006, at 3:10 PM, nhj wrote: how well will google's fancy features work on our old powebooks? Once you sign up you can have it send e-mail to you, so it's just like it is now, the e-mails are coming from a different source, that's all. You don't have to use the web

Re: Moving to Google Groups

2006-02-12 Thread Beverly Woods
Drew wrote: I noticed as I was signing up that Creating a Google Account activates Personalized Search, which finds the search results most relevant to you based on your search history and more. That's pretty disturbing to me. I know I can turn it off, but somehow I doubt that checkbox

Re: Moving to Google Groups

2006-02-12 Thread Andrew Kershaw
If anyone would like to subscribe to the Google version of this list without signing up for a Google Account, or just so you can keep getting your list email with the address you are using now, you can join the group by sending an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This will allow you to subscribe

Re: duo 210 and CF

2006-02-11 Thread Tom and Lisa Peters
Hi, i've tried in many ways to make the scsi-ide-cf work with my duo, but it doesn't work! I've formatted the cf card with my 540c (pcmcia-cf adapter) and installed system 7.1 with duo enabler. Then i connected the cf card to the scsi-ide adapter nothing boots -So i've disassembled

Re: Moving to Google Groups

2006-02-11 Thread Clark Martin
At 8:53 AM -0500 2/11/06, Dan Knight wrote: Members of the 1st PowerMacs list, We're slowly moving the Low End Mac email lists from Maclaunch to Google Groups, which we see as a real improvment. Google Groups functions as an email list, so if you want to keep doing things like you have in the

Re: duo 210 and CF

2006-02-11 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
Hi I had to take the drive from the 230 put it in an external case and then attach the case via scsi to my 5300 format and install the os on the cf card then put it back in the duo 230 to boot. I never got it to boot in my 540 but the 550 i had booted straight up with it in, as does the

Re: CD-RW for 2400c or 1400c

2006-02-10 Thread Tom Lee
Hi, I'm new to elementary sound recording with Macs. I'm hoping to find an external CD-RW drive to work with a 2400c PB (or 1400c). It will have to be SCSI, since I have no port upgrades. Are there specs I should look out for, brands I should avoid? I will be using the drive to copy

Re: 7.5.3 on PB 1400

2006-02-09 Thread danshirah
No, and it's not an apple's website either, nevermind, I probably need to spend some money. Thanks anyway -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PowerBooks powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com Sent: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 19:57:36 -0600 Subject: Re: 7.5.3 on PB 1400 Is it not on the 7.5.3

Re: Take apart manual or site for Pismo

2006-02-07 Thread Richard Smiley
On Feb 6, 2006, at 9:38 PM, Ken wrote: My Reply follows quote. On 06/02/2006 18:26 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: http://***/manuals.html Rick :) On Feb 6, 2006, at 9:21 PM, Jerry wrote: Have a Pismo 400 arriving soon. Could anyone direct me toward site (s) w/ info on that machines

Re: Take apart manual or site for Pismo

2006-02-07 Thread Bob C.
Rick, Here's an excerpt from the description of the PowerBooks list from the Low-End Mac site: - What topics may not be discussed? Never post a link for Apple Service Manuals. Apple has a policy of shutting down sites the post such links, and Apple has people on some of our lists, so

Re: How much did my PowerBook cost?

2006-02-07 Thread Dan Palka
You might be interested in this http://www.macmothership.com/gallery/ newads10/94PB520c1.jpg and this (the back side) http:// www.macmothership.com/gallery/newads10/94PB520c2.jpg Yours probably cost around $3000... possibly more since you have the 8mb ram upgrade On Feb 7, 2006, at 10:13

Re: How much did my PowerBook cost?

2006-02-07 Thread Fabian Fang
On Feb 7, 2006, at 8:13 AM, John Perkins Jr. wrote: I was just wondering how much my PowerBook would've cost back in '94. It's a PowerBook 520c, and it came with 12MB of RAM, a 320MB hard drive, and the internal modem. Of course, I only paid $8.50! Thanks $2,800-4,000 according to

Re: PowerBook Trackpad Climate Control

2006-02-07 Thread Fabian Fang
On Feb 7, 2006, at 9:31 AM, Dan Palka wrote: I have a PowerBook Duo 2300c and a 190cs, and both of them suffer from erratic pointer movement when I'm using the trackpad. They're both essentially unusable. I did some searching and found the Trackpad Climate Control extension, but this

Re: Hard drive acting even weirder

2006-02-06 Thread John Perkins Jr.
On 2/3/06, Howard R. Katz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I figured you'd have replaced that puppy by now. :) Are you kidding? I'm broke! And at this age it's more of an old dog than a puppy. ;) -Kevin -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Hard drive acting even weirder

2006-02-06 Thread Howard R. Katz
On Mon, 6 Feb 2006, John Perkins Jr. wrote: On 2/3/06, Howard R. Katz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I figured you'd have replaced that puppy by now. :) Are you kidding? I'm broke! And at this age it's more of an old dog than a puppy. ;) -Kevin I know the feeling--I work multiple-multiple jobs

Re: Take apart manual or site for Pismo

2006-02-06 Thread Jerry
Have a Pismo 400 arriving soon. Could anyone direct me toward site(s) w/ info on that machines possibilities and inner workings ? Thanks, Jerry Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006, Anders wrote : ... Powerbook G3 ... I downloaded a disassembly guide from PBFixIt.com ... Anders -- PowerBooks is

Re: Take apart manual or site for Pismo

2006-02-06 Thread Richard Smiley
http://home.earthlink.net/~strahm_s/manuals.html Rick :) On Feb 6, 2006, at 9:21 PM, Jerry wrote: Have a Pismo 400 arriving soon. Could anyone direct me toward site (s) w/ info on that machines possibilities and inner workings ? Thanks, Jerry Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006, Anders wrote : ...

Re: Take apart manual or site for Pismo

2006-02-06 Thread Ken
My Reply follows quote. On 06/02/2006 18:26 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: http://***/manuals.html Rick :) On Feb 6, 2006, at 9:21 PM, Jerry wrote: Have a Pismo 400 arriving soon. Could anyone direct me toward site (s) w/ info on that machines possibilities and inner workings ?

Re: 7.5.3 on PB 1400

2006-02-05 Thread Kenneth Vann
You should be able to down load the enabler from this link. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=26181 OR http://www.info.apple.com/support/oldersoftwarelist.html If you have of 7.6.1, that would be better than OS 7.5.3. It fixes a lot of bugs. Ken Vann From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to remove keyboard from a PB G3

2006-02-05 Thread Malcolm Cornelius
I have to remove the keyboard from a PowerBook G3 Bronze/Wallstreet in order to access the inerts and fix a broken contact inside. In order to do so, I downloaded a disassembly guide from PBFixIt.com, but it doesn't match the machine I'm working on. The second stage of all versions of the

Re: How to remove keyboard from a PB G3

2006-02-05 Thread Ken
My Reply follows quote. On 05/02/2006 14:57 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I have to remove the keyboard from a PowerBook G3 Bronze/Wallstreet in order to access the inerts and fix a broken contact inside. In order to do so, I downloaded a disassembly guide from PBFixIt.com, but it doesn't match

Re: 2300c internal ethernet?

2006-02-04 Thread tr0x
Ok, i've done all these steps, but the thing doesn't work I've also disassembled a duo 2300c and installed the ide-cf adapter to see if it works, but it seems that i've found further problems: it doesn't boot from a floppy!!! I've tried 8.0 install disk 2, but crashes while loading the

Re: 2300c internal ethernet?

2006-02-04 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
Hi How are you using the drive A. as a single drive connected to the ide of the 2300. B. as a dual drive connected to the ide of the 2300 with a drive connected to the scsi of the 2300. C. connected to the ide side of the scsi to ide adapter connected to the scsi side of the duo If you

Re: Reading a burned 700MB capacity CD R on a PowerBook 3400

2006-02-04 Thread Richard Smiley
FWIW, I use 700 MB / 80 min Memorex 52X media burned at 48X in my iomega USB 2 burner. My 1400cs 166, 12X CD ROM reads them fine. Rick :) On Feb 3, 2006, at 5:53 PM, Dan K wrote: I've had very poor luck with 700MB disks in older CD-ROM drives of all sorts, so I wouldn't be too hopeful about

Re: 7.5.3 on PB 1400

2006-02-04 Thread Ken
My Reply follows quote. On 03/02/2006 18:22 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Does anyone know where I would get the system enabler to use system 7.5.3 on my PB 1400, I am pressed for cash and I have 8.1 on it right now, and would like to decrease the footprint of the OS for the moment. Thanks in

Re: PowerBook 3400 IrDA to Kodak picture Kiosk?

2006-02-04 Thread Noah Wood
If it's possible it would be really hard to do. The IR port on PBs only support IRTalk, I know no other programs that use the IR Port on PBs -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot

Re: PowerBook 3400 IrDA to Kodak picture Kiosk?

2006-02-04 Thread Malcolm Cornelius
If it's possible it would be really hard to do. The IR port on PBs only support IRTalk, I know no other programs that use the IR Port on PBs 3400s were IrDA, earlier models were IRTalk only. -- Best wishes Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fanatic http://www.pbfanatic.co.uk --

Re: 7.5.3 on PB 1400

2006-02-04 Thread brandymilner
Is it not on the 7.5.3 disk? Roy - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PowerBooks powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 8:22 PM Subject: 7.5.3 on PB 1400 Does anyone know where I would get the system enabler to use system 7.5.3 on my PB 1400, I am

Re: 2300c internal ethernet?

2006-02-04 Thread Dan K
Vicki wrote: Its vicki here in the UK i have been trying to get the duo 2300 to see a compact flash wifi card using the internal ide connector linked to a compact flash to ide adapter. which prompted Tom Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] to write: Thats a neat idea. I wonder why it doesnt work ?

Re: 7.5.3 on PB 1400

2006-02-04 Thread Dan Palka
You really aught to try 7.6.1... as this site describes why: http:// www.system7today.com/ 7.6.1 gives you the smaller footprint of Mac OS 7, but allows you to use a lot of newer Mac OS 8-era software such as Internet Explorer 5. I can never get enough of advocating 7.6.1 - I put that site

Re: 2300c internal ethernet?

2006-02-04 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Drew Kershaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] chimed in: Probably because there are no drivers for the CF wireless card. I doubt it would even work in a PowerBook w/ a PC card slot. I bet a supported-chipset CF wifi adapter in a PCcard adapter would work in a PowerBook's card slot BTW, though I have no

Re: 2300c internal ethernet?

2006-02-04 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
Hi Dan The cf wifi card i got was a wsgo for a pda, I have tried the card in my 2400 in a pcmcia cf adapter but no luck I will keep trying to see if i can get the card even seen by the system and report back to the list. vicki On Feb 5, 2006, at 4:22 AM, Andrew Kershaw wrote: Drew

Re: 2300c internal ethernet?

2006-02-03 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
Hi Mad dog Its vicki here in the UK i have been trying to get the duo 2300 to see a compact flash wifi card using the internal ide connector linked to a compact flash to ide adapter. The system is running 9.1 off of a 10gb ide drive connected to a scsi adapter and hooked to the internal

Re: 2300c internal ethernet?

2006-02-03 Thread tr0x
I'm trying to use a ide-cf adapter with a powerbook duo, a duo 210, with additional scsi-ide adapter, but it seems that i've some problems because the system doesn't find any hard drive connected! I've tried the ide-cf with a thinkpad and it works, but i would like to use it in my duo...

Re: VST 5000 charger and PB 3400 batteries

2006-02-03 Thread Calypso / Calypso Bookshop
We also got an error message after trying it. Now we have a perfectly good battery of no use to us because it cannot be charged and we've sold the machine! Gerald (UK) -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To

Re: 2300c internal ethernet?

2006-02-03 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
Hi Andrea That is the same set up as I am using the dip switches i have checked for the adapter to be seen when it is connected to the ide drive is 4 and 5 you also need to select The master setting with jumpers on both the cf to ide adapter and the scsi adapter card, Then it should boot,

Re: 2300c internal ethernet?

2006-02-03 Thread tr0x
ok, i've set 4=on and 5=on, the cf is set to master but how do i set master on scsi card? Are the pins near scsi connector suitable for this? Thanks, Andrea. VICTORIA.DUGGAN ha scritto: Hi Andrea That is the same set up as I am using the dip switches i have checked for the adapter to

Re: 2300c internal ethernet?

2006-02-03 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
Hi It is the pins on the ide side of the scsi to ide adapter there should be 4 pins on there own like on a hdd set the first 2 (ie outside 2) with a jumper thats what i did. vicki On Feb 3, 2006, at 1:53 PM, tr0x wrote: ok, i've set 4=on and 5=on, the cf is set to master but how do i

Re: 2300c internal ethernet?

2006-02-03 Thread Tom and Lisa Peters
Hi Mad dog Its vicki here in the UK i have been trying to get the duo 2300 to see a compact flash wifi card using the internal ide connector linked to a compact flash to ide adapter. The system is running 9.1 off of a 10gb ide drive connected to a scsi adapter and hooked to the internal

Re: 2300c internal ethernet?

2006-02-03 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
Hi Mad dog It would just not see the wifi card. I tried all the drivers i had but no joy But i will keep trying. vicki -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start

Re: Hard drive acting even weirder

2006-02-03 Thread John Perkins Jr.
OK, so how much time would you say I have left? I haven't heard any squealing when it spins up lately, but it does have to try twice to spin up sometimes. I've also heard kind of a bubbling sound when it has trouble spinning up. Thanks. -Kevin -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/

Re: Does Pismo Powerbook and PC laptops use the same ram?

2006-02-03 Thread Clark Martin
At 7:09 PM +1100 2/3/06, sorular wrote: G'day I'm sorry if this question comes out bit silly but I wanted to know if I can use the spare ram I got from a friend on my Pismo!! I know that Pismo listed as 192 MB maximum ram on Apple site but that it can be upgraded to 512mb! A Pismo can have a

Re: Hard drive acting even weirder

2006-02-03 Thread Howard R. Katz
I figured you'd have replaced that puppy by now. :) Later.Howard Computer n. A pocket calculator with a glandular problem. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: 2300c internal ethernet?

2006-02-03 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Thats a neat idea. I wonder why it doesnt work ? Mad Dog Probably because there are no drivers for the CF wireless card. I doubt it would even work in a PowerBook w/ a PC card slot. Anybody want to write some drivers? That's a genius idea! - Drew -- Author of ClassicStumbler email:

Re: Reading a burned 700MB capacity CD R on a PowerBook 3400

2006-02-03 Thread Dan K
I've had very poor luck with 700MB disks in older CD-ROM drives of all sorts, so I wouldn't be too hopeful about the faster 3400 drives (all from the same era.) You might try even other different 700MB media with the slim chance that some 700MB media may be more compatible than those you've

Re: Reading a burned 700MB capacity CD R on a PowerBook 3400

2006-02-03 Thread Noah Wood
I don'r have a 3400, but I do have a 12x PowerBook 1400 CD-Rom drive that can read 700MB TDK disks. -- 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 | Free

Re: IR and Robosapien

2006-02-02 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Has anyone done anything yet with the IR transmission of PB5300cs and a Robosapien, which receives its instrucitons via IR? I don't think it can be done. The IR port on the 5300 only supports one protocol - IRTalk. It can't do IrDA or any other infrared comms protocol, and Apple never

Re: Internet Explorer For Macintosh for ebay

2006-02-02 Thread Howard R. Katz
I've saved other website pages with images using iCab. Never tried it with ebay however. Later.Howard Computer n. A pocket calculator with a glandular problem. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/

Re: Wireless 2400c

2006-02-02 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
Hi Peter Check the encryption on the base station it might be to high for the dell card. vicki On Feb 2, 2006, at 10:14 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Still use my trusted 2400c enough to attempt to hook it up to my home wireless network (Airport basestation/iMacG5/iBook G4). Everything

Re: 2300c internal ethernet?

2006-02-02 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
Hi that is another possibility seeing as the internal wifi has not seemed to work. I will start to look for a cf to ethernet adapter does anyone know if they do them. vicki On Feb 2, 2006, at 12:59 PM, tr0x wrote: Hi, is it possible to install an internal ethernet card, removing the

Re: Powerbook 1400 Problem update 2

2006-02-02 Thread yersinia
Roy writes, I managed to download iCab 2.9.8 and installed it on the Powerbook. I am on the network! Thanks again to everyone who offered suggestions and helped with this little project. Now, I need to learn to use iCab, but I'm on the network! iCab 2.9.8 is my own personal browser of choice,

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