Im not too sure how many people were following the thread of getting my PB 540C to do what was wanted of it but this mini-update may be of some help to others. Thanks to Bruce Johnson who put me on the right track in the first instance, I've fould an alternative way of getting it to behave itself
As we all found out using a Powermac and SCSI connector to load OS8 doesnt work-as Bruce said it thinks its loading the OS onto the PowerMac and doesnt do it right. So I went and got an external Mac CD drive and an HDI-30 SCSI disk adapter to plug the external drive into the 540C direct ( both items easily found on EBAY). Although this makes installing a pleasure in copmparison to the previous eons wasted its not foolproof - you still need to beware and custom install. Then came the interesting bit - installing modem scripts was a drag and drop for the Zoom modems but on testing still lots of error messages about ports being used by other systems etc etc. We dont use ethernet and got round all this by disabling all the extensions we could find that might be interfering with the modems attempt to go online - something worked, as the system now goes online and we even managed to instal IE3.01 ( for personal reasons we have to use IE on this machine) but once again when it came to installing Outlook Express it baulked. - Does anyone know of a species of OE that works on 68K machines - and more to the point where we can download it from as it definately doesnt like OE 4.5 or any version of OE 5 we have! Whilst doing all this the Apple external CD drive packed in - so with nothing to lose we found an Apple internal SCSI 8x and duly unscrewed the box-threw out the 300i inside and replaced it with the 8x version - so we found out that XXXe suffix external drives can be renewed with XXXi suffix cheaper ones! Now back to giving it some programmes to play with - and the Quicktake 200 camera system works beautifully - so a completely portable " one-bag" system for lots of work but under $200. Gerald Jennings ----- Original Message ----- From: The Calypso Organization <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: PowerBooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 7:59 PM Subject: Re: Problem with a PB 540C > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: PowerBooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 7:37 PM > Subject: Re: Problem with a PB 540C > > > > > > The Calypso Organization wrote: > > > > >>I learnt how to connect it to my PowerMac with a SCSI coupler so as to > be > > >>able to use my installation CD for OS 8. > > >>But when it loads OS 8 from the CD it doesnt seem to load all of OS 8 > > >>properly and I get error messages about it not having a PowerPC system > and > > >>to use 68K ? version of Internet Explorer not the version on the OS 8 > CD. > > >>(Where to get a copy of IE 5 pre powerbook?) > > > > Well, you just did what this 'professional' did, *twice* with his ;-) > > > > When you connect via the SCSI disk mode, as you did, the installer runs > > on your PPC mac, and so the OS8 installer thinks it's installing on a > > PPC mac. > > > > What you need to do is re-install the system, but this time choose > > custom install and 'Install system software for any mac'. > > > > Also, the 8.1 update is very worthwhile. > > > > To install it, put it on the 540's hard drive, boot the Powerbook and > > install from there. > > > > I installed it from the PPC host mac, and again, it just automatically > > installed the PPC version. > > > > That way the correct version of IE, etc all get installed. > > > > -- > > Bruce Johnson > > University of Arizona > > College of Pharmacy > > Information Technology Group > > > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | > > -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | > > > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > > > PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> > > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > > > -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
