Re: 1400c RAM Stacking (was Re: ATA Hard Drives/PCMCIA slot)

I own a stackable 32meg card for the 1400 (plug on top and bottom). And it's stacked 32 on the bottom and 16 on top and works fine. Jake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote...> 32 Meg modules are not stackable. 24s and smaller are. Even though the Max RAM in that slot is 48, it must be done with

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Not to get all defensive, but I need to at least throw a little weight this way. First off, I've got a rather good grasp of electronics. Not only do I have an electrolysis machine I built from scratch in my back yard utilizing the power of a 12V battery to generate just over a pulsed 100,000V si

Re: Powerbook 170 acting funny

You are correct that a battery can in fact be damaged by to much amperage. But this damage is only because it wasn't trickle charged (low amperage) but instead quick charged (high amperage). But then again that doesn't stop many manufactures from making such chargers. As far as the diode, you ha

Re: Powerbook 170 acting funny

Thanks for the reply. The rated input voltage I was supplying was a bit higher than what it was designed for (states on the Powerbook 7.5V 2A max) and I was giving it just under 10v (using a battery pack that supplied a 3A max supply). Normally semiconductors are a bit more tolerant to a bit mor

Powerbook 170 acting funny

My oldest Powerbook, a 170 which I saved from scrap a bit back was a little toy I played with when I got bored back in the day. Pretty much everything didn't work. But after much time and effort the only things I could never get working was the battery, trackball and the space bar. So after that

Re: Mac Powerbook 520c CPU Upgrade info need

Now, why can't anyone do something like that to a 1400? Figure 16meg built in, 32meg on the bottom and a 48 stacked on top. That's 96megs without anyone making new ram. I hear it's the ROM that gives it this max, if so, why do 1400 upgrades still have this same restriction? Jake [EMAIL PROT

Re: Problematic 1400+ethernet?

Thanks for all the reply on my problem. I ended up calling my provider and asking them what the problem was and after a good 30 minutes of troubleshooting it worked. Come to find out it was the cable modem that was the problem (go figure). For some reason the modem can only read one computer at

Re: Mac OS

I've gotten it to work fine (tested on a 520c and Quadra 800). Don't get me wrong, it's not easy but I'll do my best to describe how I did it. First I downloaded the whole 19 files and then decompressed the whole deal (gives you a folder which is your installer). Anyway, I then used it to instal

Problematic 1400+ethernet?

Hey guys, for the last 3 days I have been trying to get my ethernet to work again on my PowerBook 1400c and for the life of me I can't. The card as far as I know is good (worked the last time I used it) but ever since I wiped the hard drive and installed OS9 it never worked again. I even went ba

Re: for PB what screwdriver?

Maybe you have an odd PowerBook 500 series but I just tore mine down to it's guts to replace a few parts and it used a Torx-8. Just wanted to clarify that so people didn't get confused. Jake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote...> It's called a TOREX the 500 series requires a T-5 Bob -- PowerB

Re: for PB what screwdriver?

Well, I don't know what model your talking about, but I have a PowerBook 170, Duo 230 and a 520c and all of them use what's called a "torx 8" (my PowerBook 1400c uses a precision Philips screwdriver, go figure). They can be at times hard to find but they can be found at most hardware stores if i

Re: PowerBook 500 card cage help?

A member of the list sent me older software which helped quite a bit. The Global Village card now works, the ethernet card says its unrecognizable and the smartmedia adapter says its defective (all tested in my 1400 and work). The only thing odd is they still do not show up on the desktop, every

Re: pc card smartcard readers

I use a "Ridata Smart Media Adapter" and it works perfect with my PowerBook 1400 (its a PCMCIA card). It doesn't need any software and it shows up as an ATA drive on the desktop when a smartmedia card is inserted (and transfers fast). I use a Fuji Finepix 1400 digital camera and a 64meg smartmed

PowerBook 500 card cage help?

Hi guys, I picked up a Rev B card cage off of someone from the lem swap list and for the life of me I can't get it to work with any of my PC cards. The basics of the machine are that it's stock other than it has 20megs of ram, 350meg HD and running OS8.1. I tried getting the card cage to work wi