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 without any software, but all that happened when anything was inserted was the finder quitting (had to manual eject the PC cards). I then threw in my OS8 install disk and installed the PC extension software and this changed the results I got. Instead of the finder quitting, now nothing happened (that was until I selected shutdown, then it would lock up). So I looked threw Apple's pile of software and the only thing I could find that was close was PC Card Software 2.0 which after installing gave me no change in results from the PC extenuation software. I tried starting up on no extensions and this didn't help any. This is the info on the card. Model No: M2864 V1/b And these are the PC cards I'm trying to use in it Dayna CommuniCard Ethernet Adapter Global Village 56k V.90 PC card (A956) Ridata Smart Media Adapter (with 64meg smartmedia card inserted) Any help would be great. I wrote back the previous owner for help to see if maybe I'm missing something, I searched the web to only find info on the Rev C card cage and I've tried everything on my end that I could think of. Anyway, sorry to bother you guys with this but at the moment I'm facing a brick wall. Jake -- 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/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
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 smartmedia card. I don't know if it will work for sure on a 5300 or 3400, but it does work great on the 1400 (the 520c on the other hand is still an unknown). Jake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... Does anyone on this list use a pc card smartcard reader with a 5300 or 3400? I have a Fujifilm floppy card adapter, but it even says in the documentation not to use it on a PowerBook. The first floppy adapter we bought was a Sony device, and it failed to work at all on any machine we own. (The Fujifilm gizmo works fine on my 6500 ppc) -- 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/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
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, everything is mentioned in the PCMCIA control strip. Is this normal or is something still not working correct? Any idea's or suggestions? Jake PeterH5322 wrote.. If your machine has 8.1, the card cage should be working fine. Each card should mount on the desktop as it is inserted. You can also dismount each by dragging these to the trash. Earlier MacOSes would work with the installation of the PC Card Software you mentioned, perhaps extracted from the install disk using Tome Viewer. Based upon the universal rejection (i.e., non-recognition) of all the PC cards you mentioned, the two possibilities are: 1) the PC Card Software is incorrectly installed, and/or 2) the card cage is defective. The Rev. B card cage is really a Rev. A with a number of trace cuts and discrete wire adds, plus a few additional discrete components. IOW, a desperate attempt to save a fatally-flawed design. The Rev. C is a complete redesign, including a completely new LSI chip and a quite different component layout. -- 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/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
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 in stock. Just be sure to get one with at least 2 inches of neck to get in all the deep holes. Jake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... Hello Um this might sound a little silly, but what screwdriver is required to open up a Powerbook? Apple seems to use these star like screws. regards, R. -- 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/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
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 -- 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/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
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 the basic OS (custom instal) onto a blank hard drive which now gave me my system folder. Now the hard part. I then used disk copy to make me a blank image file (use standard hfs) and threw the installer and the system folder onto it so now when you open the .img file you have your installer and the system folder on it. I then used Toast Ti 5, selected other (hold down on the mouse) and then selected Mac Volume and this gives you the option to select the mounted image. Select it, click bootable (gotten weird results selecting optimize on the fly, might want to unclick it) and presto a bootable 7.5.3 installer. You may also want to add the 7.5.5 updater to the disk as well. Just be sure to put the updater into it's own folder, make an alias and put that next to the 7.5.3 installer icon. Jake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... I tried to burn bootables cds for older macs and it doesnt work - the old mac freezes - they are all like discimages that is started from the first one, there is no install system present in theese diskimages - just an installer, you could as I finally did take the system files from a 8.1 cd and then burn the diskimages together with that, start from the 8.1 system on the cd and install the 7.5.3 wherever you want it. kenta -- -- 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/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
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 PROTECTED] wrote Hm, Googling around for more info on PowerBook 500 upgrades, I came across this page: http://www.powerbook.org/phenix/laboratory/memory_64mb/index.html Apparently, these guys have managed to cram up to 64 MB into a Blackbird. Now I definitely have to dust off my old 'Book! ,xtG .tsooJ -- Nomen dominii habeo, ergo sum. -- Joost van de Griek http://www.jvdg.net/ -- 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/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
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 it sat in my room collecting dust until today when I pulled it out. Anyway, I never had a power supply for the thing so I fabricated one from a step down transformer which I normally used to give the battery a little juice which allowed me about 5-10 minutes of fiddling time. But this time I tried using a 12v car battery to power it and it worked. The OS was all screwed up so I did a fresh install of 7.5.5 and gave it a go to actually use it again. Ok, now here's the odd thing. Everything was working great until I shut it down. After I did, I could never get it started again. No bong (or death tone), no hard drive activity and the screen got these weird bright red lines across it (even though it's a 1-bit 140 monitor). It also won't even react unless I plug power to the back and put the battery in. Any idea's guys? It would really be a shame to scrap it after all this time and work, thanks. Jake -- 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/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
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 either 2-24s or a single 48 module. Why? I have no idea, but probably is something in the RAM recognition side of the ROM. GURU shows many combinations of the 4, 8, 16 and 24 Meg modules, but shows the 32 Meg and 48 Meg modules as being only allowed as single units.) You can stack the RAM that allows stacking even if you have the 16 Meg Apple setup. (8 on the MB and 8 in the Apple expansion slot.) I have a 1400 running that way now while my other uses a single 48 Meg, the 8 on the MB and a 4 Meg in the Apple slot. The only problem with the stacked RAM is when attempting to use a 3rd party video card. The Apple 8 bit card can be used in the stacked module 1400, but the 16 bit 3rd party card is larger and will not allow the top RAM module to be installed. (The 16 bit card had to be put in the 1400 with the single 48 Meg module.) Both have G3 upgrades,([EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED]) which don't interfere with any other upgrades. I'd love to upgrade the 4 Meg Apple RAM module to an 8, but they are a terrible buy per Meg and not worth the investment for the tiny gain. RAM Doubler has a better bang for the buck, allowing triple the RAM under OS 9.1, without slowing them very much. David Allen -- 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/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
