To make a long story short, Low End Mac is about $6,000 in the hole due
to the collapse of ad rates in early 2001. Although ad rates have
recovered and we are pretty much breaking even today, we still have this
huge deficit that needs to be eliminated.
It wouldn't be urgent. I've been 3-4
Hi
I have 2 PB 3400 logic boards (a 180, a 240) that exhibit similar
symptoms, the disease is acute sleeping sickness, the device that is
probably the cause is the PMU IC, a variation of the 68HC05 made for
Apple by Motorola. It's chip Number SC428009PV, 341S0187-B PMU, 1995
Apple,
Mac Price wrote:
Not sure. Like I said , can't get it to recognize the cd drive even by
itself. I am using an actual terminator, but the zip drive does have a
switch for it. When I hook up the cd drive with it terminated and set at
any id (it's a little pushbutton kind of thing) I get nothing.
Greetings, colleagues.
I have a PowerBook Duo symptom/problem; need diagnosis!
I'm prepping a Duo 280 (greyscale) for a swap. As long as I've had it, it
has exhibited zero screen problems. It came to me w/ a patched up version of
Sys 7.5 on it, and the soon-to-be-new owner requested 7.6.
Until this time I havnt paid much attention to all the wireless
questions. Now I kind of regret that.
Are all base stations (and not just apple ones) interchangable ? For
example, Netgear is blowing out the older base stations for $30. If
I have an appropriate wireless PCMCIA card (apple or
Craig,
Would you be interested in selling one to me as is?
David Price
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Hi Roger:
Have you tried to boot from a known good System Folder
on an external SCSI HDD? During my troubles (which may
not be over, yet) any powered up SCSI device would
enable booting from the internal HDD.
What may have tipped the scale to normal behaviour was
some combination of
On 6/8/03 12:38 am, Clark Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 4:00 PM -0500 8/5/2003, Mac Price wrote:
I just found the low end mac site and this group after I dug out the 5300cs
that I had gotten at a garage sale for cheap and wanted to know if there was
anything I could do to upgrade it.
Sorry guys, none of the PPC upgrades with the extra 24 Meg. of RAM ever
actaully got made for sale. A total of 4 of them were probably made for R D but
the source of memory dried up before production could be started and rather
than spend more R D testing memory and general BS time
Ruffin Bailey wrote:
Welp, I coulda sworn I saw a green light on my Orinoco in my 1400 once, but it's not there now when I boot up the 1400 -- though the WaveLAN icon on the desktop goes away when I take out and reinsert the card. So now I'm even wondering if my PCMCIA slots work in the 1400.
I just got a 3CXM356 XJACK Megahertz modem, that's marked Windows..
This is an XJack modem--really wonderful.. But it doesn't seem to work in my
1400c..
Is there any updater that'll get this modem to wrok in my 1400c?
Thanks for the help!
Tom
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Looking for info hereIIRC, it takes a 540c display and cable to
convert to the active-matrix color screen, right? My question is which
cable is that? There are three cables attached: one from the logic
board that wraps around the right hinge, one goes from the bottom board
to the back of
HI GANG,
probably very off-topic, but I have this wild hair where it doesn't
belong, thought maybe someone here might have heard this same strange
tale as me.
I seem to recall reading/ hearing/ seeing something about a
do-it-yourself RAID disk made of several hard drives linked together.
I
At 10:30 PM -0400 8/6/2003, Brian wrote:
I have a TCP/IP network of macs and PCs and a laserwriter 16/600.
Will I not be able to talk mac-mac over the network with the 814 ?
I can never remember what
Appletalk/ethertalk/appleshare differences are.
Appletalk- a custom Apple protocol for use over
A long time ago I wrote a message to this list with the details of
how I did it on mine. It was pretty straightforward. I'll see if I
can find it, or perhaps some kind soul, more organized than I can
repost it.
Unfortunately, I did not keep those directions... Maybe Bruce will
dig them up...
From: Tom and Lisa P [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: PowerBooks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 19:08:10 -0400
To: PowerBooks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Duo problem-What the..!
Now my update:
the screen is now fine! (?) all prior negative symptoms are at present not
there!
Mac Price wrote:
OK, I've read over the comments and have a few more questions.
Bruce mentioned an internal video board replacement that at 8 bucks seems
like a great idea, especially with the 10-base-T Ethernet port. My only
question on that one is: Is this something that I would be able to do
Dana Collins wrote:
Greetings, colleagues.
I have a PowerBook Duo symptom/problem; need diagnosis!
I'm prepping a Duo 280 (greyscale) for a swap. As long as I've had it, it
has exhibited zero screen problems. It came to me w/ a patched up version of
Sys 7.5 on it, and the soon-to-be-new owner
Hi,
Has anyone found a firmware upgrade for a 3Com 56k Global 3CCM156. All I
could find on USR/3Com's site is a .exe file. How are you supposed to do a
firmware upgrade with a Windows executable file?
Any help would be vastly appreciated.
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I think Ive managed to damage the Additional RAM connector to the upgraded
(PowerPC)daughterboard on a 540. The machine will now only see 4mb plus
4mb onboard and doesnt recognise either a 12mb or a 32 mb RAM unit which Ive
tried to use. Consequently we cannot use OS 8 and have had to downgrade to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Besides the procedure described above, when installing software on a PB in
SCSI disk mode from the host Mac, is it not true that you can simply copy the
installer app off the host to the PB hard drive, and then the install installs
software for the PB ?
Huh...? Huh?
Have you read all the 5300 info here:
http://www.alksoft.com/5300_FAQ/
From: Mac Price [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: 5300cs info wanted
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 16:00:37 -0500
I just found the low end mac site and this group after I dug out the =
5300cs
that I had gotten at a garage sale for cheap
After not using a 3400 for awhile I powered it up this weekend for
software retrieval. To my surprise the screen has begun to roll and
won't stop. The laptop worked perfect when last used. I've left it on
for up to an hour hoping a thorough warm up will help but it doesn't.
I've swapped a working
Does anybody here know how to configure an express modem in a duo to
log onto an ISP? Is MacPPP and MacTCP for older systems useable? I
haven't much experience at setting up internet on an old machine such
as the duos. Google wasn't much help, so I was hoping someone could
help here. I use
Han,
Your stuff is here:
http://www.usr.com/support/product-template.asp?prod=3cxm756
maxtek
Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 16:49:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Han [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: 3com pc card firmware update
In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have the 3com 3cxm756 56k
I bought a 540c display off of eBay, but it just shows up as 16 grays
(although color is an option it doesn't actually display color) on both
of my 520's.
You sure this is a color screen? Sure sounds like you're trying to force
a mono screen to display colors.
What did you buy? An entire
I am trying to get the cd rom drive and zip drive that came with this laptop
up and running and am having no luck so far. Here is what I've tried
ZIP by itself as device 5 and terminated: Works!
CD Rom by itself as any device number: Doesn't work :(
ZIP and CD daisy chained with zip first and CD
I just found the low end mac site and this group after I dug out the 5300cs
that I had gotten at a garage sale for cheap and wanted to know if there was
anything I could do to upgrade it. From what I've been able to gather, there
really isn't much I can do to it other than a larger HD and more
Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 06:15:21 -0700
From: Chuck [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: 3400 Screen Rolls
After not using a 3400 for awhile I powered it up
this weekend for
software retrieval. To my surprise the screen has
begun to roll and
won't stop.
Chuck, I
On 11/8/03 12:35 am, Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks, Vicki, but I have system 7.5 which does not have TCP/IP and PPP
control panels. I do have MacTCP, and I think MacPPP is available for
download but I'm not sure. Any other suggestions?
- Andrew
aka: Macfreak
email: [EMAIL
At 7:47 PM -0400 8/6/2003, Tom and Lisa P wrote:
MR814NA at best buy.
The MR314 supports ethertalk, so you can network between wireless
and wired older macs hooked to that router just fine; IIRC the 814
does not support ethertalk although any appleshareIP traffic will
work since that is IP
Chuck:
I've got the charger at home. I probably have a manual around somewhere. I'll see what
I can find.
The lights will start out flashing yellow to indicate charging. When a battery is
fully charged, the lights will turn to green. If I recall, if the light is red, it's a
default for a bad
I'm prepping a Duo 280 (greyscale) for a swap. ...
suddenly (as in, the very first time I booted up in Sys 7.6 by the HD and
not CD or floppy), the screen is showing curled blacking out in all 4 of the
corners - looks like a piece of paper w/ cinged or charred corners from a
fire that was
Hi,
I think you can find what you need at this site:
http://www.macresq.com/store/detail.php?prodID=922-2702
The price seems reasonable also. I hope this helps solve you problem.
kohog
On Wednesday, August 13, 2003, at 08:32 PM, k wrote:
Hi,
I have a 3400c with a broken trackpad button or
Hi
I have 2 PB 3400 logic boards (a 180, a 240) that exhibit similar
symptoms, the disease is acute sleeping sickness, the device that is
probably the cause is the PMU IC, a variation of the 68HC05 made for
Apple by Motorola. It's chip Number SC428009PV, 341S0187-B PMU, 1995
Apple,
I've isolated the serial port on the motherboard but I don't know how to fix
it. I can't see any visible problem. What should look broken? I have a
magnifying lens, but there is no clear fault. Should I spray with contact
etching solution, reassemble and try again, or is there a better idea?
Hi All!
Can anybody tell me, where can I download Aple Express Modem software for my
Pb180?
Thenks.
Best regards
Johny
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Chuck,
You've got a new one, I've never seen a similar problem.
Roger
Chuck wrote:
After not using a 3400 for awhile I powered it up this weekend for
software retrieval. To my surprise the screen has begun to roll and
won't stop. The laptop worked perfect when last used. I've left it on
It's driving me crazy, Roger, and I'm afraid it's in the logic board. I've now
swapped the power supply board, trackpad board and cable, DRAM expansion card,
PRAM backup battery - all to no avail. I've also reset the power manager a
bunch of times. I've taken everything (except the logic board)
MR814NA at best buy.
The MR314 supports ethertalk, so you can network between wireless
and wired older macs hooked to that router just fine; IIRC the 814
does not support ethertalk although any appleshareIP traffic will
work since that is IP based, unlike classic Appletalk. The question
is,
Dan adventurously speculated:
From: Dan K [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Duo problem-HELP!
OK, all you MTFT PB owners with darkening screens, here's a _very_
interesting new data point!
MTFT?
SW related? Hm . . . . .
Dana, this is a common phenom with MTFT PBs, including
After not using a 3400 for awhile I powered it up this weekend for
software retrieval. To my surprise the screen has begun to roll and
won't stop. The laptop worked perfect when last used. I've left it on
for up to an hour hoping a thorough warm up will help but it doesn't.
I've swapped a working
JeffH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Looking for info hereIIRC, it takes a 540c display and cable to
convert to the active-matrix color screen, right? My question is which
cable is that? There are three cables attached: one from the logic
board that wraps around the right hinge, one goes from the
I finally (accidentally) tracked down radio interference in my office
to the power brick for my PowerBook 180c, which was in use in a
different part of my office. When the brick is plugged in to the PB,
it makes a buzz on the radio worse than any florescent light ever
made! It's an angry buzz!
on 07/08/03 15:59, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Could someone shoot me the directions on how to definitively ID the Powerbook
1400/133 motherboards that can be upgraded to 166mhz?
Leaving aside the Put a 166 processor in and see if it boots ...
The 117 boards I have have the
Hi,
I have a 3400c with a broken trackpad button or clicker. Does anyone know
where I can purchase one, what cost is reasonable and how to replace the
button once I¹ve purchased one?
Thank you,
Lily
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My Reply follows quote. On 13/08/2003 08:20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Also, off topic, I need a power cable that plugs into the back of a
desktop Mac. It's the kind that allows one to plug a monitor into the
desktop, so when the desktop is shut off, it cuts power to the
monitor. It has a
Hi,
I have a 3400c with a broken trackpad button or clicker. Does anyone know
where I can purchase one, what cost is reasonable and how to replace the
button once I¹ve purchased one?
Thank you,
Lily
no I don't know where they sell - but I do know that the 2400
trackpad, actually the entire
Dan K wrote:
Subject: Re: PB 500 displays
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 22:38:21 -0400
From: Dan K [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
JeffH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Looking for info hereIIRC, it takes a 540c display and cable to
convert to the active-matrix color screen, right? My
I asked you not to use those two words. :-)
Yep - it rolls just like a TV out of vertical tune. It's the darndest thing to
see. The laptop boots fine and I can watch the HD icon scroll from top to bottom,
out of sight, and then appear top right corner only to roll down again. It doesn't
roll so
I thought it might have been a bad cable until I swapped a good screen. What I
didn't do was look at the connector for the screen. I'll look for a needle in the
connector tonight. The motherboard is very clean with no signs or corrosion but
I've got nothing to lose by getting out my magnifying
I would gladly trash display prefs but can't get the HD to open. It won't
highlight with either mouse clicking or the arrow keys.
One thing I should have thought to do, and will this evening, is connect to an
external monitor with hopes it won't also roll. If it doesn't roll then I should
be able
Han,
Exactly, there isn't, just a windows update. USR supplies just the modem
scripts for us mac users. I just got a reply to a message I sent to their
tech support. It stated my PCMCIA modem is not Macintosh compatible and not
supported on that platform so there is no firmware upgrade.
So onto
To make a long story short, Low End Mac is about $6,000 in the hole due
to the collapse of ad rates in early 2001. Although ad rates have
recovered and we are pretty much breaking even today, we still have this
Money coming your way ! The Low End Mac lists are a great resource !
Mad Dog
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I asked you not to use those two words. :-)
Yep - it rolls just like a TV out of vertical tune. It's the darndest thing to
see. The laptop boots fine and I can watch the HD icon scroll from
top to bottom,
out of sight, and then appear top right corner only to roll down
again. It doesn't
roll so
I would gladly trash display prefs but can't get the HD to open. It won't
highlight with either mouse clicking or the arrow keys.
One thing I should have thought to do, and will this evening, is connect to an
external monitor with hopes it won't also roll. If it doesn't roll
then I should
be able
SMC EZ Connect 802.11b PCMCIA Laptop Wireless Card
Thx
George
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Chuck, I haven't run into this exact thing, but have
you tried trashing display preferences and rebooting?
I accidentally reset some display controls and had a
similar problem on a desktop system.
on any tv the picture rolls when the connection is bad or
shortcircuited - the same with some
New to Macs, just got a powerbook 140, need an OS
for it. All I have besides this are PC's, can I
download an OS for it? Dosn't seem to work, the
Mac dosn't recognize it. It won't take OS 8,
formatted for Macs, either. Heard OS 7.0.1 would
work, higher versions would with extra memory. I
think
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 17:50:59 -0400
Subject: Re: 3com 3ccm156 Firmware
From: maxtek [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Han,
Your stuff is here:
http://www.usr.com/support/product-template.asp?prod=3cxm756
maxtek
Thanks maxtek! I guess I'm just not clear on whether
New to Macs, just got a powerbook 140, need an OS
for it. All I have besides this are PC's, can I
download an OS for it? Dosn't seem to work, the
Mac dosn't recognize it. It won't take OS 8,
formatted for Macs, either. Heard OS 7.0.1 would
work, higher versions would with extra memory. I
think
Thanks, K, when I download it with a PC, the
'book dosn't recognize the disk. How do I make
it work without a Mac on line? Got a friend with
a Mac, but it's got no floppy.
Lee
--- k [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
New to Macs, just got a powerbook 140, need an
OS
for it. All I have besides this
Hi,
Try the old PMU reset:
unplug the AC cable, remove the battery, hold reset
for 10-20 sec., repeat a few times, reinsert
battery, boot using reset.
Failing which, open up the 'Book to disconnect the
PRAM battery.
My 3400 is still working after a harrowing experience
when it wouldn't boot
Does any OS have to be formatted on a Mac, or is
there a way to make a disk on a PC that can be
read on a powerbook 140? Also, Will any distro's
of Linux run on a 140? p Thanks, Lee
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Used gear for sale:
Thanks, all. I am still interested in setting up the Apple Express
Modem on my Duo 230 or my 280 (greyscale). I didn't know importing
system 8 extensions to system 7.5 worked. I'll give it a try. Will
system 9 TCP/IP and PPP work, too? Because I have OS9 but not 8.
Thank you everyone for
I am trying to get the cd rom drive and zip drive that came
with this
laptop up and running and am having no luck so far. Here is
what I've
tried
ZIP by itself as device 5 and terminated: Works!
CD Rom by itself as any device number: Doesn't work :(
ZIP and CD daisy chained with
--- Lee Haymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
New to Macs, just got a powerbook 140, need an OS
for it. All I have besides this are PC's, can I
download an OS for it? Dosn't seem to work, the
Mac dosn't recognize it. It won't take OS 8,
formatted for Macs, either. Heard OS 7.0.1 would
work,
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 18:29:41 -0400
Subject: Re: 3com 3ccm156 Firmware and HAN
From: maxtek [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Han,
Exactly, there isn't, just a windows update. USR
supplies just the modem
scripts for us mac users. I just got a reply to a
message I sent
Stuart,
The IC responsible is the O'Hare IC but I wasn't able to cross this to an
actual device on the Logic board. My suggestion would mirror Mad Dogs, and add
cleaning the connector with contact cleaner not an etching solution.
Roger
Tom and Lisa P wrote:
I've isolated the serial port
On 8/14/03, Dan Knight wrote:
We are also accepting donations via PayPal, the Amazon Honor System,
Kagi, and e-gold.
Dan, what e-mail address do you use at PayPal?
Cliff
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Dan, what e-mail address do you use at PayPal?
I was told to use [EMAIL PROTECTED].
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There are a few different wireless specifications- 802.11a, 802.11b,
and 802.11g are the important ones. 802.11a is pretty much legacy, I
think. 802.11b is the most common, supporting 11Mb. This is probably
what's $30. 802.11g is the new standard- and it's pretty new, I don't
know if the
Did VST go out of business? I'm surprised not to find links for it via
google.
Isn't it VSTTECH or something now ?
Best wishes
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From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
Roger Volk
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 4:25 PM
To: PowerBooks
Subject: PB 3400 Logic Board component level repair
Hi
I have 2 PB 3400 logic boards (a 180, a 240) that exhibit similar
symptoms,
I have a TCP/IP network of macs and PCs and a laserwriter 16/600.
Will I not be able to talk mac-mac over the network with the 814 ?
I can never remember what
Appletalk/ethertalk/appleshare differences are.
Appletalk- a custom Apple protocol for use over serial
Ethertalk- a custom Apple
At 10:34 PM -0400 8/6/2003, Brian wrote:
OS 9.0 and up can serve AppleShare-over-IP and many earlier
versions can access AppleShare-over-IP as a client.
hah. I suspected something like that but had never tested. Thanks!
Do you know what ports I have to open on my router, for the protocol?
From: Tom and Lisa P [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: PowerBooks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 19:28:46 -0400
To: PowerBooks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Low End Mac's Financial Crisis
To make a long story short, Low End Mac is about $6,000 in the hole due
to the collapse of ad
Now my update:
the screen is now fine! (?) all prior negative symptoms are at present not
there!
I have no idea how this happened, except (I speculate) heat, and the need to
cool down as contributing factors. Is this a collateral symptom of the Dark
corners syndrome, Mad Dog?
Hmm... I never
Originally I lamented:
From: Tom and Lisa P [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Duo problem-HELP!
Greetings, colleagues.
I have a PowerBook Duo symptom/problem; need diagnosis!
I'm prepping a Duo 280 (greyscale) for a swap. As long as I've had it, it
has exhibited zero screen problems. It
I just got a Kanga off eBay to replace my 3400c. Can I use my new
3400c battery in the Kanga?? They look the same but have different
part numbers.
Dan Scanlan
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Hi everyone!
Here's a very rough explanation:
I tried resetting the PowerManager, etc. before doing
the following:
I installed a small170 Meg Compaq brand internal IDE
HDD. I initialized with the Disk Tools (7.6) floppy
and installed the driver. Booting from the external
SCSI, I changed start-up
I just got a Kanga off eBay to replace my 3400c. Can I use my new
3400c battery in the Kanga?? They look the same but have different
part numbers.
Yes. The batteries are interchangeable. In fact, a Kanga can use any battery
from any PowerBook 190, 5300, 3400 or another Kanga.
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