Re: Mac OS

2003-02-08 Thread Charlie Reyes
this was an option if you already had toast a program for burning cds - you can save discimages in that one - and if you have toast in both pc and mac they can read each others images, and toast can mount disk copy images on the mac anyhow. kenta Not sure if Roxio EZ CD Creator for Windows can

Re: PB 3400 failure

2003-01-04 Thread Charlie Reyes
I am having an interesting time tracking down a PB3400 failure. After swapping parts around, it appears that my communication card (the modem/ethernet card internal to the 3400) will prevent booting if its in place. All I get is some clicking from the power board, and a very faint clicking from

Re: 3400 CD-ROM

2002-12-11 Thread Charlie Reyes
Although I may need a SCSI burner now that I think about it, unless I also get a USB or Firewire PCMCIA card and external USB or Firewire case for the EIDE's as well ... any ideas? Scuzzy does it best. Charlie -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: G3 ibook OS

2002-12-05 Thread Charlie Reyes
A friend was given an ibook (g3/266) to use at work. It has OS 8.1 on it. Any problem with me updating it to 8.6? That's the highest I have. Anything special I should check before or do to install it? Thanks in advance, Mary Get hold of an iBook specific 8.6 CD or any G3/4 8.6 CD - the

Re: HP ScanJet 4P drivers for OS 7...

2002-11-16 Thread Charlie Reyes
Subject says it all. I've got an HP 4P scanner and I'm looking for Mac OS 7 software for it. Any ideas? Mike Hebel If I am not mistaken you can download OS 7 from Apple's website. I got 4P drivers from HP's site. Charlie -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small

Re: OS 8 vs. 9 for 3400c

2002-11-16 Thread Charlie Reyes
Hi Charlie, Unless you'll be using all of 9.1's USB, FireWire, and video enhancing features what do you mean by video enhancing features ? Does it makes a 3400 running faster ? I do video capture on another Mac and found that 9.1 allows whatever remaining free space there is on the drive to be

Re: OS 8 vs. 9 for 3400c

2002-11-15 Thread Charlie Reyes
On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 19:24:33 +1100 Adam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm looking to update the OS on my PowerBook 3400c, and was hoping for some advice. I remember reading in this list that the best OS for such a machine was a choice between OS 8.6 and 9.1 (I think it was those two, I lost all my

Re: Flash 6 installer stupidity.

2002-10-24 Thread Charlie Reyes
A L wrote: Has anyone else run into problems installing Flash 6 on their Macs? I have a PowerBook 3400 with OS 8.6 (the minimum required for F.6) and downloaded the Flash installer from Macromedia. The problem is that when it prompts me for what browser I use (IE, Netscape, Opera) it always

Re: PowerBook G3 power problems

2002-10-17 Thread Charlie Reyes
I tested the voltage between the outer metal cylinder against the tip of the center post. (Since I don't know whether the power adapter is supposed to supply its 24 volts as DC or AC, I tried both!) Nothing! Does this mean the adapter is dead, or should the voltage drop be between two different

Re: Powerbook 3400 sees 64Meg RAM as 32!

2002-10-11 Thread Charlie Reyes
I just got a 64 Meg module for my 3400 from ebay. There is a 64meg label on it, looks like an Apple part #. My 3400 only sees a total of 48 megs...16+32. Zapping the pram did not help. Anybody ever seen this? Verify the ram module under System Profiler to see if it is indeed 64 MB. If it turns

Re: PB 1400 corrupts DOS floppies

2002-10-03 Thread Charlie Reyes
Dennis Helsel wrote: I've tried transferring a Word file using a floppy disk to a PC running Windows 98. I used a disk that was formatted on the PC, put it into the 1400, and it shows up as a PC disk. Dragged the Word file to it. Ejected and put it into the PC's A drive. When I try to open

Re: Sanyo CDR-93 2 speed external SCSI cd-rom drive

2002-09-29 Thread Charlie Reyes
I need a software driver for the following ancient external cd -rom. Thank you. Sanyo CDR-93 2 speed external SCSI cd-rom drive. Also known as Sanyo crd-400e Need software drivers. Try Apple CD-ROM 5.3.1 (OS 7.6) Charlie -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small

Re: 3400/3500 battery voltage

2002-09-23 Thread Charlie Reyes
Just wanted to ask if anyone's using the Li-Ion batteries from the 3500 aka Kanga in a 3400? I've swapped the two identical (Lilon) batteries - no problems at all. Charlie -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com |

Re: Best OS for 3400? Upgrade path?

2002-09-19 Thread Charlie Reyes
A Johnson wrote: 1. Under which OS does the PB3400 run best? 2. The obvious upgrades: (a) maximize the RAM; (b) replace the HD with a larger one; (c) ?? My 3400/200/144MB/5GB came with 9,1 but ran best (and fastest) under 8.1. Charlie -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/

Re: Death with Jag

2002-09-18 Thread Charlie Reyes
Does anyone know if Jaguar eliminates the Sleep of Death phenom for the Lombard et al. Might make it worthwhile to upgrade just for that! -- Mike Amato I thought the Sleep of Death was associated with certain IDE drives and not the OS. Charlie -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

Re: 5300 bus speed...

2002-09-06 Thread Charlie Reyes
Andrew Kershaw wrote: Mad Dog, I'll probably work on it some this weekend (Sat Sun). We're having houseguests though, so who knows. Also, I have to track down a weaker soldering iron - mine is too hot and too blunt to be playing on that level. A better tool seems to be the Ungar hair dryer

Re: New IDE HD in 5300 A No

2002-06-27 Thread Charlie Reyes
Charlie, In the same vein, using one of these adapters, could I connect the laptop ide drive to my Mac with an ATA/66 IDE pci card and format it simply as Mac? Would this proposed interface be unknown territory or theoretically possible? Dave Sorry I was out the whole day yesterday (6/27) If

Re: Kanga Firewire?

2002-06-02 Thread Charlie Reyes
http://store.powerbook1.com/mcecarupser.html Wow! [snip] Would anyone know if it is possible to use a Firewire PC card on a Powerbook G3/Kanga/3500 and use iMovie? Thanks, Jae Nunavut MCE's upgrade probably includes the later G3 series cardbus cage that have a ground plane needed

Re: 1400 Random Reboots

2002-03-24 Thread Charlie Reyes
Chuck Underhill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: then half way thru the download, the 1400 shutdown. I thought that was strange, it had never just shutdown on me (keep in mind the unit is on AC, has a junk battery.) I had some trouble getting it to power back on, I would get the startup sound but

Re:

2002-03-23 Thread Charlie Reyes
I just downloaded Stuffit Expander from Aladdin's web site on my work PC, but my new Powerbook 270C doesn't recognize it - trying to go to the PC Exchange Control Panel to find something to open with (only SimpleText is there). Found a de-binhexed version (.BIN) and downloaded it, same thing. How