Re: C compilers

>That said, if you're coding for Windows machines, you're probably sol >anyway, since you're going to need the windows libraries. I thought there was a version of CodeWarrrior that could make Windows apps, much like the full version of the Mac version of RealBasic can make Windows apps (I realize

Re: 3400 Ethernet

>>>Is there an ethernet port on 3400? Thanks. >>Yes. Optional on the 3400c/180, standard thereafter -David -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299

Re: AppleShare PDS

> I actually first tried a less invasive method that Apple recommends. > Here's what I did (from Knowledge Base article 11368) Double wow. This is one of those things that's too easy. Wouldn't have thought a visible file could replace an invisible. Remind me tomorrow to try and save a SimpleT

Re: AppleShare PDS

>> ...It just says "File Sharing starting up" and will stay like that >> until the battery dies an hour and a half later, if I let it go that >> long... > The usual cause of this is a corrupt AppleShare PDS file on the > harddisk. This is an invisible file at the root level of any shared > ha

Re: why 9.1

>... please explain the differences between OS 9 and OS9.1 >(and 9.2) insofar as performance on an older PPC-based laptop like a 3400c? >I find OS9 very stable and fast and hear that subsequent updates to 9.1 and >9.2 simply add unnecessary layers of Carbon Lib and other compatibility to >run with

Re: monitor connection

>...put the powerbook to sleep, plug in the monitor, turn it on, wake up >the powerbook... Hey, I didn't know you could do that. I always assumed you should shut down the PB before connecting a monitor. Cool -David -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electr

Re: email

> I used to support OE on peecees, and after all the bad > experiences I had with it at work, I just don't fool > with it at home. Perhaps, but don't forget OE for the Mac was actually different software/not a port of the Windows version. Since MS has such a huge Macintosh development department

Re: 3400 OS

> ...recently bought a 3400c; has OS 7.6 on it and would like to upgrade > to OS 9.0. How much RAM? If you don't have much, OS9.x will make you fairly miserable, IMO. If the 3400 was never upgraded at all update to 7.6.1, a free update to 7.6. If you do go 9, note there is also a retail CD of

Re: Musashi

>They are both fully functional POP3 clients (multiple accounts, >even), and they are free. Wanted to love Green myself. Tried it a few times. I found it very buggy, as in crash and burn. Yes, development didn't get too far. Musashi is shareware, $25. -David -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

Re: small & fast email client

> Until I replace it I need to make do with the 750 mb hard drive. Can > anyone recommed any small pop3 clients that are really good with > offline activities? Yes, try old (pre version 4) Eudora first and see if that works. I purchased SweetMail ($28) for use on one machine running OS 8.6, m

9.1 Ethernet extensions (in general, and as it might relate to PC cards)

>>> ... relevant installed extensions are the 3C589 driver, Apple Enet >>> 2.4.2, EtherTalk Phase 2 2.5.7, Open Transport 2.7.4, and *no* >>> *other* *Ethernet* drivers enabled (that means turn off Apple >>> Built-in Ethernet, Asante Friendlynet, etc.). > > Apple Enet seems to be okay (check ver

Re: Apple Ethernet extensions

>> We need to test on a supported PC laptop to know for sure which scenario >> is true. Cameron wrote: >Well, he's got a 1400, so it's now coming down to extensions and OS. The >'gold' working system is OS 9.1, and relevant installed extensions are >the 3C589 driver, Apple Enet 2.4.2, EtherTalk Ph

Re: 3Com

>Hi >I tried the driver you have on your website. It didn't work either. I don't >know what is the problem. I suppose it could be a bad card. It did put it on >the desktop, but it wouldn't work. I really don't know what to do now. I >guess drop back 10 and punt. >Thanks >Jim Jim, Welcome to my wor

Re: 8.6?

On Monday, January 20, 2003, at 10:21 AM, (David Allen) wrote: > You can probably find an OEM version of 8.6 at the LEM Swap list, > through > this same list group or on eBay. Don't get a model specific version... Finding a retail version of 8.6 will be rare. Most "8.6" non-OEM disks are onl

Re: VM setting

> I had understood that the default setting for Virtual Memory in the > Memory > Control Panel was for 1 mb above the actual ram available; thus, on my > 5300 > I set the memory for 65 mb (64 real ram + 1). There was a LEM article a while back that claimed slightly better performance if VM was

PB180 & PB160 issues

The first is known entity -- my PB180 that's been sitting for several months. Today, shortly after turning it on it went into "emergency sleep" mode due to a "weak battery". While plugged into A/C power. Hello? Successive reboots would get it to the Finder, but no further before the warning an

Interested in a 5300cs?

I just acquired a 5300cs. Posting here prior to Swap-List to gauge interest. How much do I want for it? Don't know. You tell me. I know they aren't worth much. Particulars: PRAM is dead. NiMH also appears dead. Power adapter is ... not dead, and included Screen looks good. Entire case looks goo

USB 2? >>>FireWire!

Gerald said: > in my searching I've come to the conclusion that you have to use OS X > to support and use 2.1 otherwise it runs at 1.1 speed. Yep, which means it's also 1.1 on your 8500 unless you've hacked X on there. Even then ... > Would appreciate your knowledge and suggestions for a solut

Re: TomeViewer

> ...haven't been able to locate the TOME Viewer that... Lots of hits in Google for "tomeviewer" search. What it is, is TomeViewer 1.3d etc. -David -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon

the 3Com card, revisited

> You can also try a 3Com EtherLink III; that's what I'm using in mine. > See > > http://www.floodgap.com/retrotech/mac/enet3c589/ > > Works very well. Never had any luck myself. Sure, the 3Com card (exact model escapes me) mounts fine on the desktop and is seen by TCP/IP, but that's it.

Re: IE's remembered URLs

> I notice that as I type in an URL, sometimes a window pops up below it > with some suggested URLs. Is there a way to add or subtract from that > list? This falls under the heading of Stuff I Used to Know, so I'll just prattle on to hear my own voice and let others correct the mess later. Act

Re: '040 cache

> okay i have a 520 c with a 68lc040 processor i turned the 040 cache > off in > the control panel reboot all of a sudden i get an error that this mac > os > isnt supported like i need a later version or something If you can startup from a floppy or other means, can you see the enabler file in

Re: chimes of death

>Can anyone remind me what the different sets of start up tones mean ? > >I KNOW I've seen it somewhere recently but can't seem to find it again. > >Malcolm You mean regular startup chime vs. startup chime of death? If you get that something in the hardware boot process (what I mean is the initial

Re: 5300 RAM/ wireless info

>> If it says 40, believe it, if 32 find another RAM chip. I don't have an answer either, but then 32 would then imply the new RAM is a 24MB piece if the motherboard RAM is still recognized but not showing in ASP. So, something still doesn't sound right. ** Ca

more wireless Q's

>> Give the WaveLAN Silver (or Gold) a look. > > Is there a current lead on where to get one (or another) relatively > cheaply? > > After spending roughly $25-28 (card, two supposedly compatible > dongles, shipping) trying to get the hacked 3Com Ethernet solution to > work I may want to spend a

audio CD reading followup

Brian wrote: >I've been meaning to get back in touch with FWB and send them the drive >(external SCSI Ricoh -RW) as it's not yet on their list of supported >drives, and if I send it in they said (a few months ago) they'd add support >and give me a free copy of the CD tools, ... They'd HAVE to give

Re: difficulty reading/burning CDs

On Thursday, January 9, 2003, at 03:31 PM, (PowerBooks) wrote: >> I'm going to try: >> Replace the old CD extension with the later Apple piece and see if the >> burner can then be used to rip? > > Did you try to use only the Apple extensions and the Toast CD Reader > extension. That's what i do

Difficulty "reading" audio CDs

System: 3400c running 9.1 connected to an external SCSI case with a Cendyne 24X CDROM and Ricoh MP6200 CDRW inside. I'm using the Apple CDROM 5.3.1 extension from 7.6 to appease the non-Apple CDROM. The rest of the bits are all circa-OS 9.1, but the Apple CD/DVD extension is of course disabled. Bo

Re: 9.1/9.2 cp

>>This got me thinking about every time I've put 9.1 on any NuBus >>PowerMac, which of course the 1400 is based on (the NuBus part, I >>mean.) I've yet to get the Startup Disk cp to work, although I can't >>recall what the specific error # was. > >Have either of you tried trashing the Startup Disk

Re: 9.1's Startup Disk cp

> > I recently updated my PB 1400/G3 to OS9.1. For some > reason, everything works fine, except the Startup Disk > control panel. > > When I try to open it, it gives me a "Type 3" error > and closes. Perhaps completely unrelated, and I know several people here probably run 9.1 just fine on these,

Re: 8.6 on an iBook

>>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

Re: AOL/Word for a 190

>I don't know anything about AOL, but any version of Word up to and >including whatever comes with Office 98 (and maybe beyond) should be >fine. All of the Office 98 apps are actually PPC only. My vote would be to stay away from Word 6 and use Word 5.1. AOL 3 will run on a PB190, version 4 might

Re: unhappy 180

> Startup sound - happy Mac - Happy Mac Disapears w/o "welcome to Macintosh" > screen - blank screen for a sec - Question-Mark Disk. The End... Sure sounds like something funky with either software or the disk itself. I presume it won't start with Extensions Off. How about starting from floppy

Re: GV fax software?

Craig wrote: >Does anyone kno wwhere I can acquire the software for the 19.2. Global >Village internal modem for Powerbooks? You mean the GV fax software? Everything else (the modem script) you already have. Start here: http://www.globalvillage.com/support/softwarelocator.html Note: when I wro

Re: 19.2 script

Craig, If you are running Open Transport 1.1.1 or 1.1.2 and OT/PPP 1.0 it got installed with the OT/PPP dialer. Look for GV Platinum (I think) to be a choice in the Modem control panel. My PB180 w/ 19.2 modem ran 7.5.5 with OT and OT/PPP and since I didn't know what the name of the modem was,

Re: fuse fix

Greg wrote: >...I soldered a piece of 1/3 amp fuse wire accross the SMD fuse, covered >it with some glue to protect it,... Greg, Given that fuses have air surrounding them to provide a space for the broken fuse wire to go and therefore break the circuit, what's gonna happen if the fuse wire need

researching on older PB

>Hi >We have several models of the older Power Book. If you can figure out which >model you want we probably have it. Let me know. >Jim I thought that's why he was posting? ... Anyway J White, I bought my PowerBook 180 because I thought it was the best compromise for an older model (this was an

dongle dingle

Brian wrote: >Even if the drivers aren't working you should get a link light when you >first hook the cables up, I think. Hmm. That sure isn't me. >It would then go OUT perhaps but at first connect to a powered up it >should work. Nah, not even a blink. >Sounds like the card is dead to me, or

new 3Com dongle arrived today ... :( :( :( :(

Cameron, Brian, It's a no go. I now have two different 3Com 10Bt dongles that match my card, neither of which works. Or rather, something doesn't work. Still no link light. Attempted with two different known-good Cat5 cables (not crossover) into a good port on my router. By known-good I mean

Disk Burner on a WS?

Remy wrote: >If the WS has 9.1 or later, you could simply use Disc Burner & iTunes. WS or Lombard? The Disk Burner installer won't run without native USB or FireWire present, I don't think. Hmm, maybe it will with an adapter? I once drag-installed the pieces onto a 7500/200 running 9.1 and was

Re: 3Com cards

PowerBooks wrote: >My understanding is that the cards are used; they get new dongles >and ship them out. The boxes I have are labelled 3c-pc-tp-cbl and the >cable itself is a 974302-1 according to the little silver tag. I'll re-check what I have tomorrow. I'm getting the feeling I got a differe

the magic $8 Ethernet card

>The 3com 589D 10bt $8 from www.computer-show.com. Hope, I just bought this and can report service and shipping was fine. The link is: However, as I posted last week, it ships with a dongle that doesn't wo

Re: 9, X on 3400

>-My Pentium 166 PC based (32MB RAM) laptop on the table right next to >it runs webpage circles around my faster processored PB much to my >chagrin. There's a new Dell here at work right behind me. Probably a few Ghz in clock speed I'd guess. At the local public library they use an older PC fo

Re: which dongle

>> >> This last one sounds like what I have as well, but the picture (if >> accurate) looks "wrong" and the part number I "don't recognize". > > This is in fact identical to the one I have for my 3C589C, so I can > confirm

Re: internet connect / disconnect

> You could dis/connect using the Control Strip module. I liked FreePPP too > and isntall it on all client machines using pre-OS 9 setups. Remy's right--that was introduced in OS 8.5. If you long for a menu bar widget to connect, disconnect (from a modem) and have a simple launcher for one ema

Re: ding dang dongle

Cameron wrote: >What is the exact model number of the 3Com card? Not sure at present; it's at home and I'm not. It's the one here: I think it's a C, not a D. >Sounds like a dead or improper dongle. When

So, I got my 3Com 10Bt card today ...

Thanks to everyone who posted a link (and more than once). I didn't read yesterday's post clearly and I've trashed it . Like yesterday's poster, my first reboot also resulted in a System bomb. Restarted w/ Ext. off and disabled Apple Enet and the extension for the 3400/G3 built-in modem/ethern

Re: 3400 OS

>some will say 8.6, others 9.1. If 8.6 does what you want, stay there. I have 9.1 on one w/80MB RAM and it's very nice; seems more responsive and snappy than desktop Macs with similar 40Mhz bus and the like. >I swapped out the original 1.3GB HD with a 4GB HD as soon as I got it. I have the o

Re: serial port hijacking

> ... When I try to print it says "serial port in use by another > application" Several things may fix it. Sometimes all it takes is a restart, but at the very least I'd turn off AppleTalk since the StyleWriters can't use it. AppleTalk is currently the "application" hijacking your printer p

Re: 3400 slots

>I thought the issue wasn't whether the 3400 was Cardbus compliant or >not. (Inherently, I belive that it is) I thought the issue was that >the card cage used in the 3400 won't accept the cardbus cards as they >are shaped slightly different... If you swapped your cage for a >cardbus acceptable ca

Re: hacked 3Com card

Dan K wrote: >For a PC card ethernet nic, I'd buy one of these 3COM cards and use it >with a hacked* Farallon driver. At $8 (+ S/H) for a PCCard ethernet nic, >it's a terrific deal. Thanks Dan, will keep that in mind. Where there's a Mac, there's always a hack. -David -- PowerBooks is sponso

Ethernet for 3400c/180

I would like to add this, inexpensively (duh). I already have a Micro Asante SCSI-to-Ethernet for PowerBooks but don't want to use that. Not even sure if it would play well with OS 9.1. Can the 33.6 modem/10BT piece from faster 3400's be added, or did they have that soldered on the motherboard

Re: QT toughness

> ONE thing about the 100 and the 150 be sure to remember > ONE DROP AND THEY BREAK :( Guess I was lucky. Pulled "mine" from a dumpster. -David -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon Pow

Re: QuickTake 150

>"Optional AC adapter (use only the QuickTake AC adapter M2851LL/A or the >Macintosh PowerBook AC Adapter M4662LL/A" I've used the power adapter from my PB180 for this camera. Don't have it in front of me; can't say which model number it is. >2. Anyone know where to find some software for this

Re: my 3400c RAM module: loose as a goose; now fixed!

Not patient enough to wait to get a PRAM battery which I also need, I went ahead and checked the 64MB RAM module per the list. Very loose and sitting slightly cockeyed. Not even close to being seated. I suppose the keyboard must have been keeping it barely in. Fixed that, and "all my troubles

Re: 8.6 bits glued onto 8.1

> Most of the 8.5-6 software seems to require this lib or that lib and I > downloaded the 8.6 ypdate overnight (36 megs!) Interesting. I know that many things want to see 8.6 because of the better networking software and better USB software that it contains. Or maybe it' s because you're also s