In a message dated 2/1/06 3:38:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm probably going to be unpopular for saying this, but I actually
liked
IE5 on OS 9
Ditto to that; never gives me any problems at all.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Ivy F., AL
Roll Tide!
Beiges, 'Books and other oddities
In a message dated 2/1/06 10:45:45 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The quick answer is: Probably not. The Wallstreet came with a
45W adapter and seems to be a heavy feeder under certain
conditions. If the machine is sleeping, the 36W adapter may
charge the battery.
Sleeping, or off. Yes, a 36w
In a message dated 1/31/06 11:39:33 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
does the clamshell ibook (firewire) use the same powerplug as the
powerbook wallstreet rev 2
Yes, and the same 45w adapter also, although either can use a lesser powered
24w adapter (from Powerbook Duo 210-270c) or a 36w
In a message dated 1/31/06 1:08:34 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Any success stories out there of swapping mobo from a kanga to a
3400c? Any other mobos that would fit a 3400c?
Thanks!
I have done this swap; apart from what's already been mentioned, regarding
some parts possibly not being
In a message dated 1/29/06 10:52:37 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Okay, good news and bad news. I went into the hard drive, Apple Extras
folder, and found Network Software Selector. There was TCP/IP. I selected
it. I had to restart the computer. Then I opened the control panel, TCP/IP.
Out of
I just thought of something; earlier I think you mentioned that, either in
MacTCP or TCP/IP, you had the choice of ethernet or alternate ethernet.
Do you have an ethernet port in the rear of your 1400? If you do, it would be
the last port on the left inside the rear port cover door.
In a message dated 1/30/06 5:02:53 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I tried the computer on the network at work today. I could actually see the
homepage! Then the problems started. I got one Java error message after
another, until I got the sad Mac and error 11--restart. Which I did three
times.
In a message dated 1/29/06 1 10 13 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I slid the battery back in, and then tried to power up again and
nothing happened. SO, I plugged it into the AC adapter, and boom, it
powered up instantly - without pressing anything. All is well,
except now, when it boots
In a message dated 1/29/06 11:18:51 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm using a Powerbook 1400cs, running OS 7.5.3. I'm trying to connect to an
ethernet network with a Global Village PowerPort Platinum Pro PC card. The
computer recognizes the card. When I open Netscape, I get a message that
In a message dated 1/29/06 5:38:39 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Yes, I have the factory disks for the modem and installed them. I have
MacTCP set for ethernet alternative. The card also has a network setting
and I have that set for ethernet as well.
In MacTCP, how do you have it setup? DHCP?
In a message dated 1/29/06 9:02:54 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Go into the TCP/IP control panel and select Ethernet or Alternate
Ethernet
depending on which one shows up. Then, you should see a drop-down menu with
Configure beside it, in the Setup pane. Select Using DCHP Server
from that
In a message dated 1/29/06 9:45:17 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I pulled those settings from my 190 running OS 7.5.3.
Yeah, I believe you; I just warmed up my 540c that runs OS 7.5.3, and it has
a TCP/IP panel. I think perhaps the MacTCP mentioned by the lister is another
app used for
In a message dated 1/28/06 5:02:33 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have obtained two Powerbook 3400's, which between the two of them
should make one fine, working machine. I have discovered what is more
than likely already obvious to most of you: the batteries in both of
them are now suitable
In a message dated 1/28/06 4:08:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I wasn't aware the was any difference between a 3400 and a 3500 (Kanga)
battery and they certainly work in the 3400.
Maybe I just figgr'd there was a difference, because they're labled
differently, but I think I remember reading
In a message dated 1/27/06 11:22:23 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Would a 5300c be a satisfactory replacement for a 520c? Could I find
one with a working battery and are the batteries easier to fix?
Other than the fact that there would not be any interchangeable parts (HD,
RAM, etc.), the 5300
In a message dated 1/22/06 1:28:35 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Is there a battery charger that just plugs into the wall and charges
either 2400 or 3400 powerbook batteries?
There is a VST one for the 3400/5300/190, but you need a mains adapter
for it, charges 2 batts. You can use either
In a message dated 1/22/06 1:22:29 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have never owned a PowerBook(or any laptop) before so I'm totally new
to this. Anyway seeing as I can only have the floppy drive or the CD
ROM drive in at a time are they hot-swappable or do I have to turn
the 3400 off
In a message dated 1/16/2006 11:22:22 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hello, and first off I would like to announce my re-subscription to
this mailing list. I left as my 1400 died but after about 4 months I
used it and it started to work. Now I have the urge to upgrade
In a message dated 1/17/2006 1:22:33 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Cheap and 3400 do not go together. When I was looking for a replacement
for my faithful 190, I seriously considered a 3400, but I decided to
spend the little extra cash and get a G3 Lombard. I
In a message dated 1/15/06 11:36:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Is the AC adapter tested? Try running your 3400c without the battery
and see
what happens when it is running on AC only.
When I try to run on A/C power alone, the computer makes very loud
clicks* from the speakers (I can tell
In a message dated 1/16/06 6:36:16 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I see; so it does that when you try to boot it up using only the AC,
AND using only the battery?
Nope. Just using the A/C adapter with no battery.
In your first e-mail to the list, you stated that:
-When I try to boot with
In a message dated 1/16/06 7:17:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I've put in a few requests to different places (including LEMswap) for
the PRAM battery cable...they're hard to find, so I don't think I'll be
able to get my hands on one soon... :-(
That is true. They are hard to find, and EASY
Wild guess here...
Do you have an extra PMU board to swap in your 3400c?
Is the AC adapter tested? Try running your 3400c without the battery and see
what happens when it is running on AC only.
Good luck,
Ivy F.
--
PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...
Small Dog
Hi, I use the same modem/ethernet card in my 5300.
The name of the software I used was GV PC Card 3.0.2 Update.sea and I had
no previous GV software on this laptop to my knowledge; the previous lister
that said the update was a full installer must have been correct.
In a message dated 1/4/06 12:32:58 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Um, well, curiously, why would anyone run an old 'Book as their main Mac?
Then later, you said:
No G4s here of ANY kind, and given MY finances, not likely. LOL
You just answered your own question. The reason why anyone would run
In a message dated 1/3/06 11:16:46 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I've never seen the 1400CS screen (all mine are 1400C's), but I imagine it
would be worth whatever extra you'd have to pay to get up to the active
matrix display.
Actually, the 1400cs is the active-matrix screen; your 1400c IS
In a message dated 12/12/05 9:55:05 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Also has anyone had luck putting in 256m - 512m of ram in the
wallstreet without doing a sonnet upgrade or other motherboard upgrade?
256mb is easy; it just requires at least one of the 128mb so-dimm to be the
standard size to
Has anyone ever tried to use another type memory card (like a SD or SM card)
other than a CF in an adapter as a HD?
I wonder how long it will be until we're all using memory cards as the main
HDs in our classic Powerbooks, especially in our SCSI Powerbooks? Mabe someone
could create an adapter
In a message dated 12/5/05 2:39:07 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I also
bought an APPLE POWERBOOK G4 DVD-CDRW COMBO DRIVE, i do not know it it
will run on my powerbook 1400, if not, i will sell you :-)
A: The G4 drive will not work on a 1400. If I remember correctly, the
only CD-RW drives
And now for a completely irrelevant subject:
I have a bet going on with a co-worker; what was the last grayscale
Powerbook? I say it was the Powerbook 5300, as I have one, but my friend here
says that
there was a Powerbook 1400 grayscale produced by Apple.
Please settle this friendly wager
In a message dated 11/30/05 11:22:24 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
5300, all 1400s were colour.
Sounds GOOD to me! The $1 is mine!
Thanks,
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Ivy F., AL
Roll Tide!
Beiges, 'Books and other oddities
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
--
PowerBooks is sponsored by
In a message dated 11/26/05 10:23:52 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Up to now I could bring in my PB2400c (running OS 8.6), pop in my
TrueMobile card with an ORiNOCO driver, and connect no problem. Not
so now! They are requiring a certificate file to be loaded on our
computers for
In a message dated 11/27/05 4:32:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have reeived yesterday my NEW powerbook 1400/117, this is my first time
on MAC OS.
...then the Worm has definitely turned for you, dude! (:-)
Congrats!
The battery is bad, as the CD-ROM too, but, i like it.
I also have some
In a message dated 11/17/2005 9:26:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Well that was probably the strangest thing I've ever had happen with a
Mac - I opened it up, with battery removed and adapter disconnected.
Everything inside looked great. Just for the heck of it, i plugged in
the ac adapter.
While we are on the subject, does anyone know the trick in getting a
Powerbook 5300 to use a li-ion battery from a Powerbook 3400c?
I had heard that a 5300 could use a 3400's battery (and I think I myself used
to do it). I know I would not be able to recharge the 3400 battery with the
5300c,
In a message dated 11/13/2005 7:17:12 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
With much respect and appreciation, Ivy, I don't think you understand
the problem. I hear the slight noise only when the LED is lit - no
HD, not a power-up noise, etc. I really appreciate your help,
(:-D
Now, I know that's not fair... my 5300c, which I refer to as my 1700c (1/2
of 3400c -- get it?), because it and my Kanga share HD contents, has been a
steady little backup helper for mommy, with nary a flame-up.
Anyway, my question regards using a 3400c Li-Ion battery in my 5300c. I have
In a message dated 11/12/05 5:59:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have a question - I just noticed when I put my PB3400c to sleep, the
light blinks and all, but there's a little noise every time the light
comes on (It's like a slight click---click---click)
Is this a problem I should worry
In a message dated 11/12/05 7:07:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
No, it's when the computer is asleep, and the noise occurs when the
light is on (The split second the light is lit)
Yes, when the computer first goes to sleep, I assume. I am thinking that it
could be the HD spinning down. Is
In a message dated 11/12/05 10:20:58 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It's not the HD at all, I am 100% sure. The HD is already sound asleep
when I hear the little click sound. Actually, it's not really a
*click*, it's more like of an electrical noise, if you can picture
that.
I am 100% sure
In a message dated 11/9/05 5:49:33 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm looking at finally replacing my 190, after pondering it for a while,
and I'm wondering which model G3 is the best. I want to run OS 9 or OS
X, but it doesn't matter. My main issues are that I want a DVD drive and
a good
In a message dated 11/9/05 10:06:54 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I don't want to start anything here,
Of course not - it's a friendly list and an interchange of views is always
good.
Ummm... yes! Always! Of Course!
but a Wallstreet is my preferred G3 Powerbook over a Lombard Pismo.
Mine,
In a message dated 11/9/05 2:32:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
my Pismo has 500cpu Thats 200+ on the wallstreet
It has a combo swapped in the caddy haven't seen a wallstreet combo
in caddy form.
I have a zip disc inernal for it and a vst superdisc that takes the
standard floppys
i have
In a message dated 11/9/05 7:03:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have a Wallstreet, Lombard, Pismo, and a Clamshell aswell. The one I
prefer is the fastest the Pismo 500.
Yep; speed kills anything slower than it.
I think we call all agree that none of the 'books -- i or power -- are too
In a message dated 11/1/05 4:07:57 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
If you don't find ClickPad online, I could email you v. 2.2.4 I have on
a
removeable disk somewhere.
Hi, I would appreciate a copy of it also for my 540c.
Ivy
--
PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...
In a message dated 10/29/05 1:55:49 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I've just received a PB 3400c with problem:
1/ When I connected the AC Adapter to the 3400c, it started before I
tried to press the Power On button,
2/ At starting, I got a bomb: BUS ERROR.
I tried with Extension Off : same bomb.
In a message dated 10/28/05 3:03:24 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Don't forget that you can also obtain a 100mb ZIP module to install in place
of the cd-rom drive
Ivy
THERE IS NO INTERNAL CD-ROM DRIVE FOR THE 5300!
Nuh-uh! JEFF GOLDBLUM has one!!!
(:-P
Me So Sorry; I MEANT to say in place
In a message dated 10/26/05 7:28:08 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
FYI, I don't believe that there was ever an internal CD-ROM built for
the PB5300. You'd have to use an external SCSI unit. That's what
I've had to do with mine.
Don't forget that you can also obtain a 100mb ZIP module to
In a message dated 10/27/05 7:00:33 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
My problem started when the PB arrived and I found the
previous owner had initialized the hard drive, so no operating
system. He had included a 7.5.3 system CD, but there was no CD-ROM
module.
If the system CD is home brewed,
In a message dated 10/26/05 12:40:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I remember finding an earlier version of iTunes (though I running OS 9.2.2
on it). I don't recall either the version or where I found it. Can someone
direct me to source for iTunes and the version that runs on OS 8.6?
What
In a message dated 10/6/05 12:47:14 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi I am a newbie to this list. I was given a Mac Power Book 145B. It
has System 7.1 and Microsoft. I need some guidence on how to get files
from my PC to the floppy drive on the Mac. I have some stuff I have
dowloaded but I am
Hello all; long time reader / watcher of the list; just joined!
With the Rev. C module in the Powerbook 500-series, the thing to watch out
for is accidently installing the PCMCIA software for the Rev. A or B modules
(v.1.0 ?) while the Rev C is installed. Doing so will muss up the ROM in the
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