PB 1400c/166
From Colin Yarwood
Hi,
I read your note on the well.
I have one running 8.2.2 fine, but my daughter has given me her G3
PB, and I am asked by another daughter if I can let her have the
1400! She wants to be able to
access the Broadband with it, and without better than 8.5 it a
non-starter.
My old 1400 has 32 MB; is that enough to run system 9.0?
Colin Yarwood in UK
Hi Colin,
8.2.2? Never heard of that OS. ;-)
Anyway, 32 MB is pretty marginal for running OS 9.x,
as the system itself wants almost that much. I would suggest OS 8.6 as
the ideal compromise. That's what I have on both of our 1400s, which
have 40 MB and 64 MB of RAM respectively. I tried running OS 9.1 but
found it just too sluggish.
Charles
Re: PowerBook 1400: A Very Likable Legacy
'Book
From Doug Simpson
Dear Mr. Moore,
I've just finished your fine article and am filled with renewed
hope! (grin)
I have a PowerBook 1400 (Sonnet 333 MHz upgrade) and just
received in the mail a used USRobotics Megahertz XJAEM3336
modem/ethernet card. The card is said to work, according to the 3Com
website that hosts its driver download and sketchy installation docs. I
d/l'ed the driver, rebooted, inserted card, plugged in ethernet cord
(card appears on screen correctly identified) - but no TCP/IP
connection. ???
No CD drive with mine; just a floppy.
I made AppleTalk active/inactive (jic) no fix there....
Only available connection method in TCP/IP and AppleTalk is
"alternate Ethernet" - does this correspond with what you remember
seeing? I'll take it home to try the modem function but am not
expecting much at this point. :(
Sounding helpless, but maybe just rudderless.... :)
Doug Simpson
(in and around Eugene, OR)
Hi Doug,
Sounds like you might not have the correct driver. Or
possibly the ethernet function in the card is defective. Hard to
diagnose from afar.
Charles
Editor's note: "Alternate Ethernet" is what shows up any time you're
not using built in Apple ethernet or ethernet hardware that doesn't use
Apple's drivers. That's what you should be using, since the USR card
isn't supported by Apple's drivers. dk
System CD
From Mike Babjak
Hi,
I have a [SuperMac] C600 that
I've put quite a bit of work in restoring. (Not worth the time, I know;
did it just as a hobby) When I installed OS 9, the CD-ROM no
longer works because I believe it messed with the drivers.
Is there any way I might be able to look up drivers for the original
Umax C600 CD-ROM drive, or do I need to start looking for the system
disc (which I don't have)
Thanks,
Mike
Hi Mike,
I'm not sure what your problem might be. I've had
every Mac OS version from OS 8.0 to OS 9.1 (except for 9.0.4) installed
on my Umax S900 at one time or
another, and the CD-ROM drive worked with all of them. However, it's an
Apple CD-ROM drive. Maybe you r easiest solution would be to find a
used Apple CD-ROM drive and see if that would cure the problem. They
can be picked up for very little these days.
Charles
Editor's note: Most non-Apple CD-ROM drives - which includes all of
the drives used on Umax, Motorola, Power Computing, and other clones -
simply will not work with Apple's drivers. Umax and the other cloners
supplied such drivers with their version of the Mac OS. If you can't
put hands on a copy, check out the various drivers available from the
Mac Driver
Museum. dk
Griffin iMate Lets You Use ADB Devices with USB
Ports
From David Stein
Thanks for the tip. But have you noticed that cursor control is much
poorer under USB - and especially OS X - than with ADB. I like
like ADB, and it is also good to note that Kensington makes a couple of
USB/ADB dual support devices.
Sincerely,
DFS
Hi David,
Yes indeed, I have noticed that. I think that in terms
of functionality, ADB is superior to USB.
In OS X the difference is especially noticeable, and
IMHO OS X's input device support still needs a lot of work.
Charles
Kent Keneshiro replied:
"IMHO OS X's input device support still needs a lot of
work."
And, yes, every year it's called a major revision with a new
price tag. Jaguar, Panther, Bobcat, Cougar, Leopard, Cheetah - that
will carry us to 10.2.7 at least!
Enjoy your writing,
DFS
Re: posted email inputs - I need help
From Daphne Johnson
Hello. I have Yahoo as my email address. I was searching for another
type of POP3 email other than Yahoo (nuisance of logging in) and
Hotmail. I found your site, which was very helpful, but I am having
some difficulty trying to configure my Outlook Express/Microsoft
Outlook. I have tried configuring it to the help page on 21box site,
but still no luck. I was wondering, since you have/had 21box as an
email, could you tell me what should go in the outgoing/incoming
box?
sincerely,
Daphne Johnson
Hi Daphne,
I went to the 21box site and signed up for an account
to check out what your problem might be.
I don't use Microsoft software unless there's no
alternative, but I used the Outlook configuration instructions on
their website to
configure Eudora and had no problems. If you have no compelling reason
to use Outlook Express, you can check out some alternative Mac email
clients in Moore's
Omnibus Mac Email Client Roundup.
Make sure you are entering your full email address as
the login/user name - i.e.: yourname@21box.com.
Charles
Email problem
From Kent Keneshiro
Hi Mr. Moore:
I have been using GMX free email service for over 2 years, and I
encountered a problem recently.
I don't know why, but I cannot receive any email sent through Yahoo
anymore.
I didn't do any configuration or try to block those emails.
Do you know what might be the problem?
Thank you for your help.
Kent Keneshiro
Hi Kent,
I can't say for sure, but GMX may be blocking mail
sent from Yahoo as an (overzealous) antispam measure.
Charles
Hi Charles,
I've got the problem solved.
I checked my antispam setting; one of the functions that blocks
Yahoo emails and Hotmail was set on. So I just had to turn that
function off in order to receive emails send from Yahoo.
Thank you very much.
Kent
WallStreet question
From Joel Wolfson
Hello
Do you happen to know if there is any reason why I wouldn't be able
to use an external FireWire CD burner on a 1998 WallStreet PowerBook
running Mac OS 9.0.4 and a FireWire PCMCIA card?
The drive is a Club Mac with a Teac
CD-W516EB mechanism. I believe that the Club Mac enclosure is
made by Macally. Any help here would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
Joel Wolfson
Hi Joel,
I'm unclear as to whether you're experiencing problems
or tentatively anticipating them prior to purchase.
I have no experience with the Club Mac burner, but my
Que! FIRE 16x10x40 CD burner worked fine with my son's Lombard and a
Keyspan FireWire PC Card adapter.
Bus powered FireWire devices won't work with PC Card
adapters, however,and there may be other issues with some devices and
configurations. There are too many variables to generalize
comprehensively. If possible, try before you buy.
Charles
From Joel Wolfson
Hello Charles,
Thanks so much for your prompt reply. The owner of the PowerBook is
in Hawaii and wants to purchase my Club Mac CD-RW. I didn't want to
ship it there without knowing it will work for him. I apologize for not
having more of the specifics - I'll contact Club Mac tech support to
see if they know of any unusual problems with that setup.
Thanks again,
Joel
iBook goes to war II
From Stephen Stanton
I'm sure plenty of people will show you this, but the article above
your "iBook goes to War," piece on LEM had a link at the bottom of
their battery tips to this:
http://www.sportsshooter.com/guygruber/war/
Those little iBooks are as tough as our troops.
Stephen Stanton
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