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Finally found a use for my iBook G4 :/ — #5

Never mnid. I found a Newer Technology drive enclosure initially meant for a Mac Mini.  I put the hard drive in there and just accessing it on the Ubuntu box is so much faster …
68kMLA Networking by quinterro Tue, 3 Mar 2015 - 02:38

Finally found a use for my iBook G4 :/ — #4

I reset the BIOS on the Bay trail machine and it now has Ubuntu 14.04 installed and sharing its wifi connection over ethernet.  I tried Linux Mint Mate 17.1 but couldn't find a sim…
68kMLA Networking by quinterro Tue, 3 Mar 2015 - 01:59

Arabic Script — #3

The font aspect I know is possible (in theory), though I'd have to track down my research on the font templates. At the time, this predated my use of emulators, so I had no deve…
68kMLA Software by raoulduke Mon, 2 Mar 2015 - 05:32

Arabic Script — #2

On the Newton? I doubt it. Japanese is somewhat possible but even then the support isn't great. You'd have better luck turning off HWR and just letting it clean up what you draw.
68kMLA Software by TheWhiteFalcon Mon, 2 Mar 2015 - 05:19

PB 3400 Power Issues — #8

Is this a power board problem? Because if so I'd probably like to try and get my money back on the replacement board.
68kMLA Hardware by raoulduke Mon, 2 Mar 2015 - 01:29

Help me decide which PowerBook(s) to keep — #4

Personally, I like the look and feel of the 1400c. But i also like the sound of the 3400c.  But I also have more Duos than I know what to do with. All color.  If I were faced in …
68kMLA Hardware by techknight Mon, 2 Mar 2015 - 00:35

Finally found a use for my iBook G4 :/ — #3

While I have the Bay Trail machine working again I may either leave the iBook there or try my Lombard to see if it can handle sharing its connection since either of them would take…
68kMLA Networking by quinterro Sun, 1 Mar 2015 - 20:32

Help me decide which PowerBook(s) to keep — #2

Dump the 1400c IMO. That's the easiest one to pick back up if you ever wanted to. You've got the 3400c for the speed demon, the other one can be less practical, and I'd keep that D…
68kMLA Hardware by TheWhiteFalcon Sun, 1 Mar 2015 - 20:28

Finally found a use for my iBook G4 :/ — #2

quinterro said: I wondered if the iBook could do the same thing.  After trying it out it worked like a charm.  At the moment it is sitting on my bookshelf running Internet Sh…
68kMLA Networking by tendim Sun, 1 Mar 2015 - 20:06

PB 3400 Power Issues — #7

I took some voltage measurements, though not very systematically.  On the logic board, I measured between ~1 and 3.5 volts (and nothing in places).  On the power board, I got a ran…
68kMLA Hardware by raoulduke Sun, 1 Mar 2015 - 04:09

PB 3400 Power Issues — #6

OK well that is interesting. Would still really appreciate your post... I was wrong: my 5300c powers on without PRAM battery with the new power boats... which may not speak to w…
68kMLA Hardware by raoulduke Sun, 1 Mar 2015 - 01:02

PB 3400 Power Issues — #4

And let me also ask this: my 5300c had a dead PRAM battery. It usually starts fine. Initially, I thought I had noticed that it would not start at all without the dead battery c…
68kMLA Hardware by raoulduke Sat, 28 Feb 2015 - 19:31

PB 3400 Power Issues — #3

I'd be really appreciative if you could send me a link to the topic. Until I'm sure a power board is working correctly, I'm not sure how much else I can do/diagnose.
68kMLA Hardware by raoulduke Sat, 28 Feb 2015 - 05:16

PB 1400 memory issue detected — #9

There was a P4 toshiba laptop designed the same way, the DC-DC board was bolted on with one of these, and it always caused problems
68kMLA Software by techknight Sat, 28 Feb 2015 - 00:55

PB 3400 Power Issues — #2

The whining of the power board I talked about on the other recent 3400 thread. The caps are bad. Replace the 2 caps and that should disappear. The pop and non screen come on has…
68kMLA Hardware by Macdrone Fri, 27 Feb 2015 - 22:51

PB 1400 memory issue detected — #8

If you get one of these shipped it's a good idea to reseat everything anyway, even if it is screwed/latched down.
68kMLA Software by TheWhiteFalcon Fri, 27 Feb 2015 - 18:41

PB 1400 memory issue detected — #7

Ya, it is a piss-poor connector for sure. I thought the same thing after install, that a solid bump would free it.
68kMLA Software by unity Fri, 27 Feb 2015 - 18:37

PB 1400 memory issue detected — #6

It's that lousy connector. I have a Gateway Solo 9200 (PII@266MHz) which all the boards (Video, I/O, CPU, HD, Power) are sandwiched together by these connectors. It took a nasty fa…
68kMLA Software by Elfen Fri, 27 Feb 2015 - 16:51

PB 1400 memory issue detected — #5

That's definitely strange! I wonder if any other Macs have done something similar, and if so how many...
68kMLA Software by Juliet Elysa Fri, 27 Feb 2015 - 09:41

PB 1400 memory issue detected — #4

Yup, about mid-way. I would assume this could happen with an upgrade card when a driver loads. But odd on stock hardware. So not sure. It detected the defect and did not use the RA…
68kMLA Software by unity Fri, 27 Feb 2015 - 08:03

PB 1400 memory issue detected — #3

It said something about detecting a hardware defect later in the startup process? I'm intrigued now... how did it say it?
68kMLA Software by Juliet Elysa Fri, 27 Feb 2015 - 06:06

PB 1400 memory issue detected — #2

Well after reseating it a few times it now works. Looks like my base RAM is 16MB and the chip is 8MB for 24 total. Well back on the shelf I guess.
68kMLA Software by unity Fri, 27 Feb 2015 - 01:02

Manual PCMCIA Eject Circuit Board - Powerbook 3400c — #5

     I'm not sure of the APN although that description sounds right. Mine just says AMP Rev. 2.      And was your comment about your logic boards in response to the photos I poste…
68kMLA Hardware by AichEss Thu, 26 Feb 2015 - 01:00
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