Powerbook Faq

11-Apr-92 17:39:58-GMT,19154;000000000001 Received: from SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU by CAMIS.Stanford.EDU (4.1/inc-1.0) id AA04654; Sat, 11 Apr 92 10:39:57 PDT Full-Name: Info-Mac Moderator Received: by SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU (4.1/inc-1.0) id AA02770; Sat, 11 Apr 92 10:39:57 PDT Resent-Message-Id: <9204111739.AA02770@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU> Return-Path: <jmunkki@hila.hut.fi> Received: from hila.hut.fi by CAMIS.Stanford.EDU (4.1/inc-1.0) id AA14698; Sat, 11 Apr 92 02:50:31 PDT Received: by hila.hut.fi (5.65c/7.0/S-TeKoLa) id AA21515; Sat, 11 Apr 1992 12:49:28 +0300 Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 12:49:28 +0300 From: Juri Munkki <jmunkki@hila.hut.fi> Message-Id: <199204110949.AA21515@hila.hut.fi> To: Info-Mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu Resent-To: backmod@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU Resent-Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 10:39:55 PDT Resent-From: Info-Mac Moderator <macmod@sumex-aim.Stanford.EDU> ______________________________________________________________________________ The Apple Macintosh PowerBook FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) (with answers!) ______________________________________________________________________________ I wrote this article when I noticed that the same questions started popping up again and again in comp.sys.mac.hardware and comp.sys.mac.system. The PowerBooks are relatively new and different computers that are being purchased by old Macintosh users who do not feel the need to read the manuals. Most of the answers in this article could be stated with the simple FLA: RTFM. Four letter acronym: Read The reFerence Manual (or something like that anyway). Here are the questions: Q: My PowerBook refuses to read and write some 800KB disks. What do I do? Q: My PowerBook slows down now and then while it should be doing something. Q: What does the power saving mode of the PowerBook 170 do? Q: My PowerBook battery life is nowhere as long as advertised. Q: My PowerBook 170 has broken pixels on the screen. Q: I need more memory. Q: I need more disk space. Q: I need an external monitor or LCD projection screen. Q: Apple's internal modem doesn't seem to work. Q: The PowerBook serial port is dropping characters or has MIDI problems. Q: Can the keyboard layout be changed? Q: How does one open a PowerBook 140 or 170? Q: Can the annoying speaker click be disabled somehow? Now that you have had time to read the questions, here they are again with the answers: Q: My PowerBook refuses to read and write some 800KB disks. What do I do? A: There appear to be two possible reasons for this. One is that the powerbooks do not accept the way some machines format 800KB disks. The solution to this part of the problem is to take a blank disk (unformatted), format it on a PowerBook and copy the files to this disk on any other machine. The other problem is that the PowerBook 140 disk drive is not properly shielded from the backlight of the display. Apple installs a new shield at no charge, but you may prefer to just switch off the backligh…