Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / August 2004

For a peek at the dinosaur, click here:
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This is a TiBook, the plug that goes in the laptop was bent. I straightened
it out with pliers but it still won't show charging.

I have no idea whats inside, like any upgrades or new cards. I guess
that would be a start to find out about those. Except i don't know
what any upgrades would look like, sooo any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.

I just got my first piece of responserdware - an old cacheless 233
Wallstreet.
I had it running Yellowdog linux, and was just beginning to love it when
disaster struck.

I've ready many threads on iBook vs PowerBook, and I'm still torn
between which one I'd like to get.  Money and size are major issues.
I travel alot, so I need something that's very portable.  I also do
digital photo editing with Photoshop, web design (Shareware HTML apps

I have a WallStreet Powerbook running Mac OS X 10.2.8. This machine has
one annoying characteristic that manifests itself as follows:
When I turn the machine on, the screen stays dim and when the system is
finally up, I can get the screen to full brightness by clicking once on

Anyone making them except Olympus?  Olympus price is ridiculous (by my
standards anyway).

In past posts, I have read that these cards will not work in 5300's and
1400's but some cards do work in 3400's.  I have a friend with a 3400
who just bought a digital camera.  Does anyone own a 3400 with a well
functioning USB PC card and if yes, brand and model?

This is the story of an iBook with issues. :)
You may have heard the stories about iBooks getting their backlight wires
pinched and having the screen blackout. My iBook (700Mhz dual USB thingie,
purchased July 2001) was no exception.

Does anyone have any suggestions on sites still carrying this model at
a decent price?
Is this model that much better than the 1Mhz model?  Any glaring
differences other than processor speed?  Thanks!

Hi, I have a G3 Powerbook 300 (Lombard), and a gold Orinoco card. I
just can't seem to get it to work. I've tried using WirelessDriver, but
I have Panther and it doesn't work well (if at all). I have tried using
the Airport software with Mac OS 9/X (10.3) and that does not work

I  have three iBooks and a TiBook on a wireless network.
All of a sudden, the iBook G3/500 running OS X.3.4 is dropping the
connection to the AirPort network at random.
It will be at four bars, then nothing. Then up. Then down.Then it won't

trying to revive a duo 2300c i've put together from a bunch of other duos
and for the OS I simply copied 7.6.1 from a duo 280. The problem is that the
2300 feels very sluggish compared to the 280 despite it's processor
advantage.

I am getting multiple duplicate genre titles on my ipod and all the
songs named for a specific genre are spread out between all four
listings of the same genre. Does anyone know why it is doing this? I
did not use the iTunes tagging software but one called "Tag & Rename"

I was just wondering if anybody ever had a problem with the Powerbook
or iBook overheating.  I was going to get a Powerbook, but I'm really
concerned about it overheating because of its size (thin, so air can't
be blown through the necessary parts) and its heat consumption.

The "L" and "Spacebar" keys on my keyboard are becoming intermittent. Is it
possible to remove a keycap and clean the switch contacts?  If so, how?