Introducing pomme-s.ch, served by a PB 100

by **superpantoufle** » 15 Jan 2011, 21:38

Hi all,

I'd like to share the beginnings of my latest project with you, namely the website http://www.pomme-s.ch, hosted on my PowerBook 100. The 100 has 6 Mb of RAM and a 80 Mb hard disk. It runs a stripped down US System 7.0.1 with the bare essentials, and the server soft is Machttp 2.6.1. To speed things up all I need is copied in a RAM disk at startup (System folder, Machttp and the site's files).
The PowerBook is connected to internet through an Asanté Micro EN/SC adapter. The domain name is resolved by zoneedit.com servers, and my home network's external IP address is updated by one of our recent Macs whenever they're online (this will most certainly be an issue, since our provider tends to change our IP very 24 hours or so).

There's nothing much to see or read as of yet, and all is in french. Sorry! Well, "pomme" is the french for "apple". Pomme-S, or cmd-S, as a call to save those old apples... The project for this site is to (modestly) show off my collection and stuff about vintage Macs, in french. The design intend to mimic the manuals of the first Macs. Please feel free to share some feedback, as the project is just beginning today.

I have a couple of questions about maintaining that PoweBook powered on 24/7, and hopefully someone here could help:

1. For now, the PowerBook is running without any batteries, only feeded by its AC adapter. Is it safe?
2. For now the screen is always on. Is there an easy way to switch it off without switching off or sleeping the PowerBook? Closing the lid does nothing.

Thanks a lot in advance!

by **register** » 15 Jan 2011, 23:19

Nice use for your PB100 :-)

For now the screen is always on. Is there an easy way to switch it off without switching off or sleeping the PowerBook?

Probably this post helps: http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=13294&p=131751&hilit=veraeusser#p131751.

by **superpantoufle** » 20 Jan 2011, 08:04

Thanks register!
Unfortunately a Google search with "powerbook veraeusser" doesn't give significant results, apart from the topic you link to.

Anyway, the server works but my MBP don't seem to properly update my external IP to zoneedit anymore. So it's unreachable for a couple of days.

by **Classic Mac** » 21 Jan 2011, 18:43

...said software to cancel screen. Haven't tried it yet.

http://www.umich.edu/~archive/mac/util/powerbook/

by **register** » 21 Jan 2011, 20:17

Excellent source! Thank you for the link. Consider to test the software "powerorg..." as well. Throw it into the extensions folder, restart and look what happens if some disk or power supply is plugged in. Seems to be taken from the movie "Harry meets Sally" ;-)

by **mactjaap** » 22 Jan 2011, 16:14

Very nice! Works great!

Maybe a next challlenge for you could be to conect the PowerBook to the Internet by LocalTalk. I did this with a Plus. Must be possible with a Powerbook 100 as well. See my posting about it:

http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=11601&p=140915#p140915

This article gibves also the information about the LocalTalk bridge:
http://macintosh.vanegten.com/?p=185

by **mactjaap** » 22 Jan 2011, 16:21

I forgot to ask....
Could you tell a little bit more about the Asanté Micro EN/SC adapter
How does it work?
Do you need software to get it working???

by **superpantoufle** » 13 Feb 2011, 13:13

Thanks a lot for your replies! Sorry, long time since my last visit around here. My PowerBook 100 running pomme-s.ch has now been online non-stop for more than a week, and it runs fine. It is helped by a lime iBook running Tiger which does the dynmaic DNS updates.

Classic Mac wrote:...said software to cancel screen. Haven't tried it yet.
http://www.umich.edu/~archive/mac/util/powerbook/

Thank you very much for that link! Some cool bits of software on there.
Now, the Verausser control panel works just as advertised, but unfortunately it doesn't cut it for what I wanted to do: it can switch the internal LCD screen off whenever an external monitor is connected. But at least one monitor must be on. My goal was to switch off the internal screen, and wake it up for example with a key press or a trackball movement.

I also tried that control panel named "Backlight Control" on the same page. It should disable backlighting after a specified delay. It kind of works, but only partially switch backlighting off (now it looks like a blinking broken neon in a scary corridor...).

mactjaap wrote:Maybe a next challlenge for you could be to conect the PowerBook to the Internet by LocalTalk. I did this with a Plus. Must be possible with a Powerbook 100 as well.

Well, is that a challenge? 8-)

Actually all my old Macs that don't have ethernet are connected to the internet with LocalTalk (except for the 128K and the 512K for now). I have a PowerBook 1400 with an ethernet card running IPNetRouter and LocalTalk Bridge, which act as the hub and a mixed LocalTalk / PhoneNet network that connects all my veterans.

mactjaap wrote:I forgot to ask....
Could you tell a little bit more about the Asanté Micro EN/SC adapter
How does it work?
Do you need software to get it working???

This is one of my coolest piece of hardware, imho. I found that picture online:

It connects on the PowerBook SCSI port (HDI-30) and to the ethernet network (there is a RJ-45 and a RJ-45 + BNC versions. Mine is RJ-45 only). You need to install a driver, and then you see an "Aletrnate Ethernet" icon in the Network control panel. Works perfectly!
I would love to score an Asante Mini EN/SC for my compact Macs someday...

Now, I've got some webdesign stuff to do, and I'll be able to start adding content to the site!

by **insaneboy** » 13 Feb 2011, 18:45

superpantoufle wrote:This is one of my coolest piece of hardware, imho. I found that picture online:

It connects on the PowerBook SCSI port (HDI-30) and to the ethernet network (there is a RJ-45 and a RJ-45 + BNC versions. Mine is RJ-45 only). You need to install a driver, and then you see an "Aletrnate Ethernet" icon in the Network control panel. Works perfectly!
I would love to score an Asante Mini EN/SC for my compact Macs someday...

I have a mini EN/SC, but I like that micro EN/SC, I'm guessing it is powered off the ADB port? less cables and power adaptors would be great.

by **superpantoufle** » 14 Feb 2011, 15:16

insaneboy wrote:I have a mini EN/SC, but I like that micro EN/SC, I'm guessing it is powered off the ADB port? less cables and power adaptors would be great.

Yes, it is. There's a pass-through ADB cable that you can see on the picture. It's really a neat piece of hardware. The design is not bad (PowerBook gray, frog-like stripes), it's compact and the only cables I have hanging behind my 100 as of now are its power brick and the ethernet cable.

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