Recent content by dan.dem

It's an old thread but being a dial-up user for years, here is what I still remember. Since @dosdude1 does not provide any settings, I guess he assumes you should use a server ínitiated configuration method for TCP/IP. I am not sure this was available before OpenTransport, as in MacTCP. I...

This fault reminds me on the white Unibody MacBooks of 2009/10. They have a clear transparent "rubber" coating on the underside also infamous for separating.

Thank you for your sympathy, @Dude.JediKnight :). I will try the spray adhesive ... someday. The orange coating is stretched on mine too, about 1 cm without any attaching efforts, strange. I'm wondering if I could shrink it back with some heat. But I believe even if it would shrink it wouldn't...

Yes, after the power saver had switched off the screen it will be red tinted again for a few seconds. But it's good enough for me. And actually I am not brave enough to rip the brittle plastic casing of my iBook apart. It was a major undertaking in 2005 when I upgraded the hard disk, and even...

Quoting you, @3lectr1cPPC , about the 140 $ was joking, sorry if I didn't make this clear enough. Actually, since I used my clamshell later also for work, people made fun of me because of my "strange laptop". About the custom Tiger-CDs. I never tried them myself. Interesting to hear that they...

A remark about red tinted back lights. My clamshell has about 22 000 hours (all by myself as the first owner), so has the back light. When I switch it on, it's almost a deep shade of purple but improves within seconds. Look at the photos, taken after around 5, 30, 50 seconds and after 10...

This would need a recompile. And I guess it would involve more changes than throwing the 32-bit flag in the compiler. I my understanding this is also what @David Cook intends to communicate. He was trying to catch just the checks the software does, leaving the functional parts untouched.

Nice setup @dr.zeissler ! And I am always amazed about the cool display transition from Mac to the DOS card. Decades ago I gave a presentation of our BBS being accessed by both a Mac and Windows client using a 6100 DOS. However, I found people more impressed about the cool dimming while...

Wow, @DJ68K , that sounds about as complicated as getting my Office 2011 copy activated by Microsoft :) , really! But this could be a hint that the PowerBook may indeed become usable by sacrificing the content of the hard disk - likely not a big loss. Reinitializing the disk with Silverlining or...

I faintly remember seeing such a password box on my PB 5300, kind of a predecessor to the 3400. And I faintly remember it was a disk based protection system or at least has something to do with some disk sectors. So, likely not firmware related (or whatever pre boot technology Apple used at that...

For me the conclusion is: Gigabit-series Titanium Powerbooks G4 have a moderate (roughly 15%) speed penalty relative to their processor and bus speed compared to other G4 Powerbooks. This is most likely caused by their small L2 cache which is not compensated by a level 3 cache like in the later...

If you compare processor and bus speeds with Geekbench scores you find that all but 2 Ti-Book variations scale their performance scores quite well along the two determinants (less than 3.5% error in my simple linear model). Only the 550 and 667 MHz Gigabit Tis show 18% and 16% lower GB2 scores...

@3lectr1cPPC : Thank you for testing! It is actually only less than 7% lower than reported in everymac. Probably Tiger taxes the little Ti quite a lot. E.g. my 300 MHz iBook should have a score of 155, but achives only 140 under Tiger (unsupported, but enough RAM: 544MB). 10 to 15 percent...

Too late today, too tired for comprehensive comments, sorry. Just one thing: @3lectr1cPPC : Links to Geekbench 2 software. Here are official downloads from Primatelabs website. I _guess_ they are PPC compatible (fat): http://www.primatelabs.com/blog/2011/11/geekbench-223/ Here is a cracked...