Recent content by Doctor Dave

PC-Mac worked well for me! I was able to install Stuffit 4 with PC-Mac, and then was able to install Stuffit 5 from an .hqx file. I apparently can't use a more advanced version of Stuffit, however, as I am only running System 7.1 With Stuffit 5 I was able to install an old classic Mac game...

It's been a while since I updated. Sadly, I've made little progress. My biggest problem at the moment is that I cannot expand .hqx files on my PowerBook (running System 7.1). I am absolutely stuck, because I can't find a copy of Stuffit that I can install. I can find Stuffit as an .hqx file...

OK, so it appears that rebuilding the battery is my only way to go, unless I am willing to shell out over $100 for a new battery, which I'm not. Thanks to everyone in this thread for the help on this issue!

Actually, the case was itself plenty of deterrent to being taken apart. I got it open only by essentially destroying it. Seriously, I have seen the devices described as for "safety". Two of the devices are clearly in series with the cells. Could the devices possibly be in the battery in...

I wonder if I could jam two of these 6V battery packs (wired in series to make 12V) into the space of the PowerBook's battery, and get it to work...

This site had useful info about replacing a "PRAM" battery: http://macfaq.org/fullfaq.html But otherwise I wasn't able to find much about the "main" battery in my PowerBook 230 Duo. I think at this point I want mostly to know: - Why does the battery have five contact pads, if all it needs to...

Each of the 10 individual cells is a cylinder slightly shorter and narrower than a standard AA battery: standard "Duracell" AA: 2" long, 9/16" diameter cell in PB battery: 1-15/16" long, 1/2" diameter The PB battery cells notably lack the little protrusion of the positive end of the battery...

Since the battery for my PowerBook 230 Duo wouldn't hold a charge, I decided to take it apart. Now I'm staring at 10 NiMH cells that I need to replace. Unfortunately the cells have no markings on them. They are simply metal cylinders wrapped in green plastic coating. On this website I found...

Here are the non-commented-out lines in my /etc/netatalk/papd.conf file: Brother DCP-9040CN:\ :pr=|lpr -P Brother_DCP9040CN:\ :pd=/etc/cups/ppd/DCP9040CN.ppd: Since putting in these lines, I see the printer as a choice in the "LaserWriter" section of Chooser on my PowerBook 230 Duo.

Slight update. Since I added a few lines to papd.conf I am able to see my printer in Chooser (as a LaserWriter), but attempts to print to it fail. They look like they should work, and there is even a dialog box indicating that something is being sent to the print spooler, but then after a long...

OK. So I'm terminally slow. I've been able figure out how to do many things in Linux, but "papd" has me basically stumped. In my /etc/netatalk directory, I have an atalkd.conf file and a papd.conf file, but I do not have a netatalk.conf file. Do I need a netatalk.conf file if my goal is...

The printer I would like to have my PowerBook ultimately able to print to is on my LAN, serving both Linux and Windows clients. Linux machines (including "quad") print to it via CUPS, and Windows machines print using Windows drivers over TCP/IP. Basically, the printer is on a fixed IP address...

Back to printing. On my Linux machine, I have CUPS, papd, Samba (which I'm not certain I need), and ghostscript installed. I am not sure, however, how to tell my Linux machine to represent itself as if it was a LaserWriter printer. At present, Chooser on my Powerbook sees "quad" as a file...

Sadly, I don't have any Windows NT machines, so I don't think I can take advantage of a version of binhex/unbinhex that runs on Win NT. I do have "macutils" (includes macunpack, hexbin, and binhex, if I only knew how to properly use them) installed on a Linux machine. Documentation of this...

I have papd installed, but its .conf file is currently empty. I will install ghostscript. CUPS is already running on quad, and I believe Samba is as well (but I'll check). Meanwhile, a new question... I warned that I was a complete Macintosh noob. I would like to install some new programs on...