G3 power Pc help

Jeff,

While that works physically, it only lasted about a day mentally for me. My wife picked up a $15 Win keyboard. Next trip to town, I returned it and bought a $30 Apple keyboard. 20 years of memorized keyboard commands do not change easily. : )

Jim

Grant
And a reasonably accurate theory it is too.

Display Setting Restoration
Each Multiple Scan 17 Display has an EEPROM (located on the microprocessor controller board) that contains adjustment information specific to that monitor. Before you replace the microprocessor board, save this EEPROM information. Use MacTest Pro Display Setting Restore Utility to preserve the
monitor adjustment settings.

Connect the Hardware
There are two ways to connect the hardware to use the MacTest Pro Display Setting Restore Utility:

1) Connect a serial cable (MINI DIN-8) between the malfunctioning display and a separate computer running MacTest Pro. Use either the modem port or the printer port on the computer. (If you use the printer port, AppleTalk must be turned off). Also connect a power cable to the display.

Advantage: You do not have to shut down the host computer or quit MacTest Pro to complete the repair.
Disadvantage: This method requires a separate host computer (with display).

2) Connect the display as usual, using a video cable and power cable. Also, connect a serial cable (MINI DIN-8) between the display and either the modem or printer port on the computer.

Advantage: This method lends itself to on-site repair; the display under repair is the only display required.
Disadvantage: Since the microprocessor board on the display needs to be replaced, the display may not be working well enough to view this utility in MacTest Pro.

Another disadvantage is that after creating the data file from the old EEPROM, you must quit MacTest Pro and shut down the computer to install the new EEPROM.

The above, and much, much more, comes from the Multiple Scan 17 Display service source manual.

Michael Tirta, Grant Bennet-Al... , Denis Eddy,

Thanx 2 all for the monitor port info. With the collective wisdom in this one thread alone we could build a new Lisa! : ) That port just goes to show that so much more could be done with the the ADB port. Who knew that my question was still on point for the original topic of this post?

Just got back from an invitational track meet in Pasco, Washington and the official at the finish line had a G3 laptop with a Mac Finish II LC SCSI interface for the photo finish camera. My first thought was that it could be an ADB device for timing the first runner as they broke the plane of the electronic sensors.

That raises the question, does anyone know of a list of peripheral devices that were built for the ADB port? I have heard of weather stations using the port for data gathering input devices. Second question, if allowed, why would someone choose a SCSI device over an ADB device as they decide to begin designing a data capture device?

Should I start a new thread so I can give answer points? lol

Jim

PS, Bonus points provided for the first person who can remind me of the name of the G3 laptop that had a SCSI port and USB. That is the one and only Mac with both ports onboard. The track official had one connected to the finish camera. Just a tinge of envy and admiration. Too bad the kid running the setup was not a Mac fan, just a kid using his grandfather's Mac.

I think that ADB port is not to good on daisy chain peripheral or device in oppose to scsi that could daisy chain up to 7 device with only a slightly slower in performance or data transfer when you daisy chain that much.

And scsi is faster than adb, and leave the tanged cable behind the mac. Just imagine if you have to daisychain adb from mac to keyboard, to mouse, and other devices, must be a cable mesh on your desk.

Hope it is help.

And G3 laptop that has scsi and usb 1.1 altogether is Lombard Powerbook, but you have to have scsi adapter to convert the square scsi port from lombard to become regular 50 pin scsi interface or use the lombard dock from newer tech in order to use the scsi port for regular scsi device (scanner, external hd, etc).

Mike

Don't forget about the PowerBook G3 with Bronze Keyboard. It too has USB & SCSI on the same laptop.

yes it is, that is the one that code name Lombard on apple production term.

but What is a name said Shakespeare