Powerbook 3400c - mac newbie troubles

[Wiz]

I just got a little Powerbook Mac 3400C (OS 8.6) here and plugged it into my network, configured to share my cable modem through my WinXP ICS and was online & thought I would upgrade the IE 4 to IE 5.
Got the download, clicked it & went to press AGREE on the EULA when the mouse passed over "PRINT" it thought it heard something so started up a print spooler and after a long time came up with an error to which I pressed "CANCEL" and then the thing just hung there. After a long time it came up with a text box. I can type in the text box, I cant click anything on the screen.

This is my first time out with an apple machine, so I've got that newbie feeling.

Are there some magic keys to press or something when this happens?

I don't even see how to remove the battery to completely power the thing down.


Edit - I removed battery & restarted... it wasn't happy but it's ok now.

 

[arsbanned]

HUh? Fcking thing is older than GOD.

 

[Wiz]

Heh. Last laptop I had was a Canon Innova Pentium 133 that cost about $6000 new (it was given to me for free).
I remember buying computers in the 80's & 90's with American cash that was really worth something.
Nowadays what can you get for $100??

A Mac Powerbook 3400c 240mhz laptop.
3 lexmark printer cartridges?
2 lexmark printers (with cartridges)?
Dinner & a movie out with the wife?
A day at the ballpark with one kid?

 

[Shivatron]

Allow me to introduce the Three-Fingered-Salute: Command-Option-Escape. It will ask if you want to force-quit the app in the foreground. (Think "End Task" or "kill").

[EDIT: Also, there should be a very small reset switch, if needed, on the back of the machine somewhere -- look carefully!)

For those of you that remember, the 3400 was acutally billed as the fastest notebook in the world when it was introduced. Notable features include that third "bass-boosting" speaker in the monitor casing, which made for a total of four speakers. Also, the plentiful PowerBook 5300's internal modules (floppy, zip, and CD) are interchangable for the 3400's. That is, if you can find a 5300 that didn't burst into flames with the modules inside (old Mac users will know what I'm taking about).

As for me, well, back then, I had my choice, the PowerBook 1400 or the 3400. As fate would have it, I ended up with a 1400. Neat machine with an almost IBM-quality keyboard. It had the unique distinction of being the only PPC pre-G3 notebook that was processor-upgradeable; a feature that was somewhat hampered by the fact that it had a limit of 64MBs of RAM. As I think about that now, I realise that the ThinkPad T40P that I type this on has 64MB of Video RAM, and the amount of Physical RAM that is installed -- 1 GB -- is equal to the size of the hard disk on the 1400.

Funny how things change. Anyway, that's enough reminicing for tonight -- I hope that Force Quit will help you out.

(BTW if you can get your hands on a copy of OS 9.1, I'd upgrade. I had 8.6 installed on the 1400 and I liked 9.1 much better when I used it. Just my $0.02.)