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Lichen Software
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on: October 06, 2009, 12:32
Hi all, When I set up a CF card through the PCMCIA on this machine, it did not recognize the card and wanted it formatted. I though nothing of it at the time and just did it. Yesterday I was rummaging through the Apple site http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/PowerBook/PB_1400/PB1400_ATA_Flash_1.0_Info.txt and found that there is a flaw in the system software for this and there is a fix. The readme is posted below. The download is located here and is only 38k: http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/PowerBook/PB_1400/ Hope this helps someone. Dave Name: PB1400 ATA Flash Version: 1.0 Released: March 10, 1997 Requires: System 7.5.3 or later Description: The PowerBook 1400 ATA Flash Extension corrects a problem that can occur with certain ATA Flash PCMCIA cards. This software consists of a self-extracting archive. To use, download it to your hard drive and then double-click it to decompress the software. From the Read Me included with this software: Important Information About the PowerBook 1400 ATA Flash Extension The PowerBook 1400 ATA Flash Extension corrects a problem that can occur with certain ATA Flash PCMCIA cards. Who Needs to Install this Extension? You should install this extension if you use ATA Flash PCMCIA cards with a PowerBook 1400. (Flash cards are often used with digital cameras.) The PowerBook 1400 read-only memory (ROM) contains an ATA driver, which is software that tells the PowerBook how to recognize ATA Flash PCMCIA cards. There is an error in this ATA driver; when you insert an initialized Flash card, the PowerBook may erroneously prompt you to initialize the card, even though the card is properly initialized and may even contain data. The PowerBook 1400 ATA Flash Extension installs a new ATA driver that corrects this problem. Installing the PowerBook 1400 ATA Flash Extension To install the PowerBook 1400 ATA Flash Extension, follow these steps. 1. While holding down the Option key, drag the icon of the PowerBook 1400 ATA Flash Extension to the icon of the System Folder on your hard disk. 2. Click OK in the dialog box that appears. 3. Restart the computer. Copyright 1997 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Mac, Macintosh, and PowerBook are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. All other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Mention of non-Apple products is for informational purposes and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation. Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to the selection, performance, or use of these products. 3/97 |
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sierraredd
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128 MB Posts: 212
Reply #1 on: October 15, 2009, 04:13
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Interesting. I've never had a problem. I just initialized the card on the 1400 then I didn't have to really worry about any compatiblity issues. I use a 16mb and a 2gb card almost daily. The 1400 is the only laptop I have and if it wasn't for modern web stuff I wouldn't even have the mini I use. The fix is a great resource incase there are any issues I have. Now would a newer logic board solve this too?
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Lichen Software
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128 MB Posts: 252
Reply #2 on: October 15, 2009, 12:35
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I think it refers to cards preformatted that may already have say picture data on them. You don't want to reformat. If you were slipping a card from a camera say into a PCMCIA holder to read into the machine and then poping it back out to go into the camera again. I had the same experience you had. Reformatted once and then had no trouble. But I am just using it for a backup hard drive. I think it is an OS deficiency, not a hardware deficiency.
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