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Po – rs – Apple PowerBook (5300 Series) User Manual

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PowerPC microprocessor ix

“native” application programs and 70

power sources 71
PRAM. See parameter RAM
pre-installed software 65
printer

connecting 52
troubleshooting 96–97, 100

printer/external modem icon 53
printer/external modem port 2, 51

connecting modem to 53
connecting printer to 52

programs. See application

programs; software

protecting your computer

password protection for 40
security cable and lock for 40

Put Away command (File menu), for

ejecting a PC Card 43

Q

question mark (?) disk icon, blinking 9,

83, 111

SCSI disk mode and 99

question mark icon (h), for Guide

menu 25

quitting Floppy Disk Maker 12, 13
quitting a program, special key

combination for 139

quitting SCSI disk mode 59

R

radio interference vii
RAM (random access memory). See also

memory; parameter
RAM (PRAM)

amount used by PowerBook 91
checking amount available 87, 160

RAM disk

PRAM reset and 81
reducing size of or turning off 83
restarting computer and 23

RAM expansion card

adding 64
installing 141–160
troubleshooting 82

Read Me files

as help sources 24
for reinstalling system software 111

Read Me icon 66
rebuilding the desktop, special key

combination for 139

recharging the battery 74
recycling batteries 76, 129
Reduced Instruction Set Computing

(RISC) technology ix

reinitializing the hard disk 110
reinstalling system software 111–118

clean installation 114–117
custom installation 117–118
Disk Tools disk for 111
normal installation 112–113

Remote Access Setup (Apple Remote

Access) 48

removing an expansion bay module

38–39

removing or replacing battery 75–76
repetitive stress injuries (RSIs) 122

preventing 121, 122–125

reset button 2, 51

indications for using 20, 23
for startup problems 80

resetting parameter RAM (PRAM)

81, 107

Restart button 22
Restart command (Special menu) 22–23
restarting the computer 22–23

problems with 84
special key combination for 139

Return key 136
right arrow, in Macintosh Guide

window 33

RISC (Reduced Instruction Set

Computing) technology ix

RSIs. See repetitive stress injuries

169

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