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Post #7 by tmtomh
Source Forum68kMLA
CategorySoftware
Post DateMon, 1 Oct 2007 - 04:11
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/powerbooks.10126/
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Picked up a PB 145 and 150 yesterday. The 150 looks almost new and works perfectly (although the drive is noisy - but this is an easy fix, as the 150s' are IDEs)
Be careful about swapping a new drive into the PB150. The HD driver is in ROM, and a third party drive will work only if it's unformatted. See this page for more info:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=19644

And get a utility disk image with the necessary drive formatter here:

http://charm.cs.uiuc.edu/users/olawlor/mac/mac_PB_150.html

Matt

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