OK well i know this is basically bringing a dead topic back to life, but I've finally gotten around to checking out the Pismo...sorta.
i was actually able to purchase a copy of Office 2001 from my work so i decided to dig out my known-working 500MHz Pismo and get it running again (which is actually what i'm posting this from right now). I also got out my 400MHz Lombard and got it setup with a 2GB drive i got from a broken laptop at work.
However, i do not have high hopes for teh 400mhz pismo. i spent all weekend getting the lombard, the pismo, and a snow imac setup (i sold the snow) that i haven't had a chance to really sit down and try and diagnose the problem, but from what i can tell thus far it DOES get power, and it recognizes when the power button is pressed. the keyboard gets power, as evidenced by the fact that once the power button is pressed i can hit the Caps Lock key and the light will come on, and it will go off if i hit it again. the HD does not spin up and there are no other indications of power anywhere in the system.
I will see what i can do about it tomorrow.
On another note, i am LOVING this Pismo. i'm actually going to sell my MBP in April to make ready for an amazing tax-free-day deal my boss has setup for me, so in the meantime i'm going to be using this guy alot. OS9 on 512MB RAM and a 500MHz G3 is just blazing lol. i'm having so smuch geeky fun with this
i was actually able to purchase a copy of Office 2001 from my work so i decided to dig out my known-working 500MHz Pismo and get it running again (which is actually what i'm posting this from right now). I also got out my 400MHz Lombard and got it setup with a 2GB drive i got from a broken laptop at work.
However, i do not have high hopes for teh 400mhz pismo. i spent all weekend getting the lombard, the pismo, and a snow imac setup (i sold the snow) that i haven't had a chance to really sit down and try and diagnose the problem, but from what i can tell thus far it DOES get power, and it recognizes when the power button is pressed. the keyboard gets power, as evidenced by the fact that once the power button is pressed i can hit the Caps Lock key and the light will come on, and it will go off if i hit it again. the HD does not spin up and there are no other indications of power anywhere in the system.
I will see what i can do about it tomorrow.
On another note, i am LOVING this Pismo. i'm actually going to sell my MBP in April to make ready for an amazing tax-free-day deal my boss has setup for me, so in the meantime i'm going to be using this guy alot. OS9 on 512MB RAM and a 500MHz G3 is just blazing lol. i'm having so smuch geeky fun with this