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Hey Pbook 520 owners!!!

Hey Pbook 520 owners!!! Software 19 posts Dec 2, 2008 — Jan 18, 2009

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#1 Tue, 2 Dec 2008 - 21:50

Upgrade to a 540 (33MHz) for a dollar

No jokes.

Not my auction, but macmetex is a reliable seller in my experience.

#2 Tue, 2 Dec 2008 - 22:01

bought one. Thanks!

#3 Wed, 3 Dec 2008 - 01:44

I bought some too. Thx Bunsen!

#4 Wed, 3 Dec 2008 - 04:58

I ordered one too! Great deal.

#5 Wed, 3 Dec 2008 - 05:34

He has had those for a while, I have a 25Mhz version he gave me with some other free stuff in an order I had a while back.

#6 Wed, 3 Dec 2008 - 10:05

He ran out of 66/33s at about the same time as I recommended him to members of this Army, although he had still a number of 50/25s. Seems that the tree has fruited again, this year.

de

#7 Sat, 6 Dec 2008 - 06:26

got my CPU module today. I will install it tomorrow

My server might be faster

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#8 Sat, 6 Dec 2008 - 11:03

At that price, order two and overclock the crap out of one of them

#9 Sun, 7 Dec 2008 - 19:01

typing this from a 33/66Mhz 68LC040 Powerbook 520. Yup! works great! Also, I will be posting the full restoration of this laptop since when I got it, the screen kept fading on contrast, and the floppy wouldn't eject.

#10 Sun, 7 Dec 2008 - 21:57

Does the 33MHz CPU make a great difference over the stock 25MHz? I'm tempted to get one (given the low cost) for my 520c but would like to know if it's worth it.

#11 Mon, 8 Dec 2008 - 22:38

Well, it's nearly a 50% speedup - from dog-slow to merely painfully slow

#12 Mon, 8 Dec 2008 - 23:41

actually, it does. It makes web browsing seem much less masochist. I was able to do IRC and Internet Exploder 4 at the same time, and it seemed to work considerably well. Although it's slow, it still worked fine!

#13 Tue, 9 Dec 2008 - 00:07

That's convincing enough for me! Shipping to UK is only $5 so I'll be getting one soon.

#14 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 - 22:03

Upgrade to a 540 (33MHz) for a dollar
No jokes.

Not my auction, but macmetex is a reliable seller in my experience.

Hmm... but 33 MHz isn't very fast anyways. I would sacrifice a small amount of speed to keep it original.

#15 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 - 05:06

You can always drop the 25MHz module back in

#16 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 - 18:20

You can always drop the 25MHz module back in

True. Wait, did you say the Powerbook 520 runs at only 25 MHz? My Powerbook 180 runs at that speed as well, but I am pretty sure the 180 came first...

#17 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 - 17:16

Thanks for the tip, I just bought one. Does it add memory too?

Gary

#18 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 - 18:07

You can always drop the 25MHz module back in

Click to expand...

True. Wait, did you say the Powerbook 520 runs at only 25 MHz? My Powerbook 180 runs at that speed as well, but I am pretty sure the 180 came first...

Yeah... but the 180 is a 68030, this is a 68040.

Yes.. the powerbook 180 came first, but this is one gen up

#19 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 - 00:08

Prices on 500 series are so silly cheap, why not keep the 520 stock and get a 540c?