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Four 1x0 Powerbooks
Hi,
courtesy of eBay I'm soon to receive:
- Powerbook 100
- Powerbook 160
- 2 x Powerbook 150s
I've been low on 2.5" hard disks, and general 1x0 parts so this should keep me going for a while! Cost: AUD $36 for the lot.
The main drawcard is the Powerbook 100; ages ago I gave away a PB100, and I regret doing so as it was a nice size, ran System 7.1 well, and all the older B&W games.
I've never sighted a PB150 either, so perhaps they'll prove fun based on the amount of RAM installed, and at least I can throw in a small IDE hard disk to speed things up. The screens are rubbish though, aren't they?
JB
courtesy of eBay I'm soon to receive:
- Powerbook 100
- Powerbook 160
- 2 x Powerbook 150s
I've been low on 2.5" hard disks, and general 1x0 parts so this should keep me going for a while! Cost: AUD $36 for the lot.
The main drawcard is the Powerbook 100; ages ago I gave away a PB100, and I regret doing so as it was a nice size, ran System 7.1 well, and all the older B&W games.
I've never sighted a PB150 either, so perhaps they'll prove fun based on the amount of RAM installed, and at least I can throw in a small IDE hard disk to speed things up. The screens are rubbish though, aren't they?
JB
Nice haul, indeed!
The '150 screens are certainly ungood, but that's relative to a greyscale active-matrix display. Relative to binary passive LCDs, it's perfectly fine. And it is bigger than that of a '140, say. Despite being a Road Apple, the '150 is a decent 'book. And the ability to use a cheap, capacious IDE drive is a big plus. If only RAM weren't so expensive...
The '150 screens are certainly ungood, but that's relative to a greyscale active-matrix display. Relative to binary passive LCDs, it's perfectly fine. And it is bigger than that of a '140, say. Despite being a Road Apple, the '150 is a decent 'book. And the ability to use a cheap, capacious IDE drive is a big plus. If only RAM weren't so expensive...
No worries Bunsen, I should be able to pass on a 150 once I've had a darn good play with it.
No it wasn't from darexm - another random seller on eBay. Incidentally, don't buy from darexm - he sold me a "Duo Dock II" which stunk and covered in smoker's tar, had the original Duo Dock lid (which doesn't fit colour Duos), and lastly it didn't work!
I emailed him a couple of times with no success at all.
JB
No it wasn't from darexm - another random seller on eBay. Incidentally, don't buy from darexm - he sold me a "Duo Dock II" which stunk and covered in smoker's tar, had the original Duo Dock lid (which doesn't fit colour Duos), and lastly it didn't work!
I emailed him a couple of times with no success at all.
JB