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Pismooooooooooooo!!
Nice, too bad the case looks very damaged...
but it hase an Airport card!
Do you know if it's an 500 MHz version?
but it hase an Airport card!
Do you know if it's an 500 MHz version?
Er judging from those pictures to me it seems the case is in relatively nice condition! Why do you say that?
Top case doesn't looks to good, no?
Could be the camera to. Perhaps some cleanup does miracles.
Do you know a good way to clean the rubber on the top case?
Could be the camera to. Perhaps some cleanup does miracles.
Do you know a good way to clean the rubber on the top case?
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b: I snagged yesterday, 
Congrats, comrade B! [
] ]'>p.s. Are any of the Airport Cards any better than an a "G" PC Card? :?:
p.p.s. will the "G" Card work in a Wallstreet under 9.2?
p.p.p.s. It's father's day, so i'm chillin' not googlin' so any TIA for any info!
Thanks jt Looking forward to receiving this one and swapping parts out of the retired Lombard to max it out.
@didius: Case damage? What are you smoking, and can I have some please? All I see is the camera flash reflecting off a few thumbprints and dust.
Looking forward to receiving this one and swapping parts out of the retired Lombard to max it out.Nope - and besides, only the original Airport card will work in the Pismo AP slot.
I'm 97% sure not.
@didius: Case damage? What are you smoking, and can I have some please? All I see is the camera flash reflecting off a few thumbprints and dust.
Thanks for the info, DR.B! Dunno, it seems like mine is about maxed out already, just another full size stick of DRAM seems like all I need.
As far as the WS goes, I can always pull the PCMCIA Card outta' Beater and stick it into Beater II, if both the Pismo and Flush-a-Book™ go down for the count as backups for HP_Mini, who's unsurprisingly, way faster than the Pismo for W3 access!
But what do want out of a nine year older 'Book that'll play DVDs letterboxed on its BIG@$$ LCD that's wider . . .
. . . and came with three decent batteries! :approve:
Have fun playing with your new toy when it arrives, B! [] ]'>
As far as the WS goes, I can always pull the PCMCIA Card outta' Beater and stick it into Beater II, if both the Pismo and Flush-a-Book™ go down for the count as backups for HP_Mini, who's unsurprisingly, way faster than the Pismo for W3 access!
But what do want out of a nine year older 'Book that'll play DVDs letterboxed on its BIG@$$ LCD that's wider . . .
. . . and came with three decent batteries! :approve:
Have fun playing with your new toy when it arrives, B! [
] ]'>Can a Chiplet be hacked into that cubic to run off the slot or will it need to be hot-wired to USB? }
I have seen several pages where people have tricked an Orinoco .11b PCMCIA card to work in there. It's a bit of hackery, but it can be done, and it shows up as an Airport card in software. Connecting via USB won't give you much joy - it's USB 1.1 only.
Here's a third party Cardbus card which supports something called "Super G", whatever that is.
http://www.wegenermedia.com/108mbpcard.htm
Here's a third party Cardbus card which supports something called "Super G", whatever that is.
http://www.wegenermedia.com/108mbpcard.htm
No smoking here, all i had was a cup of coffee
I guess the poor image/photo quality would hold me from buying it...
What product will you use to clean it? (The rubber on the top case).
I've tried cleaning the rubber of my Pismo topcase, but can't find a good product to get mine clean...
I'll take a picture of it, to compare it to the eBay picture
Paid and posted.
IDK, cleaning ... stuff? Not sure I really care tbh.
Super G was a proprietary protocol created by Atheros that used channel bonding in order to give 802.11G twice the range and twice the speed (although not at the same time). The 2x speed part only worked if you had a card based on the Atheros chipset as well as a router based on the same chipset.
I had a card and a router based on that chipset about 5 years ago. It was great, I easily got 2-3x the range of standard 802.11g at that time. The speed fluctuated wildly but that wasn't really too much of a problem. It easily beat out every other router I owned until my current Cisco that is based on the final 802.11n spec. However, it did not play nicely with Broadcom chipsets of that era and absolutely despised Intel based cards of that era as well.
I had a card and a router based on that chipset about 5 years ago. It was great, I easily got 2-3x the range of standard 802.11g at that time. The speed fluctuated wildly but that wasn't really too much of a problem. It easily beat out every other router I owned until my current Cisco that is based on the final 802.11n spec. However, it did not play nicely with Broadcom chipsets of that era and absolutely despised Intel based cards of that era as well.
I'm not worried about an ersatz AirPort card, but if (gotta find, print out and have bound the UserManual & DevNote PDFs!) the second slot is underneath the PC Card Slot, the only place that makes sense to me, it'd be excellent to plug in my wireless mouse's MicroDongle without needing to open and close the back door . . . [
] ]'>. . . and hack in a multiple or single chiplet card reader alongside the USB jack underneath my existing WiFi Antenna! [}
] ]'>BTW, what does a single flashing light on the side of a Pismo battery mean?
a) it's charging or:
B) it's discharged way too far?
c) both a & b
d) it's as dead as a doornail & time for re-celling?
What's up? Nobody knows anything about Pismos-n-Bats? :disapprove: :?: 
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Single flashy light = low battery (eg. 5 - 10% left).
Is that with or without pushing the button?
The lights should be about the same as on the WallStreet. When the laptop is charging from a completely dead state, the single light will flash, eventually going solid, finally followed by the other lights in progression.
If you only see the flashing lights when pressing the button (while plugged in), then assume that the battery is getting power, but not taking a charge.
john
Thanks, comrades. I just wanted to be sure it wouldn't suffer a catastrophic failure while charging inside my new Pismo!
BTW, comrade, j, I haven't forgotten your request, but I've yet to locate and re-box/organize all my Duo parts. I'll have my eyes open . . .
. . . I've just about tunneled my way into that section of the "Dump!")
BTW, comrade, j, I haven't forgotten your request, but I've yet to locate and re-box/organize all my Duo parts. I'll have my eyes open . . .
. . . I've just about tunneled my way into that section of the "Dump!"
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A bit off topic here, but just wanted to sing the praises of Pismo durability.
Got rear-ended while trying to make a left turn in my Honda Civic Tuesday night. Fairly hard hit - she was going about 15-20 mph, I'm guessing. Airbags did not deploy but close. Lots of damage to the bumper and trunk. As I surveyed the damage and tried to be civil, I remembered - oh shoot, backpack is still in the trunk with the Pismo in it. I was able to get in from the fold down seat and lo and behold, the Pismo was just fine. Being in a Brenthaven backpack probably didn't hurt, but I was glad not to have a broken Pismo to compound my woes.
I've had some good Apple hardware, some flaky, but the Pismos seem to be top of the heap!
Got rear-ended while trying to make a left turn in my Honda Civic Tuesday night. Fairly hard hit - she was going about 15-20 mph, I'm guessing. Airbags did not deploy but close. Lots of damage to the bumper and trunk. As I surveyed the damage and tried to be civil, I remembered - oh shoot, backpack is still in the trunk with the Pismo in it. I was able to get in from the fold down seat and lo and behold, the Pismo was just fine. Being in a Brenthaven backpack probably didn't hurt, but I was glad not to have a broken Pismo to compound my woes.
I've had some good Apple hardware, some flaky, but the Pismos seem to be top of the heap!
I owned a Pismo for a few years before I traded it to Cory5412 and yes, they are really awesome machines.
Is the Pismo considered the pinnacle of the G3 Powerbook?
G-3, HEH! . . . :lol:
. . . with the right upgrade card, it's the burliest, nastiest, meanest, bar-fighter in the G-4 lineup! }
Think: the soccer midfielder that NOBODY wants to have to lock horns with, there may be wingers that are more fleet, centers/forwards/goalies that are more sleek to grab the GLORY, and bigger screened defensemen/fullbacks that are there in the pinch to back them up, but the midfielder/halfback is the HEART, SOUL & GUTS of the game!
IMHO, of course! :approve:
< . . . former left-half rocks to B.T.O. psych-up tunes, from back in the day, inside his twisted noggin' . . . >
. . . with the right upgrade card, it's the burliest, nastiest, meanest, bar-fighter in the G-4 lineup! }
Think: the soccer midfielder that NOBODY wants to have to lock horns with, there may be wingers that are more fleet, centers/forwards/goalies that are more sleek to grab the GLORY, and bigger screened defensemen/fullbacks that are there in the pinch to back them up, but the midfielder/halfback is the HEART, SOUL & GUTS of the game!
IMHO, of course! :approve:
< . . . former left-half rocks to B.T.O. psych-up tunes, from back in the day, inside his twisted noggin' . . . >
I spilled coffee into my pismo 4x at the coffee shop that I was going to regularly. I would rush home, take it apart and let it dry out. Sure enough, 4 hours later, I would hit the power button and "BONG!!!" it would start up. Those were some rock'n laptops I tell you. The best laptop of all of them I have used (including thinkpads ). Apple's used to be known for surviving conditions with barely a scratch that other pc laptops (even the thinkpads) wouldn't even come out with pieces not missing from the entire case.
Apple built those laptops like they would last forever, and hell if it doesn't. Apple's early machines last longer than the throw-away machines now. Then again, not everyone could afford to replace their computer bi or tri-yearly to upgrade. When the low-cost LC's cost over $1 Grand, it wasn't easy to sell to people when it would die and they would have to fork over $1-2k just for another machine because their perfectly fine machine gave up the ghost.
Lately, the only Apple I can say that is good, is the Mini. AFAIK, it's the only machine out of the whole bunch of recent machines that hasn't had a single recall associated with them (Maybe the HDD, not sure). Even among the G4/PPC ones
). Apple's used to be known for surviving conditions with barely a scratch that other pc laptops (even the thinkpads) wouldn't even come out with pieces not missing from the entire case.Apple built those laptops like they would last forever, and hell if it doesn't. Apple's early machines last longer than the throw-away machines now. Then again, not everyone could afford to replace their computer bi or tri-yearly to upgrade. When the low-cost LC's cost over $1 Grand, it wasn't easy to sell to people when it would die and they would have to fork over $1-2k just for another machine because their perfectly fine machine gave up the ghost.
Lately, the only Apple I can say that is good, is the Mini. AFAIK, it's the only machine out of the whole bunch of recent machines that hasn't had a single recall associated with them (Maybe the HDD, not sure). Even among the G4/PPC ones