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Post #1 by Macdrone
Source ForumMake a PowerBook 5300 or 190? — #1
CategoryHardware
Post DateSat, 17 Nov 2012 - 01:40
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/make-a-powerbook-5300-or-190.26572/
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Ok 3 months ago I got some parts of a 5300, a real basket case. Lots of parts but cables ripped and such. Well today in the mail for the price of shipping a guy named Glenn in Sheboygan wi sent me his 190. Total wreck, power brick dead, leaked battery,cracked plastic. With a little cohersion and cleaning I got it to boot. 7.6.1 on it with 40 Meg's of ram. Well I have a 160 and a 170 which both work (one needs screen caps replaced), so do I make a fully functional 5300 or keep it a 190? I am sure with the cables in the 190 the 5300 will boot as the PO went crazy when the screen was cracked on it.

Second question, if I find the color screen and put it in do I need anything else to make it color? I know when hooked to external it's color I'm just new to the PowerBook scene.

Thanks, I know this is all opinion I'm just trying to gt knocked off the fence on this one way or the other.

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