PartsBook 1400c/133MHz for $.99 . . .

Might be worth checking that the heatsink & associated paste/tape/pad is still making good contact. Amongst other things...

I may troubleshoot it a bit, but it's definitely a PartsBook. I've already got several of the 166MHz model in c and cs versions. Beater's beat lid is in dire need of a stress crack free replacement panel and the same kind of troubleshooting of it's G3/WiFi 1400c goodness, while the extra clear lid is a welcome addition to the 1400 squad . . .

. . . even if it does has the same BookCover as the 1400c I recently bottom-fished the 'Bay for the Video Card in its gullet.

@ ian.finder: from the above, you can likely tell that I wholeheartedly agree with your assessment. :approve:

This reminds me, I've got languishing trades for a couple more 1400s with comrade's in need of other of my goodies . . .

. . . waaaaay too many PMs to sift thru . . . contact me guys!

This reminds me, I've got languishing trades for a couple more 1400s with comrade's in need of other of my goodies . . .

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I didn't realize that you had so many 1400's. Are they really that great? I confess that they are one of the few major models that I never had, even briefly. If I didn't already have so many lappys, would it be worth trying to pick one up? (The ones on ebay usually seem out of my price range.

:lol: FINALLY! You can expect a Karma rebound, good buddy, PM addy please! Beater/1400c/Wifi/G3 almost weaned me off Duos . . .

. . . best KBD ever . . . mit PCMCIA and a VidCard slot!!

This listing looked kind of interesting. Only a CS, but it comes with a SuperDisk drive.

The Zip Drive is the only thing missing from my 1400 collection. I've even got the BookEndz Dock for Beater and one for the Pismo (BeaterIII) so I just need one for the PDQ (BeaterII). ;D

My car is a beater as well. ;D

The CS was tempting to me as a parts systems (since I have a 1400c coming , but my ebay budget is severely cramped this month due to issues at work. :-(

FWIW, I usually get the Zip for everything I have too as well as the SuperDisk, on principle. I only have the Bookendz, though, for the 12 PowerBook G4 as they usually are too pricey for my blood.

JT,

Take another look at the CS (the $2.99 one)... that *is* a Zip drive in it (I thought it was a SuperDisk at first).

Yeppers, it's on my watch list! }

I was gonna ask if it was on yours before bidding.

Watching, not going to bid... have at it!

One could always turn one into an ultimate SCSI expander }

The $3.24 PartsBook arrived a bit borked today, "packed" in a bubblepack envelope of all things. :

Zip bezel is now in six pieces . . . oh well . . . we'll see . . .

. . . meanwhile, there's a 775MB HDD and 56MB of RAM in it to be harvested and transplanted into jr's KarmaPack! :approve:

This $32.00 RAMpacked1400 arrived earlier than the $3.24 PartsBook, even with the included shipping, it's not quite as economical as the other two conquests. But this puppy is well worth the price for the fourth cLid and 3rd MaxRAM config for the 1400 pile.

I've been playing around with the 1400s today, I made a half-hearted attempt at locating all of them. I know more must be hiding in various hacks project boxen because all of these boot, so there are at least a couple of actual PartsBooks remaining to be found. The pile now stands at 19" tall. Four 1400c/Five 1400cs, two VidCards and two G3s in the pile.

I dug up an old PM thread and hope to kick start a languishing trade with a comrade for another 1400. [ ;D ]

Are you ever going to let go of one of those 1400's?

That sounds like a lot.

I should talk, though :-/ .

c

Dare I ask what one does with 9 1400s? I have trouble keeping two duos in circulation! ..and I'm not even sure if the second one counts as "in circulation" seeing as it just serves files.

I didn't say I had nine, I said I found nine and that I must have more somewhere because these all boot! Four of them I've gotten recently for specific parts and I hope to trade for one more. I just figured out where a certified dead one is located, so the pile is a bit higher, I think I may have at least one more PartsBook.

I'll be keeping enough to keep Beater in spare parts and another mintier specimen. One of the best is going to jr, because he's sent me oodles of stuff for just the cost of shipping, what comes around goes around . . . but I'm a terrible procrastinator . . .

. . . two or three packages are going out tomorrow, one to another member that's banked bit of Karma at my end and two to very patient trading comrades. :I

At some point I'll rebuild a few of the 1400cs versions to pass on, but I've been mulling over several hacks for the 1400c variety. }

. . . two or three packages are going out tomorrow, one to another member that's banked bit of Karma at my end and two to very patient trading comrades. :I

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Hmm... I wonder if one of those "very patient trading comrades" is me, by chance? :?:
By the way, if/when you get one of those 1400cs's fixed up, keep me in mind as I'm possibly interested in obtaining one eventually (in terms of laptops, my interest lies in PBG4s and early Intel MacBook(Pro)'s currently).

c

p.s. Who is "jr"? Someone in this forum??

Yep, I made out the address tags this morning, tomorrow I'll be packing and going to the P.O. before work if all goes well, could run into WED though.

Keep in mind that, of the nine lids I have, three or four have failing plastics, to build the DreamBook 1400c, one may have to source two or three just to get the cLCD, an uncracked lid, adequate memory. FDD, CD-ROM, and the 166 processor card version. An intact, functional @$$flap is a bit hard to come by as well. That seems to be the least expensive route to get the parts, it takes a PILE!!! Add a real stroke of luck to get just the 8 bit VidCard . . .

. . . much less the pure unobtanium 16 bit VidCard. :

Look in the sigs on this page for jr!

Not bragging or anything, but I have 3 12x 1400 CD-ROM drives. Much like the other good things in my life, I found them by pure luck, purely by being in the right place at the right time after looking for one for years. And no, I'm not planning to get rid of one any time soon.

Apart from a G3, and the 16 bit video card (got the 8 bit one though), and a non-cracked lid, I already do practically have the ultimate 1400...back in Queensland. (like most of my collection it didn't make the move to Sydney with me, but it'll be coming at the first chance I get) The 1400c/166 I've had since back in the day, just looked after well, with a bit of money splashed at it every now and then.

Are the Plastics from the Spindly era or is a case of badly engineered parts? It seems like any 1400 that's seen much use at all has signs of stress or actual cracks 1/2" from the hinge the lid.

Anybody wanting to collect a 1400 should start by looking to snap up a 1400 like the PartsBook conquest that started this thread, even if it's a cs, IMO.

I'll have to look through my CD-ROM Drives, so far, of the three I've found at hand I've got a 6x, an 8x and a 12x! ;D

Hi,

I found a 1400cs/133 on the semi-local Craigslist for $50 + $25 shipping. Does that sound fair? It is in working condition, apparently.

I don't have the cash right now, but it's been there for awhile, so I might just say something to keep the door open.

c

p.s. I figured out who jr was!!

p.p.s. Shoot!! :O I owe him some RAM!!!

I'd scrounge two or three on eBay for that kind of money. Unless there is a "just gotta have it" combo of parts inside, that's a lot for a 133cs. You're going to want to build a 166c in the long run and the Processor cards are not interchangeable, IIRC.

Check the price/shipping total of the three I snagged in this thread, I think it's less than $75.00

Are the Plastics from the Spindly era or is a case of badly engineered parts? It seems like any 1400 that's seen much use at all has signs of stress or actual cracks 1/2" from the hinge the lid.

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I suspect it's mostly engineering as it is a pretty common point-of-failure on a lot of older laptops. Heck, my wife's 2yr-old Alienware had an equivalent failure.

Heck, there's a clean-looking 1400cs/133 with 16mb RAM on ebay now for $1 opening bid and $15 shipping. You could probably grab it with a fairly low bid, expecially if you snipe. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Working-Apple-PowerBook-1400cs-133-tested-works-/190828045334?pt=Apple_Laptops&hash=item2c6e3ce416

That's definitely a snagger . . .

_good lid

_good media and battery bay release tabs

_good feets

_looks like a good AssFlap

. . . have at it!

Heck, there's a clean-looking 1400cs/133 with 16mb RAM on ebay now for $1 opening bid and $15 shipping.

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That does sound tempting, but I'm really not a big fan of online auctions (if I'm serious in buying something on eBay, I always look for buy it now, and I avoid auction style listings like the plague, unless it's strictly for educational purposes (i.e., curiosity about prices, etc.), especially sniping (I get tempted, but then driven away when I remember how stressed I felt the last time I did it).
If someone were to bid/snipe for me, and send it over, I'd gladly pay whomever for the favor. It would probably end up being about the same as if I had gotten the local one, though, but it's probably worth it to me (for this moment, anyway ).

The c means active matrix, right? and cs means passive??

I guess it'd definitely be more worth it, then.

Hmm...

c

That StarterBook auction is is a Passive Matrix 1400cs like your local find, but the price will be a lot better and I've checked off all the reasons to bid on it. Try to snipe it in the last minute, bid the max you'd want to pay and see. If you get it fine, if not fine. That's the only way to bid, anyone who bids an item up incrementally over the course of an auction is a pretty much a noob.

That's the way to bid in real life auctions too, wait until the last second and raise your card only when the bidding slows up or gets into your price range and not before. [}] ]'>

I'm been decimating the borked lid of a 133cs tonight and I hit the jackpot on the memory cards! It was only 32MB, but the user card is 16MB, so it has the 16MB card in the factory slot.

I'm pretty sure that means I can do a full loadout on the KarmaBook, jr.

There's also room for 4 more of the eight chips that make this TechWorks Card a 16MB config . . . }

Someobdy must have really wanted that 1400cs/133. I see it went for $56, in the end.

Great news on the KarmaBook... can't wait to see it.