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Save the TiBook!
today i'm starting what will undoubtedly be a long and fidgety process of fixing my wounded TiBook 867.
For those who don't know, this thing came to me in absolute pieces. LCD hinges broken, top bezel bent beyond belief, dead fans, the list goes on and on. over the past 6-7 months, i've been getting a part here and a part there, getting the frame and everything fixed to match the (astonishingly) perfectly working innards.
today i'm doing the biggest chore of all, fixing cracks in the top bezel frame. click here for pics.
i'll update it as i fix bits.
For those who don't know, this thing came to me in absolute pieces. LCD hinges broken, top bezel bent beyond belief, dead fans, the list goes on and on. over the past 6-7 months, i've been getting a part here and a part there, getting the frame and everything fixed to match the (astonishingly) perfectly working innards.
today i'm doing the biggest chore of all, fixing cracks in the top bezel frame. click here for pics.
i'll update it as i fix bits.
Guess it couldn't handle Ubuntu and so it fell apart at the seams? 
Well, good luck in getting eveerything back up to snuff.
Well, good luck in getting eveerything back up to snuff.
lol nah, the cracks were there while i had ubuntu on it, but the one on the side near the support screw finally went all the way through so i figured it was probably time for a good old fashioned homebrew fix 
awesome thing is though, on monday i'll be picking up a TiBook, an iBook G3 and a PowerBook G3 (unsure of model) from work as they are "not working". the last "non-working" machine i got from work was a 500MHz Pismo which works perfectly
awesome thing is though, on monday i'll be picking up a TiBook, an iBook G3 and a PowerBook G3 (unsure of model) from work as they are "not working". the last "non-working" machine i got from work was a 500MHz Pismo which works perfectly
That reminds me, I want to get a trackpad from a TiBook and hook it up to the ADB hookup on a 1xx Pb From those pictures it looks the same Yay for ADB!
From those pictures it looks the same Yay for ADB!
alright i've got pics of the first run of epoxy. i'm not sure i like the results, its strong but i dunno...just doesn't look right. i'll sleep on it and see how it looks tomorrow.
click here for pics of it. scroll to the left to see the dc-jack and the wirebrushed top bezel.
click here for pics of it. scroll to the left to see the dc-jack and the wirebrushed top bezel.
That poor PB! Those pics made me sad 
yeah it was in sad shape when i got it. its getting better though, i promise 
You'd better show that poor thing a nice time, as it looks like it's had a bad life up until nowyeah it was in sad shape when i got it. its getting better though, i promise
more updates. i finally have an almost complete top bezel. Its still drying, but in two hours once the glue has set enough to handle i'll take the weights off and clean off any excess glue that might have splorched out. until then its just going to sit pretty where it is.
hopefully it'll stick
hopefully it'll stick
Another update, the top bezel epoxy holds great! aside from a few areas of spillage under where i had the clamps, it looks great. i also glued the power button and the cracked cd-port, which i will let dry for a few hours before attempting to re-assemble the laptop.
Who knows, it juts might be finished tonight
Who knows, it juts might be finished tonight
ITS ALIVE!!!!
I have literally just finished putting it all back together and booting it up. and it works perfectly! in fact i'm typing on it running Ubuntu Feisty Fawn as we speak ...or rather as you read. well i might be logged off when you read....as i type i should say.
is it the prettiest TiBook ever? oh hell no. i overestimated how much epoxy i would need so there are bits of oozed epoxy on a few places, and its still missing the "U" key, and its still scratched up from the previous owner.
that being said, i bet its one of the very few TiBooks who underwent a total disassembly / reassembly and lived to tell about it
i'll get pics up later. at the moment i want to get the iBook open and see if i can't get it going.
I have literally just finished putting it all back together and booting it up. and it works perfectly! in fact i'm typing on it running Ubuntu Feisty Fawn as we speak
...or rather as you read. well i might be logged off when you read....as i type i should say.is it the prettiest TiBook ever? oh hell no. i overestimated how much epoxy i would need so there are bits of oozed epoxy on a few places, and its still missing the "U" key, and its still scratched up from the previous owner.
that being said, i bet its one of the very few TiBooks who underwent a total disassembly / reassembly and lived to tell about it
i'll get pics up later. at the moment i want to get the iBook open and see if i can't get it going.
Can you please, for my sanity just plug in the other TiBook and see how it runs??? Please!!!!
not until i figure out what the hell i'm going to do with that poor ibook which is now taking up my workbench area :\
Good job on the TiBook repair.
Why in the name of god would you run an inferior OS on clearly superior hardware?
Why in the name of god would you run an inferior OS on clearly superior hardware?
what, ubuntu?
i dunno...i felt like it.
i dunno...i felt like it.
It is sad to see a Powerbook in that condition. I just got a Wallstreet that I think needs a cold cathode tube replacing. I'm actually hoping it's the inverter board and not the tube. Both parts are cheap enough, but the cathode tube is a bit trickier job.
what is wrong with ubuntu ?
at least its not windows
Inferior?
How so? I use both on a regular basis and Ubuntu is, on average, as good as OSX once you get it running. Like I said, it's on average, so Ubuntu's worse at some things(installation, some configuration is harder) and OSX is worse at some things(program installation, upgrading)
How so? I use both on a regular basis and Ubuntu is, on average, as good as OSX once you get it running. Like I said, it's on average, so Ubuntu's worse at some things(installation, some configuration is harder) and OSX is worse at some things(program installation, upgrading)
I can see his point. Mac OS X would surely run faster, given that it's designed specifically for that hardware whereas Linux is designed mainly for x86. And Apple machines are usually more expensive than comparable-spec PCs so it's only really worth paying the extra if you want to run an Apple OS.
designed specifically for that hrd ware ? in 2001 mac os X 10.1 was released and that was nothing more then an elaborate beta
this is also a 6 year old laptop the cost for it isnt really that prohibitive any more
i dont want to run ubuntue or xubunutu or kubuntu or knoppix
but i could if i wanted to cost doesnt enter in to it especially not with older machines
this is also a 6 year old laptop the cost for it isnt really that prohibitive any more
i dont want to run ubuntue or xubunutu or kubuntu or knoppix
but i could if i wanted to cost doesnt enter in to it especially not with older machines
I hesitate to get involved, but I just want to say -- from personal experience -- linux is usually better for keeping old hardware usable in the modern age in many situations. OSX does not run as fast as Xubuntu on my iMac or iBook - it's not even close. Not to mention that it's a far more supported OS by both the OS developers and application developers than 10.2 or 10.3 which those machines would be stuck with (I'm so tired of 10.4 or higher only apps!)
Also, the PPC port of the linux kernel isn't just some hacked port of x86 code. Linux has been designed to be easy to port to many architectures. It's not the x86 kernel that it was in 1994.
In the end, I say run what you want. I won't complain
Also, the PPC port of the linux kernel isn't just some hacked port of x86 code. Linux has been designed to be easy to port to many architectures. It's not the x86 kernel that it was in 1994.
In the end, I say run what you want. I won't complain
lol, yeah, *some*.
tomorrow, ill be doin my own complete rebuild on my trusty friend my pismo. its had a rough life, but thanks to iamdigitalman, it'll be back in no time (with a new screen!!!)
I love OS X.
Linux is great for some things. But to frank, I would run OS X on it though.
My Ti runs OS X just fine.
Although I do understand the appeal of running PPC Linux on a G4 though. Certain operations would be very fast.
Linux will never be as pretty as OS X though. For me I am tired of ugly UI's and will not run Linux until the entire UI matches across the board from app to app. Since that day will never come, I won't be running Linux (in GUI mode) anytime in the near and semi-near future.
Besides, what would his Steveness say?
Linux is great for some things. But to frank, I would run OS X on it though.
My Ti runs OS X just fine.
Although I do understand the appeal of running PPC Linux on a G4 though. Certain operations would be very fast.
Linux will never be as pretty as OS X though. For me I am tired of ugly UI's and will not run Linux until the entire UI matches across the board from app to app. Since that day will never come, I won't be running Linux (in GUI mode) anytime in the near and semi-near future.
Besides, what would his Steveness say?
I'm not too sure about that. The first time I laid my hands on an Intel Mac I was amazed by how snappy the OS was. Remember the Mach Kernel and BSD core were built for x86. Steve said so himself. Running it on PPC was the hack.