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Powerbook 500 with PowerPC — #3

No, the 500 series was marketed as ppc-upgradeable. So were other late 68k powerbooks like the 280c. It was standard marketing fare c. 1993-94. There were several 603e ppc upgrade…
68kMLA Hardware by beachycove Fri, 16 Jan 2009 - 03:12

Powerbook 500 with PowerPC — #2

I recently read something that desribed the introduction of the PowerBook 5300 and the negative impact it had, and that Apple produced the PPC upgrade for the 500 series as a respo…
68kMLA Hardware by MacMan Thu, 15 Jan 2009 - 20:13

Powerbook 500 with PowerPC — #1

Well the two old powerbooks (190cs and 500 with PowerPC) arrived yesterday. I must say, wow! the Powerbook 500 was really built well. Compared to the 190cs which creaks and groans…
68kMLA Hardware by martinws Thu, 15 Jan 2009 - 19:47

Manuals for a PISMO — #4

Thanks Guys for the advise. I have removed the main battery and plugged in the pram battery and plugged in the charger. I will leave it on overnight and see what that does.
68kMLA Hardware by Dglas Thu, 15 Jan 2009 - 04:57

Now ~that's~ rare! — #4

An Apple IIc LCD popped up on there a while back - cheap - the auction ended early for around $150 I reckon. I wouldn't be surprised if this is the very same one with a highly inf…
68kMLA Hardware by Byrd Thu, 15 Jan 2009 - 01:23

Now ~that's~ rare! — #3

I remember seeing this in 2010 where Roy Scheider sits on the beach using one. It actually holds up pretty well as a laptop you'd see in 2010, except for the ribbon cable connector…
68kMLA Hardware by Charlieman Wed, 14 Jan 2009 - 21:41

Now ~that's~ rare! — #2

Yes, but I'm not sure it's $999.95 worth or rare. Since the auction ended with no bidders, I'm guessing most are in agreement. Perhaps a relative of one of our unmentionable US sel…
68kMLA Hardware by Mac128 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 - 18:12

Manuals for a PISMO — #3

Backup (not just pram) batteries have several functions in a powerbook, so that it is unwise to rely on a powerbook without a functional backup battery. The Pismo in particular wil…
68kMLA Hardware by beachycove Wed, 14 Jan 2009 - 17:26

Now ~that's~ rare! — #1

For once, the overused eBay buzzword "RARE!!!ZOMGLOLBBQ!!!1101!!" is totally justified. And the price, though high, has some level of realism, considering. Apple IIc LCD Flat Pa…
68kMLA Hardware by Bunsen Wed, 14 Jan 2009 - 12:02

Manuals for a PISMO — #2

The PRAM battery in pismos is rechargeable. It recharges after the main battery is full. It should be possible to operate with a dead PRAM battery. The long time necessary to ho…
68kMLA Hardware by Dennis Nedry Wed, 14 Jan 2009 - 06:05

Manuals for a PISMO — #1

Anyone know where one can find manuals. I just picked up a PISMO and would like to have a user manual and/or a repair manual. It has a dead main battery and the pram has been dis…
68kMLA Hardware by Dglas Wed, 14 Jan 2009 - 04:18

Ports! — #5

I do it on my iMac all the time. Power: i would hope so Mini-DVI: connected to 18"CRT Ethernet: wired to PowerMac G4 for uber fast transfers Firewire 800: don't have anything t…
68kMLA Networking by Christopher Mon, 12 Jan 2009 - 17:09

Ports! — #4

Apart from the modem port and the Audio In port, usually my PowerBook G4 has all the ports in use. Ethernet is connected to a 5-port switch which is the core of the wired portion …
68kMLA Networking by Morrick Mon, 12 Jan 2009 - 16:00

Ports! — #3

I've had all the ports on my MacBook bar the line in use once a few months back: Power: Duh! Ethernet: Crossover cable to a customer's laptop, with the MacBook acting as a bridge…
68kMLA Networking by LCGuy Mon, 12 Jan 2009 - 11:51

Ports! — #2

I had all the ports of my PowerBook 150 (SCSI Ethernet, Localtalk to PB 180 and Power). I also had all the ports on my Acer Aspire One filled (Power, VGA, Ethernet, USB DVD-ROM, i…
68kMLA Networking by benjgvps Mon, 12 Jan 2009 - 04:53

Yet another 2400c problem — #4

That's interesting. There were no jumpers on the drive, were there? Sometimes drive manufacturers or resellers will ship drives with jumpers installed, as some computers need to ha…
68kMLA Hardware by beachycove Mon, 12 Jan 2009 - 03:47

Ports! — #1

Just another one of those curiosity threads, but who has actually managed to use all the ports on their 'Book? I just managed it a little earlier, and things got a little scrambled…
68kMLA Networking by MultiFinder Mon, 12 Jan 2009 - 01:40

Happy Tenth to the B/W G3! — #33

"wow, this is the future of the Mac" Click to expand... And the Pro still has the same basic case design, wow. Click to expand... If you mean that it's an upright tower wit…
68kMLA Hardware by MultiFinder Fri, 9 Jan 2009 - 18:53

Happy Tenth to the B/W G3! — #32

I have two in active use, one as my main server, the other as backup and test server. Both run 10.4.9 Tiger Server on 1.1 GHz PPC750GX CPU's, 1 GB RAM and 4-port SATA cards. Next …
68kMLA Hardware by Alien Fri, 9 Jan 2009 - 18:36

Happy Tenth to the B/W G3! — #31

In OS X DP3 it was still possible to delete the Aqua theme file, the OS changed to Platinum if you did it.
68kMLA Hardware by z180 Fri, 9 Jan 2009 - 17:54

Happy Tenth to the B/W G3! — #30

Also I imagine OS X Server 1.2 would not be very good as a modern server. As an experiment to play around with, sure. Click to expand... 1.2 is way more robust than most people…
68kMLA Hardware by stevebez Thu, 8 Jan 2009 - 07:29

Happy Tenth to the B/W G3! — #29

Also I imagine OS X Server 1.2 would not be very good as a modern server. As an experiment to play around with, sure.
68kMLA Hardware by ~Coxy Thu, 8 Jan 2009 - 03:01

Happy Tenth to the B/W G3! — #28

I have ref-1 with a non-original commodity DVD drive on the original controller and that let me boot to install Tiger. Click to expand... Yep. Me too. I've even used a DVD-R dr…
68kMLA Hardware by istar1018 Wed, 7 Jan 2009 - 22:55

Happy Tenth to the B/W G3! — #27

Plus, I can only get it to serve on my local network, and I would like to access it over the internet. Not even FTP or SSH work. Click to expand... Really? I regularly use SSH …
68kMLA Hardware by porter Wed, 7 Jan 2009 - 21:09

Happy Tenth to the B/W G3! — #26

The normal OS takes more space, and I want it to be as small as possible. Plus, I can only get it to serve on my local network, and I would like to access it over the internet. Not…
68kMLA Hardware by iamdigitalman Wed, 7 Jan 2009 - 20:20
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