I did not know that Apple sold active matrix screens as upgrades for the PowerBook 5300 or 5300cs. Do you have any sources for that information? Such an upgrade program would be …

I might add to my earlier post that the hitch is that you need to find the right 5300 screen. Most 5300s were passive matrix/ dual scan models, and (with the exception of the 5300c…

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Wow, I never thought of making a "540c Plus" by combining a 190 with a 5300's color LCD screen. That's a great idea for a 68k machine, and unlike the 540 it has a lot of modern con…

I have a powerbook 190cs which is actually my main 68k machine. I have a good ethernet pcmcia card so I can connect it to my network and copy files there. I also use it as a localt…

pitch them!!! horrible machines. I went through 3 of them before realizing how much they sucked. I wouldn't touch one with a 10 foot pole! Click to expand... Oi, I wouldn't m…

Beachycove's screen transplant suggestion is a wonderful idea. There are (or used to be) stacks of 5300s with bad logic boards but good screens, so finding a source of organ donors…

You can pop the active matrix screen from a PB5300c on one and make a plain-Jane 190 into a rather nice colour 68k powerbook. I am pretty sure that the 190 cannot take advantage of…

Digital Picture Frame! http://www.alksoft.com/5300_stuff/5300_picture_frame.php Peace, Drew

pitch them!!! horrible machines. I went through 3 of them before realizing how much they sucked. I wouldn't touch one with a 10 foot pole!

Great! It is always good to get a pair of machines since the one that doesn't work can be used as a spares machine. It sounds like you now have plenty to play around with!

Got a call from work asking if I wanted some PowerBook 190s. They came with AC adapters (one's dead.) One 190 works fine, the other has a dead display? Nothing shows up, but it chi…

they appear quite frequent (the classic IIs) on ebay UK. Should be easy to get one

There's one everywhere. Freenode, Undernet, MacSpeak... you name it. It's just that except the Freenode, Undernet & MacSpeak ones are registered, all the other's aren't.

oh there is one on freenode? I'm there all day

The original #68kmla on undernet is still around, but people tend to be there later in the day (most jumped ship to the freenode channel when it was official).

Is there a alternate 68kmla IRC room that people are going to? It seems like #68kmla on freenode is dying...

I had some word processor work at school looong ago, IIRC we had a room full of classics, and a color LC for the teacher...wonder if they still have them around (they had a pile of…

I had some word processor work at school looong ago, IIRC we had a room full of classics, and a color LC for the teacher... wonder if they still have them around (they had a pile …

People dislike the classic-form Macs? Absurd! I love 'em. I like my SE because it's old, and its little 20MB hard drive is loud enough that I don't need the activity light to know …

I love them! They are reliable little machines. I have two that I got Surplus from Denver Public Schools. Through Commecial Surplus LLC. NEVER I mean NEVER do business with them…

My LC475 has a 128mb SIMM in it.... (it takes a looooong time to memory test at boot...) Click to expand... wow !! Do you have the reference of this SIMM ? I was happy to hav…

You can switch that memory test off. I forget how. Click to expand... I remember now. You have to start up the Memory control panel by double clicking it with the Apple or Op…

I don't have anything bad to say about ANY of my 11 compacts... 2 Classic II's among them. The SE/30 just happens to be my favorite with it's 2 ADB ports (I plug my barcode scanner…