Just an FYI, the 30 gig that I yanked from the Vaio is an IBM Travelstar; and it's deathly silent. Unless it's reading or writing, you'd think this thing had an SSD in it. Add that…

As long as the first partition on the disk is less than 4GB, SCSI Disk Mode will work on the pre-G3 PowerBooks with high-capacity hard drives. Of course, only that first partition …

At this stage, I would recommend a CF card on an internal 2.5" IDE adapter if you really want flash storage. Click to expand... In case you use an internal CF-IDE adapter for t…

Just an FYI, the 30 gig that I yanked from the Vaio is an IBM Travelstar; and it's deathly silent. Unless it's reading or writing, you'd think this thing had an SSD in it. Add that…

I've had no luck using a PCMCIA ATA Flash card to boot a Powerbook (G3 Lombard). I don't know at this point whether it's a bad card or a fundamental problem with that card type. …

If you do _not_ need the SCSI target disk mode but want to have plenty of storage, get a recent hdd that produces not too much noise. Avoid the old travelstar models. Consider to b…

1400s can't use internal SCSI drives, only ATA/IDE. They can take any size up to 136GB, but yes, if you use anything larger than 4GB, SCSI Disk Mode (target mode) will result in d…

I have 120GB in my Lombard and my sister's Pismo has a 40GB yanked from a mac Mini. Both are PC compatible drives.

As far as PowerBooks go, so long as they're IDE inside, you can use any bloody drive you like. I yanked the 30 gigger in my Pismo right now out of an old Sony lappy

Why don't you want to just get a generic IDE HDD? What do you think came in there from the factory? Every single PowerPC 'Book apart from the Duo 2300 shipped with a standard 2.5" …

That only applies to HDD's above 4 GB with the PowerBook 1400 series.

Hi Guys: I have a Pismo and a Powerbook 1400c that I'd like to get replacement (bigger) hard drives for. What should I look for? I don't want to just get a generic IDE hard drive …

It will in OSX, but OS9 requires it for audio as Franklinstein said. I think it gives some sort of error about audio hardware on boot, but I can't remember for sure. Click to ex…

Are they like the PDS cards that need a terminator installed if nothing is connected?

Why do you want to run the G3 without the personality card? Click to expand... Because then it would be like a mega church.

Why do you want to run the G3 without the personality card?

couldn't you change the cable for the drive or try a different drive? Click to expand... no part of the ittybitty connectors solderd to the pcb of the power lead to the d…

couldn't you change the cable for the drive or try a different drive?

i have bene inside a imac G4 more times then i care to remember and find them rather easy much easier to take apart then this monster i'd choose a imac G4 any time of the d…

just out of curiosity i know you have been inside a emac this guid going at it the right way or what ? http://www.wilko.com/emac/ Click to expand... Yup! That's about i…

unfortunaly fire wire target disk doesnt work my ibook did not pick up on the emac my wallstreet is not firewire equipped and im not sure if my intel imac could be arsed to …

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firewire target mode i havent even tought about that mostly because i never used any firewire hardware in my life you dont happen to have a link to a guide do you ? my iboo…

it's rather easy to replace the drive. It's much like the tray-loading iMac. All the actual computer components are on a tray that when you take the screws out of it, it just com…

now this ere emac i got my hands on has a problem ( doesnt it always ?) it works fine other for the fact that it spits out any cd i put in there orginal or cd-r dvd or a…