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PATA Legacy SSD in Powerbook - worth it?

PPCMLA PowerPC 1 post Feb 23, 2011

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#1 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 - 21:55 68kMLA

I've seen it around but forget where, but I'm looking for an Apple Control Panel or System extension that allows one to adjust the display brightness and contrast by software and not the buttons on the side of the screen. Though it was meant for PowerBooks, a few of the LC 5XX & 5XXX AIO series also had this control panel.

Have you seen it? Do you have it? I need it for a powerbook with bad display buttons.

#1 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 - 16:17 PPCMLA

Hello,

I have a PB G4 1.67 - The very last model series before the MacBook Pto.. I want to speed this thing up quite a bit and I heard that there exists PATA Legacy ssd drives.. How much faster would my powerbook G4 be with such a drive?

I can pick one up for like 150.00 so money isn't an issue, just trying to see if I would see a noticable improvement in speed and performance?

Thanks,

romko

#2 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 - 22:13 68kMLA

Control strip.

Turn it on in control panels.

Then you should have display settings, contrast and brightness if it is available.

#3 Sat, 18 Oct 2014 - 03:24 68kMLA

I'll see if Control Strips is on, I think its disabled on the system in question.

#4 Sat, 18 Oct 2014 - 04:01 68kMLA

Once you turn it on it should allow all the adjustments. Imagine it's like the original settings panel. Airport , drives , volume , battery and more.

#5 Sat, 18 Oct 2014 - 04:01 68kMLA

Once you turn it on it should allow all the adjustments. Imagine it's like the original settings panel. Airport , drives , volume , battery and more.

#6 Sat, 18 Oct 2014 - 04:01 68kMLA

Once you turn it on it should allow all the adjustments. Imagine it's like the original settings panel. Airport , drives , volume , battery and more.

#7 Sat, 18 Oct 2014 - 04:02 68kMLA

Once you turn it on it should allow all the adjustments. Imagine it's like the original settings panel. Airport , drives , volume , battery and more.

#8 Sat, 18 Oct 2014 - 04:02 68kMLA

Once you turn it on it should allow all the adjustments. Imagine it's like the original settings panel. Airport , drives , volume , battery and more.

#9 Sat, 18 Oct 2014 - 04:02 68kMLA

Once you turn it on it should allow all the adjustments. Imagine it's like the original settings panel. Airport , drives , volume , battery and more.

#10 Sat, 18 Oct 2014 - 06:19 68kMLA

Wow, Macdrone! Six identical posts! I think something went wrong!! :lol:

Anyway, doesn't the Screen control panel serve this purpose? It controls brightness at the very least. It should come standard on any System 7 install meant for a machine that supports it (though one can ask for it manually at install time via the Custom Install option, I think).

The monitor related CSMs, to my understanding, only control basic things like bitdepth and resolution (maybe TV mirroring as well, don't remember).

Of course, in later versions (Mac OS 8 and above I think, maybe System 7.5 as well)), the brightness/contrast controls were rolled into the all-in-one Monitors & Sounds control panel (again, those options are only enabled for machines that support them). I think the Screen cp works on these OSs as well.

c

#11 Sat, 18 Oct 2014 - 06:44 68kMLA

The Internet went berserk I guess. I only hit post once.

#12 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 - 01:28 68kMLA

The Mac Classic had a dedicated Brightness control panel as those machines lack the dial the earlier compact Macs had. The Portable's brightness control was located in the Portable control panel with the rest of it's specific functions.