<<Subject: Re: Outbound From: Obi-Wan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 02:36:49 -0700
Jeff Walther wrote: > I just joined the list. Are there are any Outbound Laptop > owners/users here? The Laptop Model 125 was a 15 MHz 68000 machine. > > I don't have any Outbound questions, I just wonder if there's some > place where they gather electronically. I have several Outbound > Model 125 Laptops. I own one. With all the fixins.>> Then, in further correspondence, Obi-Wan wrote: <<Jeff Walther wrote: > I guess I do have a couple of questions, though I didn't think I did. :-) > > Have you experimented with using larger hard drives? Back when > Perfit was in business, they said that 40, 60, and 80 MB drives (or > was that 20, 40 and 60?) were the only ones that would work. I have > workign drives for my units, but they're starting to get a bit of > stiction, and I've found it nearly impossible to find drives that > small anymore. > > I was in contact with a fellow who was thinking about hacking the > firmware to enable larger drives, but I think he never got to the > project. This is debatable. Saul Brody came out to San Francisco last year and we upgraded his Outbound. We took out the stock drive and popped a 2gb drive in. It was recognized... no problem. I then added 4 4mb Simms to it and it seemed to take those fine as well. I reported this to Tom at Applefritter, and he requested pics. Saul had left for Philly already so I could net get photo's and he has no digital camera or means of scanning a print photo. All I can say is that I have done it. I am more than willing to mess with mine if anyone wants to send me a 2gb HD and Simms. I am preparing for a move around x-mas, and have sold most of my non collectible Mac stuff to slim down. > And finally, have you found any "community" of 125 owners? I've run > across a few over the years here and there, but there doesn't seem to > be any particular forum or news group or list You are a member of a VERY small society. Not many of us *have* Outbounds. Saul Brody, Ken Santucci (semi-functional) and myself are the only others that have them on this list AFAIK (besides yourself).>> Yes, I do have a 68030 Outbound 2030E *notebook*(not "laptop", which is different). IIRC, it shows 14mb RAM, and if you subtract what system 7.1 is using, it should come to about 11mb unused, but it's showing 9mb as largest unused block(somehow it loses 3mb!). I don't remember adding RAM when I was visiting Kyle, just cleaning the contacts. We did indeed put in a 2gb IDE HD and it worked fine. I love it, although it is not my primary road machine anymore. Very fast for its age, does e-mail fine with AOL v.2.7(with external modem), has DB-25 SCSI port, uses old-style readily available lead-acid camcorder battery. You occasionally see one on eBay, but they go for quite high prices as collectors' items. As I say, this is *not* the laptop, but the notebook, which are somewhat different(the laptop has detachable keyboard IIRC). FYI, here is my list of Outbound bookmarks: http://members.home.net/mbossiere/OBgallery.html http://www.sinasohn.com/cgi-bin/clascomp/bldhtm.pl?computer=outbnd http://www.powerbookcentral.com/reviews/outboundreview.shtml http://www.applefritter.com/macclones/outbound/laptop/index.html http://www.applefritter.com/macclones/outbound/notebook/index.html http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/seagate/536/outbound.html http://www.jagshouse.com/outbound.html http://lowendmac.com/firstclones.shtml#out http://www.geocities.com/outbound_computer/sysswreq.html http://www.everymac.com/systems/outbound/index.html http://www.everymac.com/systems/outbound/notebooks/notebook_2000.html http://surf.to/outbound or http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/9567/notebookap.html [this is the signup page for the Outbound support site(notebook and laptop), which is not very frequently updated, but contains a *lot* of info, i.e., a manual; you must pay a registration fee or sign up thru Yahoo PayDirect service and I think you get membership for free, or at least cheaper. If you have no luck getting accessing this, let me know and I will see if I can get further info from the support site manager] Saul Broudy -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
