any idea on battery availability?
and i'll take my answer off-air.
sorry Listers for the OT thread.
You wrote:
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Friese)
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>>I have a good friend who received a PB 3400 as part of a school program.
>>They're now upgrading to Dells (ick) and he asked me if I wanted the 3400
>>since the school is letting them keep them.
>>
>>Having never used one I'm wondering how they compare to the 2400's and
>>1400's.
>>Anyone own a 3400 that can share their experience?
>
>
>The 3400 is the Powerbook most closely related to the 2400. In fact the
>2400 Hardware develper's guide basically says, "See the 3400 manual".
>
>http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/hardware/Developer_Notes/Macintosh_CPUs
>-PPC_Portable/PowerBook_2400c.pdf
>
>Enclosed is the page from the HDG showing the differences between the
>3400 and 2400. It's messy, but if you read it carefully it is in three
>columns: Feature, PowerBook 3400, PowerBook 2400c
>
>
>Feature PowerBook 3400 PowerBook 2400c
>Size 11.5 by 9.4 by 2.4 inches 10.5 by 8.4 by 1.9 inches
>Weight 6.7 pounds including battery 4.4 pounds including battery
>CPU clock speed 180, 200, or 240 MHz 180 MHz
>RAM expansion RAM expansion card; 144 MB maximum RAM SO DIMM; 48 MB
>maximum RAM
>Display 12.1-inch TFT, color, SVGA 10.4-inch TFT, color, SVGA
>Battery type lithium ion or nickel metal hydride battery 6-cell lithium
>ion battery
>PC Card eject Nitinol wire actuated Motor driven
>Keyboard size Keys on 19-mm pitch Keys on 16.5-mm pitch
>Keyboard layout US and ISO standard versions Versions for the US and Japan
>Hard disk size 1.3, 2.0, or 3.0 GB 1.3 GB
>Internal I/O expansion Expansion bay for internal FDD, CD-ROM, or hard
>disk drive; internal PCI slot No expansion bay or PCI slot; ports for
>external floppy disk drive and external SCSI devices
>Floppy disk drive Expansion bay accepts an internal
>floppy disk drive
>Port for connecting an external
>floppy disk drive
>IR interface Dual lens system Single lens system
>Microphone jack Accepts Apple PlainTalk microphone Accepts only Omni
>microphone
>Speakers Two speakers in bezel and two speakers behind display One
>speaker, in bezel
***
Ajax
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