On Thursday, May 30, 2002, at 02:11 , Jim Freeman wrote:
> Can anyone help me figure out the manufacture date of my Pismo. I'm
> considering an iBot firewire web cam and apparently there is an
> incompatibility with older Pismo's. I quote from iBot:
>
>> At this time there is an incompatibility between all Texas Instruments
>> based web cams (including the iBOT camera) and the built-in FireWire
>> port on a PowerBook G3 (Pismo) laptops made before June/July of 2000.
>
Jim,
An easy way to tell is that if it came with a 10, 20 or 30GB drive, it
is Sept 2000 or later. Mine came with a 6GB and, FWIW, is marked JUNE
2000 on the DVD-ROM drive. Unknown if this indicates a manufacture date
of the whole 'book.
GmG
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