Pismo has firewire, the others don't. On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Larry Stotler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> > On Nov 5, 6:17 pm, aussieshepsrock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I picked up a G3 Powerbook at my local computer recycler for 10 > > bucks last sping and I have some questions about whether my plans for it > > are reasonable. It boots to the blinking question mark just fine and > > the screen looks great but it came with no HD (or HD mounting hardware > > it appears) and no AC adapter. I tested it at the store with an > > adapter they drug out of their repair shop's equipment set. The PB has > > at least 64mb of ram, a dvd drive module, but no dvd mpeg decoder card. > > Which one is it? Wallstreet, Lombard or Pismo? IIRC, the lombard and > Pismo don't need the dvd decoder depending on which model you had. > The 400Mhz Lombard didn't need it I think. > > > My Plan - strictly in pencil at this point!: > > Use it for Word Processing with my cross 9/osx version of Appleworks. > > Play Time Wasting OS9 games like Solitaire, Cribbage, and the like > > which I have floating around. > > Use it as a REALLY BIG LCD Picture Frame and mobile photo viewer. > > Potentially watch my avi/divx files or even get the mpeg card to watch > > 'real' dvd's. > > May not need the card. > > Good luck. > > > -- All the best, R.A. Cantrell --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
