Hi All, I currently have zero cash assetts to make any acquisitions or I'd have already been out in the market. I might have some things coming to hand which will let me spend a few bucks on this powerbook. Further Info on the Powerbook: The Name Plate Says - "14.1 TFT / 300mhz - 1mb/64mb/8gb HD/4mb video/dvd/modem"
When I purchased the unit there was literally a stack of them, all with no HD's or AC Adapters, and the keyboards were flopping around. I picked the one with the most 'labeled' MHZ, a confirmed DVD module, and no missing keys. I also tested it by using their ac adapter and getting a 'happy mac' with the expected blinking ? mark along with a pretty screen and no observed screen defects. I own a compatible ac adapter but I can't find the [EMAIL PROTECTED] thing and am having to buy one. I also have a 2.5gig IBM MicroDrive that I knew from previous research can be swapped for an internal notebook drive fairly inexpensively and many powerbooks can boot from the pc card slot. After getting it home and carefully looking around under the keyboard I discovered the HD sled is missing along with the plugin cable/ adapter for the HD. I also strongly suspect it has 128mb or more of ram, but I didn't want to go popping the ram simm out of plain curiosity when I know it boots to the happy mac OK at this point. OS9 and myself don't need a bunch of ram for what I want this powerbook to do. I also figured out the really easy way to latch and unlatch the keyboard, too! I tried to buy another powerbook a couple days later to get another battery, but they'd sold them all by then. Oh well. Total Portability isn't a requirement for me, just a really nice upgrade. If this battery works at all, I'll be happy - further the microdrives are pretty easy on batteries. My EOS 20D has a decent battery life using one so I am quite hopeful in that regard. I can't recall which version of G3 Powerbook this is. It's been sitting on the shelf for months after discovering my ac adapter is MIA. Tweaked my dang back trying to find the thing too. Ouch. It is most definitely NOT a Pismo if that's the version with firewire - this is a SCSI Machine. The copyright date is 1998 if that is at all illuminatory! I'm going to google it and see if the serial number or something might pay off. Richard On Nov 6, 12:02 pm, "R. A. Cantrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
