Hi there Dave, Well, what you have there is Apple's finest laptop design until they got to the G3 Wall Street. The AAUI plug in the back will support full 10baseT ethernet over RJ-45 cable but also can be hooked up to almost all of the other network wiring varients by way of Apple AAUI adaptors. I've even read about (but never seen) a Fiber connector. I've seen the SCSI adaptors available in CompUSA and they can be had from almost any Mac shop and on line. If you have problems tracking one down let me know. If you get an external Hard Drive you will indeed have lots of fun. That little unit can do about 70% of what a server of its day could do and more hard drive space is always nice to have. The external video adaptor should be able to support 640 X 480 in Thousands of colors no problem but unfortunately those adaptors are a bit overexpensive. I guard the one I use very carefully. I believe the unit will also support multi-sync monitors up to 800 X 600 screen size in 256 colors also. This should work with even run of the mill Sony and NEC monitors so long as you have those cheap little (no switches needed) VGA to RGB plug adaptors. They used to give them away for free with NEC monitors. You can also plug in an full size Apple ADB Keyboard which is dirt cheap and a regular Apple ADB mouse. The Serial port will support a 56K modem also if you want to use one.
Since you're short on hard drive space I recommend installing System 7.6.1 instead of 8.1 and then you should have enough room for Netscape 4.05 and MS-Word 6.0.1/95. I have these installers. Victor From: "dave lamothe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: My First power book 520 Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 20:40:26 -0500 Message-ID: <000b01c1d530$611001b0$997ba8c0@dave2k> Hi all, I am a Mac novice and was recently given a PowerBook 520. I bought a power adapter through eBay for it and was able to get it up and running. Seems to have a 25 MGH Motorola processor 8.1 OS and a maybe a 120 MB hard Drive. The more I discover about it the more intrigued I get, I just ordered a AAUI transceiver to try to connect it to a RJ45 then to my internet cable. I was wondering if I should get an external 9GB SCSI Hard Drive that I see all over EBay, but then I need to hunt down a SCSI adapter from my Power book. I was able to find a Apple color Monitor that I may be able to plug the Power Book into if once again I can find a video connector for it. I wondered did they ever make a docking station for this model. The problem I see is that I have no room on my hard drive to install Netscape or Internet explorer without using external storage. Is this worth the learning experience or am I taking a laptop and converting it to a desktop? I wondered what places are out there with downloads (preferably free) All I have on this is MS Word5.1. Thanks Dave -- Victor Nazarian, Information Services Manager United States Institute of Peace 1200 17th St. N.W. Suite 200 Washington, DC 20036 202-429-3827 Voice 202-429-6063 FAX [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.usip.org -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> 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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
