David R. wrote: > Well in anticipation (and a bit of positive thinking) that Apple will fix my > newly acquired 5300cs right up, I would like to think ahead a bit. The main > reason I wanted (and can hopefully live with) this not-too-fast p-book is > because I will primarily use it for word processing while on trips. I've > got the G3 s900 Supermac for the heavy loads. For reference, it has USB, > Firewire, Ethernet, Serial, and of course scsi. Nearly maxed out on ram and > various peripherals. > > The 5300 came with a Focus 16 bit Vid Card and a TDK v34 modem. > > So I'm thinking, what is going to be the best way for these two machines to > communicate with one another. Gonna have to transfer files somehow. > > Right now, the p-book only has an 800 mb hard drive and I think 24 ram. > Will eventually need to fix the ram issue and probably get at least a 3 gig > drive. I understand Speed Doubler and Ram Doubler will be my allies. I'll > accept that eventuality. > > But I'd like to hear what some of you have done to interface? What works > best and what doesn't? The floppy just won't cut it I fear. One of those > VST Zip drives seems somewhat appealing. What other upgrade options are > there that have worked also? Is there a way to connect straight into my > main Mac? Would I be well-off picking up an ethernet hub? Are there other > options? Are there USB cards for using other peripherals?
Get a SCSI mode cable for the PB 5300, plug it into the desktop. This is a special HDI-30 scsi cable, with a female centronics adapter on it (at least mine has one). Some cables are switchable, all cables of this sort will have all 30 pins in the powerbook connection end. Normal peripheral SCSI cables for the powerbook have one pin in the corner missing. Plug this into your powerbook, and the other end to a normal DB25-Centronics scsi cable, then into your desktop. Start up the 5300, it should boot up with a large moving SCSI icon with a number in it (likely 2, the default) which is its scsi id. Now boot the desktop, and the 5300's disk should pop right up on the desktop. This is an order or two of magnitude faster than an Appletalk connection. Also, since this is built into the Powerbook hardware, you can install system software, even reformat the HDD in the powerbook doing this. This is how I installed the system software on both my Powerbooks, one a 5300C. -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go, there you are. -- 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! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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
