In a message dated 9/3/02 7:49:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Was this a 5300 from a dealer and if so who ? About 2 weeks ago a dealer posted a "special" on 5300's and 3400's too, and I wonder if you bought one of those ? I was tempted to get one until I saw your post. >> Well, I'll not "name names" in public, but yes, there were these four posts: 1) a $99 "special" on 5300ce's, posted to this List; I responded to this one, 2) a lower priced "super special" just for selected List subscribers; I responded to this one, too, perhaps (not sure ... see below) after I had already responded to the first one, 3) a notice, apparently to responders to (1) and (2), that shipment would be delayed due to personal problems, and 4) a $99 "special" on 5300ce's posted to the USENET, in that order. Or, possibly, (2) came before (1) ... it's been a while. Right now I have 7.6.1 loaded onto the hard drive from a "retail pack" CD-ROM which supports all Macs, including the 5300 series. I'm using my own battery, my own charger and my own floppy drive, all borrowed from my 5300c. As I mentioned, the floppy drive supplied was completely crashed ... it destroyed my 7.6.1 Disk Tools diskette the first time I tried to boot (remember, there is NOTHING supplied on the hard drive, so a normal hard drive boot will fail), so I had to use a backup Disk Tools diskette (and my own, known-good drive, of course). The power system using the supplied battery and charger is problematic. Sometimes it would start to boot, but would then immediately power itself off. Substituting my own battery and charger seemed to solve these problems ... I think. But ... there could still be a power module problem as sometimes an attempt to boot results in a "flup flup flup" sound, not unlike that produced by a Mac 512K or a Mac Plus which has a bad analog board. Grrrrr. I will attempt to run "all the usual suspects" of diagnostic tools before I deem this machine to be unusable. Clearly, something is going to have to be done about the floppy drive (not that I use floppies all that much ;-) ), even if everything else works themselves out. On a VERY positive note ... the high definition screen provided by the 5300ce is a SIGNIFICANT improvement over the 5300c and, of course, the 5300cs. Stay tuned ;-) -- 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
