I'd like to emulate JeffW and get a 256MB PCMCIA CF card for my G3 accelerated PB 1400 in order to increase battery time (using older batteries). One of the PCMCIA slots is currently being used by a modem/network card.
A couple of things are not clear to me as I'm pretty ignorant about Compact Flash, etc. First, are there preferred manufacturers and sellers of such cards, and do I need any sort of adapter? Is there a particular type that will work in a PB 1400? A type that won't work? Is a driver involved?
Most any name brand should be fine. You will need a CF to PCMCIA adapter that can be found at CircuitCity, Best Buy, Fry's or any number of places online. There is no driver needed for OS 8 and higher. I seem to remember there was something needed in OS 7.
Also, would I need to reinstall the OS onto the CF card or can I simply drag the system folder to the card volume and then trash the one on the HD? I have OS 8.1 on one partition and OS 9.1 on the other partition. 8.1 seems a little more sprightly to me, so that's the one I usually use. (any benefits to using 9.1 over 8.1?--I bought it to use with a "OS 9.1 or better" application that I no longer use)
You might need to reformat the CF card to MacOS, but it is just like formatting any other drive. I actually considering going back to OS 8.6 as the only OS 9 program I was using I have decided NOT to use. This should increase system speed and reduce the size of system folder.
Finally, great tip on removing the CD drive, JeffW!
Thanks. Since I don't use it as a cd audio player I only need it to install software. And this gives me an extra battery storage slot.
JeffW.
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