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From: Richard Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: May 27, 2005 6:29 PM
To: PowerBooks <[email protected]>
Subject: Junkyard 1400's
>>SNIP
>>>
>>My experience is somewhat similar, Ron. I got my first PowerBook 1400 for
>>$10 (including a carrying case and power supply), and it worked like a
>>champ. I then bought a supposedly non-working PB1400 for $6 to get the
>>bookcover (my original did not have it). Found out AFTER bending the pins
>>in the socket that the display cables plug into on the MOBO that it
>>actually did work (although the display was then punked out). Salvaged
>>pieces off that one to repair three more PB1400's that I got for $20,
>>$10, and $5, respectively. So, for $51, I have 4 working Powerbooks and a
>>partial parts machine. Can't complain too much about that.
>>
>>Ciao,
>>
>>Winfidel
>______________
>
>Cool moniker Winfidel. And this is all very interesting.
>
>But I am learning nothing about what parts combinations vis a vie Pismo (
>remember the PB mentioned in the subject line?) that I should avoid. And
>any trickiness to assembly..
>
>--
>Adrian
>
No help on that here, Adrian, sorry, my top machine is a 3400C (which I got
at a better price than the 1400 - a friend gave it to me because it wouldn't
power up. Turned out it had a bad power supply, nothing more). So I'm afraid
I don't know much about the Pismo.
Good luck with your FrankenPismo, Doctor. Didn't mean to 'semi-hijack' your
thread.... ;^{D
Re-titled subject line, accordingly.
Ciao,
Winfidel
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Thanks,
I can't consider it a highjack if the subject line is changed. Which is a
netiquete I wish all listers including myself adhered to more .
I sympathize on the 1400 having one myself. Nice machine and still highly
useful I would just like to play DVDs for my studies. So am looking to move up
to a Pismo.
But I am persuaded at least that a fixer upper as a core to start is desirable.
It's just having a working machine to test on that I balk at because of cost.
Which is the whole key to the method of building from parts to begin with.
Adrian
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