Cheers pal, i might look for a Lombard then, i didn't think they had
DVD support, but i'll keep a look out. I would just like a nice laptop
to do my web design work on.
I didn't know that 10.4 doesn't support the B/W!!! Isn't there a way
round this? I only get my new b/w about 6 months ago, it's been my main
system ever since!
James
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I'm currently using a G4 500 B/W, but for mobile work i have a PC Asus
PIII 500. Only trouble is i'd like to swap over to 100% Mac. I need
something that can play movies, dvd's or mpegs. Also it needs to run OS
10.3, so that i can compatibility with my B/W. I've got 10.1 and i've
had no luck networking 10.1 to 10.3
Go for a Lombard 400 MHz with built-in DVD decoder and its accompanying
DVD drive.
DVD playback is flawless, unlike the add-on decoder of the Wallstreet
(any) or the 333 MHz Lombard.
10.3.9 installed flawlessly on my Lombard, unlike the install using
Xpostfacto on my several Wallstreets.
Yes, I run 10.3.9 on my B&Ws, too.
I've had little luck reusing the systems which came with the machines
(i.e., doing an "upgrade" to 10.3.9), so I always wipe the drives clean
and install 9.2.2, using the arduous 9.0.4 -> 9.1 -> 9.2.1 -> 9.2.2
upgrade path. Then and only then do I put 10.3.9 on.
Also what kind of prices are good for these machines..I'm thinking if i
can find someone wanting to do maybe a part ex of my Asus + cash. But
have to see what comes up first. I thought posting here might be a good
move, incase someone has a machine they don't want.
In a lucky eBay auction, I picked up a pristine Lombard 400 MHz with its
factory DVD-CD drive and "brick" power unit for $230.
Hardly more than what these go for at the various electronics swap meets
around Silicon Valley (De Anza, Livermore, etcetera).
I can pick up a usable Wallstreet for $75 or a repairable one for $35,
but Lombards go for way more than $200 ... often $300 ... and Pismos are
"unobtaboum" at these meets.
Expect to pay substantially more than a Lombard for a Pismo on eBay or
elsewhere.
Because support for even the venerable B&W was apparently dropped in
10.4, these machines have also dropped precipitously.
I picked up a pair of 400 MHz-ish B&Ws (one 450 MHz, one 400 MHz) for
$40
each ... about one-half what I paid for a pair of 300 MHz-ish B&Ws (one
350 MHz, one 300 MHz) on the LEM List a few weeks ago.
(The 400 MHz-ish machines came with factory SCSI; the 300 MHz-ish
machines came with factory DVD).
All work perfectly on 10.3.9, and I'm going to stick with that until all
my machines are converted to an open system (NetBSD or whatever) at some
indeterminate date in the future ... whenever 10.3.9 ceases to be useful
for my needs.
Right now, the gating factor is support for Hercules (System/390
emulation, and an IPL-able MVS 3.8J) and 10.3. Hercules was supposed to
work on 10.2, which I already had on my Wallstreets, but it was a no-go.
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