I have reeived yesterday my NEW powerbook 1400/117, this is my first time on
MAC OS.
The battery is bad, as the CD-ROM too, but, i like it.
I also have some PCMCIA cards, one wireless cardbus PC Card - 802.11b, one
56K FAX MODEM, but most important, a external CDROM Drive.
The question, HOW CAN I RUN THIS EQUIPMENTS ON THIS POWERBOOK.
As i said before, this is my first time on MAC OS, so, i know PLUG AND PLAY
in WINTEL, the computer recognize the components and ask for the drivers,
HOW IS ON MAC OS?.
In the manual i downloaded from www.apple.com appear that i will see an icon
of the card i insert on the slot, but, it does not happen.
Marcel.
That is a nice powerbook -- you'll enjoy it!
Depending on the OS version you are using, you may or may not need to fiddle
with drivers to get an external cdrom working. Just try it and see what happens.
If the wireless card is truly cardbus, it won't work in the 1400. You'll need
to find a 16-bit pcmcia card. Popular choices are the Orinoco gold (or silver),
and the farallon skyline card.
Once you've gotten things to work, you may wish to try fixing the internal
CDROM drive. The 1400's drives are notorious for going out of adjustment.
Luckily, this is not hard to fix (it just requires a small screwdriver and some
patience). Some instructions for doing this are at
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/gionpeters/hhhh/pb1400.htm. I have done this on a
dozen or so drives for friends, and fixed all but two.
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