My general rule of thumb is that a PowerPC mac is a sufficiently dead platform that spending any money on it is not worthwhile.
You can easily take the hard drive out and put it in. 2.5" PATA enclosure, connect that to your new mac and you can just migrate the data over as part of the normal initial setup. Regards Sam -- MacAmbulance Sam Mullen 07747778022 [email protected] On 28 Aug 2011, at 11:18, Martin Douglas <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Sam, > > That seems to have done the trick as far as Internet access is concerned. I > am obliged for the advice. Sadly the machine is still exhibiting terminal > tendencies. It looks as if the video is knackered, which I believe would mean > a new logic board. > > Looking at the age of the PowerBook I fear that spending any money to repair > it would not be a brilliant idea. > > With luck I can extract the data from the hard disk and that's more valuable > than the computer. > > It's been a delightful machine to own and I shall miss it like mad. Not > really the time to be buying a replacement. > > Best wishes, > > Martin > > Sent from my iPad > > On 28 Aug 2011, at 11:04, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Martin >> >> That error message would suggest your mac's unable to connect to the server, >> could be either a temporary failure or a problem with your internet >> connection. One thing to make sure is that you restart after setting your >> date & time back to normal. If you start up with an odd time, say 1970, your >> computer won't be able to unlock your keychain, so won't be able to access >> any saved passwords, making SSL communication difficult. >> >> Try restarting or logging out and back in, see if that helps. >> >> Also you could use mail.me.com rather than mail.mac.com >> >> Regards >> >> Sam >> MacAmbulance >> Providing affordable Apple & PC services >> >> Sam Mullen >> 07747 778022 >> http://www.macambulance.co.uk >> [email protected] >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
