recommendations for old Powerbook 520

2004-12-03 Thread Coleff, Patrick
Hello, I am getting of those these off of ebay and I was wondering, starting off, what steps should I take to get the most out of this old beast. HD upgrades? RAM upgrades? etc. The cheaper the solutions, the better. Obviously, the 520 didn't cost much @ all, so I'm looking for the biggest band

Re: recommendations for old Powerbook 520

2004-12-03 Thread farid
Selon Coleff, Patrick [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello, I am getting of those these off of ebay and I was wondering, starting off, what steps should I take to get the most out of this old beast. HD upgrades? RAM upgrades? etc. The cheaper the solutions, the better. Obviously, the 520 didn't cost

Re: about Powerbook 5300cs

2004-12-03 Thread Malcolm Cornelius
i have a Powerbook 5300cs, with a Powerport Platinum Pro 28.8kbps /10base-T ethernet without the dongle .. i wonder where to get it? ... other thing is since u can't load any other OS on the powerbook without a cdrom .. can someone tell what other powerbooks cdrom's r compatible with this

Re: about Powerbook 5300cs

2004-12-03 Thread Daniel Palka
I sure would like to know what a 190 internal CD-ROM is! The 3400 and 3500s are quite a bit larger than the 5300. The only appear to be the same in photographs. Lets not forget that you can install Mac OS 7.5.3 using floppy disks (19). And it's free to download from Apple's website. On Dec

Re: about Powerbook 5300cs

2004-12-03 Thread Howard R. Katz
The easiest way to put a CD-ROM on a 5300 is to use an HDI-30 SCSI adapter and an external SCSI CD-ROM. There's several of the CD-Rom's for sale on ebay--here's one that's going for under $15 (the auction ends in just a few hours, but there's more listed):

Re: about Powerbook 5300cs

2004-12-03 Thread Clark Martin
At 2:57 AM -0400 12/3/04, Jonathan Calderon wrote: i have a Powerbook 5300cs, with a Powerport Platinum Pro 28.8kbps /10base-T ethernet without the dongle .. i wonder where to get it? ... other thing is since u can't load any other OS on the powerbook without a cdrom .. can someone tell what

Re: recommendations for old Powerbook 520

2004-12-03 Thread Coleff, Patrick
Thanks for the advice :) My main goals for the 520 are to get some midi sequencing software running (suggestions for those, which would run on it, would of course be appreciated ;) on it. Anything else is a bonus. So, probably RAM would mean more to me than HD space. As for the Newton,

Re: PB520c rebuild

2004-12-03 Thread Bruce
Anything opened in that area is in the same messed up pattern, not a great explanation. I'll take the lid apart and re-assemble again taking a good look at the cables. Thanks - Original Message - From: Manfred [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PowerBooks powerbooks- at - mail.maclaunch.com Sent:

Re: Help needed with proposed airport network

2004-12-03 Thread Calypso Organization 1
Yes it was the refurb at $19.99 plus packing plus postage!!! We have a US publishing agent who tells me that despite being the other side of the pond he could ship it to me for about $8-$9 Sometimes it gets you wondering if they think we are all idiots - gah! All the best, Gerald : Re: Help

Re: PB 3400c

2004-12-03 Thread Roger Volk (Contractor)
Brian Mahoney wrote: FYI to Roger, I just picked up a battery on Ebay that supposedly works with a 3400c, which is what I bought it for although it's not the same model number as the original. Cheap, 17 bucks including shipping. Let me know if you want the url, if you can't find it there. Some

Re: about Powerbook 5300cs

2004-12-03 Thread J Sand
Check around for the different prices on the SCSI adapter. They range from about $30 to $15 depending on where you look. I don't remember who I got mine from. The easiest way to put a CD-ROM on a 5300 is to use an HDI-30 SCSI adapter and an external SCSI CD-ROM. -- PowerBooks is sponsored

Re: PB520c rebuild

2004-12-03 Thread Brendan Black
Try squeezing the sides of the display. If it goes blank, bring the brightness up and it should work. Hello, I've inherited a PB520c. It came in many parts, not one of which was a power supply. I've reattached the screen to the base by rebuilding the hinge posts with urethane expoxy. I boosted

disk tools for Mac?

2004-12-03 Thread alienbill
A G3 Lombard I recently purchased has a clicking hard drive that worries me. Can someone tell me whether there is a Mac program akin to the thorough scandisk of PCs that would check the physical structure of the drive? Thanks for any info. bill __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PowerBooks is