Of course--you have to have a KB with a power key. I don't have any of those
KB's.
I just plopped the machine on my desk with the lid down,
plugged in the video out cable and an external ADB
keyboard. Hit the powe button on the keyboard and it
fired up perfectly.
The LCD does not come on
How do you get a Powerbook to start up with the lid closed? Are you saying
closed AND latched?
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Re: Can you use a PowerBook 1400 while lid is closed? (using
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It can only stay on if you start it up with
It can only stay on if you start it up with the LCD
closed, I can see by looking from the edges that the
LCD is still on also. Although mine is an earlier
model, and apple may have changed it, so before you
buy it check and see if the lcd still stays on on
yours.
--- Christopher Kolp [EMAIL
You would have to have an external keyboard and mouse hooked up to it. That
way the lid to the Powerbook would stay closed.
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Howdy. I had to try this myself just to see if it works.
And it does :) I have an Apple 8-bit external video card
installed in my 1400 and it works like a charm.
I just plopped the machine on my desk with the lid down,
plugged in the video out cable and an external ADB
keyboard. Hit the powe
Hello PowerBook users everywhere!
Before I purchase an internal video-out card for it, does anyone know if you
can operate the PowerBook 1400 with the lid closed if you use an external
keyboard, mouse and monitor?
The new Powerbooks can do this but iBooks can't, which I assume is not
because it
I always thought the 1400 WAS the budget book of it's time, compared to the
3400...
The 1400 has a magnetic switch to prevent you from working with the screen
closed, and I doubt that it is possible to get around it. Well, unless you
do some kind of hardware surgery to the inner workings.
My
